Covid vaccine In pregnancy

[swans2468]

Hello, what's everyone's opinion on having the covid-19 vaccine whilst pregnant? Also has anyone had it and been okay with it? I'm currently 28 weeks pregnant and just very worried about having the covid-19 jab. Thankyou

The current stats are 1 in 6 people critically unwell in hospital are unvaccinated pregnant women.

I'd never tell a pregnant woman what to but those are the current stats.

I think you need to be MUCH MUCH more worried about covid than the jab whilst pregnant.

I am 16 weeks pregnant and I have chosen to have both jabs (first before I got pregnant and second early in my pregnancy). It is your decision but the medical advice from experts is to get vaccinated, and covid can be risky in pregnancy so even if you worry about the jab you need to weigh that against a known risk of complications from the virus.

I had both, I’m now 30 weeks. Everything is fine. I’m very glad I’m more protected. I’d be nervous to be this pregnant and not jabbed!

Just had my booster today, I’m 22+3. As above there are a disproportionate number of pregnant women severely ill with covid (which makes me wonder why the government relaxed the rules on women needing to WFH/be signed off from 28 weeks), in addition to this I chose to go ahead as there is good evidence that some immunity is passed on to the newborn when vaccinated during the second half of pregnancy.

I had mine (20 and 28 weeks at each dose) and I'm so relieved I made the decision when I did. Baby is due in December and I'd feel pretty scared going into winter unvaccinated.

I understand why women are nervous but there is a lot of good evidence now - both of the safety and efficacy of the vaccine for you and your baby, and of the dangers of contracting covid in pregnancy.

I was nervous initially but it's a no-brainer now: I'm very, very glad to be double vaccinated.

Curious though on the long term effects, obviously unknown. Studies show the vaccine doesn’t affect the birth or baby’s health but guess it hasn’t been around long enough to know what the long term effects are?

Third trimester here. Had both jabs in the second trimester and so relieved I did. Covid is proven to be hugely risky to pregnant women and their unborn children. I didn't have any side effects and everything is fine with the baby so far.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/covid-19-unvaccinated-pregnant-women-make-up-one-fifth-of-the-most-critically-ill-coronavirus-patients-in-england-12431110

I was hugely anxious about it too OP, but looking at the hospital stats again the stats of possible outcomes to the fetus. I got it done, but I did wait until after my 12 week scan, I suppose I just wanted to make sure baby was happy first.

To be honest, I didn’t want it done but when benefits to both me and baby far outweighed the risks, and I mean by far! - I would never have forgiven myself if I hadn’t got the jab, got covid and ended in in ICU, in early labour and/or giving birth to my stillborn child. Which is happening. I’m glad I’ve had it now, baby is happy and thriving. I’m 17 weeks now and will be going for my second dose ASAP.

My first daughter had complications which meant she was born at 4lbs 13oz at term - it was horrendous to see her all skin and bone and severely jaundiced. If I can prevent complications in this pregnancy then that’s what I’ll do.

Ultimately it is your choice, and I can totally sympathise with how you feel as I was there too. But once you’ve had it done, the fearing of it dissipates and you realise you’ve made the right choice (for me anyway!)

Good luck making your decision. Please make your own informed choice, there will be people that tell you to get it with facts, and those who tell you to get it with fearmongering.. then there will be those that tell you not to have it, again with facts and fear mongering. - take what everyone says with a pinch of salt, speak to your midwives, the GP, a thing you hear on the grapevine get your own verdict from a non-biased factual site.

I had my Pfizer doses at 20 and 27 weeks, and my baby girl arrived safely last week. The known risks of getting covid massively outweighed the unknown risks of the vaccine for me, which made it easy to make my decision

Just to add, first DD wasn’t complicated because of covid (unrelated to covid but still an awful time for us and not something I want to experience again)

Literally dozens of threads on this.

In today's news, apologies if anyone has already posted the link: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/oct/11/one-in-six-most-critically-ill-patients-are-unvaccinated-pregnant-women-with-covid?CMP=ShareiOSAppp_Other

I heard those statistics on the radio this morning and did think to myself that had the vaccines been available whilst i was pregnant last year, that news would have swayed me to have it.

Had mine at 14 and 22 weeks. Due in December so for me I wanted to feel protected going in to the winter.
Now 28 weeks I am fully working from home (appreciate this isn't a possibility for everyone) and limiting social contact to be safe but still have lots of midwife and hospital appointments to attend so glad I have the extra protection of the vaccine!

Also has anyone had it and been okay with it?

Is this a serious question. Yes, hundreds and thousands of pregnant women.

You would be absolutely bonkers not to have it. Look at the number of unvaccinated pregnant women in icu.

How many beds for the very critically ill are there in the U.K.? Googling it suggests only 15 for the whole country.

@baffledcoconut

How many beds for the very critically ill are there in the U.K.? Googling it suggests only 15 for the whole country.

Er, where did you get that number from? Surely it doesn’t pass the common sense test…

@baffledcoconut you think there are 15 beds for critically ill patients across the whole Uk? There are 5,900 dedicated beds and thousands more that can be turned into them

In case it wasn’t clear, I am asking what did you google to bring up that statistic?

[quote Flowersinthefireplace]@baffledcoconut you think there are 15 beds for critically ill patients across the whole Uk? There are 5,900 dedicated beds and thousands more that can be turned into them[/quote]
Maybe they are referring to ecmo beds?

It was the ECMO beds. I’m NOT anti vax, I’m anti the press making sensationalist headlines that will do nothing but panic people. It’s not fair to state something like that but not clarify the numbers. There is enough to worry about being pregnant and adding to that is wrong.

I had the first jab while pregnant, 32 weeks (ish) and the second after he was born. He is a healthy baby.