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Partner has covid and I’m pregnant

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Smith8065 · 31/12/2021 15:29

I suppose I’m just looking for a bit of reassurance/ need to get it off my chest, I’m currently nearly 36 weeks pregnant and my partner has tested positive for covid :( I’m currently not jabbed at all (please no judgement I have really bad anxiety and was so worried what it would do to my baby) but now I can’t settle and have sat on every forum all night panicking that I’m going to be hospitalised and my baby be born earlier, has anyone had covid when In their final trimester and got less of a horror story compared to everything I’m seeing :( or if someone they have lived with has had covid and you’ve been fortunate enough to not catch it? Me and our other kids are currently negative and hoping to stay that way

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Smith8065 · 31/12/2021 15:57

@Justwingingit2005

While you can't say you'll definitely get covid as your partner has ( outbreak in our house and not very one got it)..... I would sleep in another room and have no interaction. Ask him to wear a mask in shared areas etc. Have you got lfts you can take.

A friend of mine was anxious about being jabbed as she was pregnant but she has been jabbed now. Tbh if you jab and something happened to your pregnancy you would feel anxious so you didn't jab and now you feel anxious. It's so difficult to know what to do.

Yes this is everything we are now doing, I’m just worried as obviously yesterday we haven’t known he has it and we have been carrying on as normal, I know I don’t really have a right to fear as I didn’t get the vaccine but I’ve just been so scared of the right and wrong thing to do and this is our rainbow baby and I’ve just been so worried the whole way through, thank you for your advice x
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Dontletthemuggglesgetyoudown · 31/12/2021 15:58

@Londonmummy00 you're not helping here. It's anti vax crap like this that has lead to pregnant women not getting the vaccine.

I can't speak for the last week because my last shift was on Sunday before I caught Covid but my trust sends out figures for icu occupancy across all hospitals in the trust. 90% of our beds were on Sunday filled with unvaccinated pregnant ladies.

Facts are facts. Op please just keep yourself as safe as possible. Tell your midwife you're not vaccinated and have been exposed.

Londonmummy00 · 31/12/2021 16:01

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Dontletthemuggglesgetyoudown · 31/12/2021 16:05

@WheelieBinPrincess don't worry about it. You can't argue with stupid

doorornottodoor · 31/12/2021 16:07

Admin - please delete @Londonmummy00 posts. I have reported them for spreading anti vax propaganda. Shame on you. Angry

WheelieBinPrincess · 31/12/2021 16:07

@Dontletthemuggglesgetyoudown no, you’re right. They really do walk among us!

dailingping · 31/12/2021 16:09

@advicenotsure how many fucking times do people need to be told this

RedRobin100 · 31/12/2021 16:19

Also OP you’re very nearly full term so don’t stress too much should baby have to come sooner rather than later.
But if you got vax now you might at least get some protection in time for when you need to go into hospital (presuming at full term)

OakRowan · 31/12/2021 16:20

@Londonmummy00 thats dangerous misinformation, have reported your post. Pregnant women are dying without the vaccine. OP can you get out of the house and stay elsewhere, isolate from your family until they're negative?

OakRowan · 31/12/2021 16:24

I'm pregnant BTW, have had my jabs, had my booster last week. It's fine, never too late.

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Smith8065 · 31/12/2021 16:25

[quote OakRowan]@Londonmummy00 thats dangerous misinformation, have reported your post. Pregnant women are dying without the vaccine. OP can you get out of the house and stay elsewhere, isolate from your family until they're negative?[/quote]
We can only do it where my partner isolates to the bedroom so the only shared room now is the bathroom and he is washing down with anti bac ect once finished in there, I suppose that’s all we can do as have no where else to stay unfortunately and kids are to young to be isolated to their bedrooms
Also just to put out there I am not anti vaxx at all my kids have all their vaccines and I had my whooping and flu recently but I just was not sure on this one at all due to conflicting information I have been getting fed, I did not post this to cause an argument I was just after some advice I suppose
Really, thank you everyone who has offered me some I really appreciate it x

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ittakes2 · 31/12/2021 16:27

I can’t tell you about COVID but I can tell you not to worry about an early birth. My twins were almost born at 30 weeks and the icu baby specialist said these days babies born at 30 weeks onwards have very good outcomes. Mine were born at 36.4 weeks and were ok.

NoFitStateMum · 31/12/2021 16:28

Has your partner had any Covid jabs and the booster? I'm asking as if they have then hopefully it'll mean they get a milder case and will has less viral load to pass on.

Keep well away, windows open and have them wear an FPP2 or 3 mask (available easily on Amazon) as much as possible and if using shared spaces e.g. bathroom.....
Hopefully you haven't been exposed and won't be.
Speak to your doctor or midwife for medical advice and get the jab as soon as you can.

Some of the treatments for Covid are new too but usually those who need them don't have the same qualms about having them as about the vaccine or are too ill to have a choice.....Just an observation.

I hope you stay well and your baby too and your partner recovers fully.

doorornottodoor · 31/12/2021 16:28

@Smith8065 how stressful for you. Flowers Just do what you can to isolate. Speak to your midwife when you can get through and ignore the village idiot on this thread. ❤️

Rainbows246 · 31/12/2021 16:30

My niece didn’t get vaccinated for the same reasons as the messaging was confusing early on. She was fine and didn’t catch it’ luckily and had a healthy baby too.

She’s been vaccinated now post birth.

Please don’t read the anti vax scaremongering post. Tell your midwife when you can get hold of her and keep away from your partner as much as possible/use masks/windows open at times.

MiracleBaby2022 · 31/12/2021 16:30

@Smith8065 Since he's isolating, he can't go anywhere, but perhaps you can go and stay with someone for the time being? (provided you test negative first). The risks to you and the baby are too big, I'd do anything to stay clear of him.

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Smith8065 · 31/12/2021 16:31

@NoFitStateMum

Has your partner had any Covid jabs and the booster? I'm asking as if they have then hopefully it'll mean they get a milder case and will has less viral load to pass on.

Keep well away, windows open and have them wear an FPP2 or 3 mask (available easily on Amazon) as much as possible and if using shared spaces e.g. bathroom.....
Hopefully you haven't been exposed and won't be.
Speak to your doctor or midwife for medical advice and get the jab as soon as you can.

Some of the treatments for Covid are new too but usually those who need them don't have the same qualms about having them as about the vaccine or are too ill to have a choice.....Just an observation.

I hope you stay well and your baby too and your partner recovers fully.

Yes he has had both vaccines and was due booster next week (unfortunately will be put on hold) we are just trying to isolate as much as we can from Each other and hoping for the best… appreciate your observation.
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Imknackeredzzz · 31/12/2021 16:33

Jesus these anti Vaxxers have so much to answer to. Being pregnant means if you get Covid you are at massive risk. I hope you don’t get it, but not sugar coating it - it’s not a good situation at all.

Your choice not to her vaxxed i guess. I would speak to your midwife urgently. It’s not your baby so much as risk- but yourself massively. Being pregnant suppresses your immune system to almost nothing. Christ almighty

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Smith8065 · 31/12/2021 16:34

@Rainbows246

My niece didn’t get vaccinated for the same reasons as the messaging was confusing early on. She was fine and didn’t catch it’ luckily and had a healthy baby too.

She’s been vaccinated now post birth.

Please don’t read the anti vax scaremongering post. Tell your midwife when you can get hold of her and keep away from your partner as much as possible/use masks/windows open at times.

Yes that’s all it has been I am Very much a big believer in vaccines I just got really worried with this one due to People in my ear with already anxiety and heightened due to being our rainbow baby I can’t do right from wrong, Thank you for your advice x
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Smith8065 · 31/12/2021 16:35

[quote doorornottodoor]@Smith8065 how stressful for you. Flowers Just do what you can to isolate. Speak to your midwife when you can get through and ignore the village idiot on this thread. ❤️[/quote]
Thank you, not the best situation to be in and all I keep doing is thinking of the worst, thank you for your advice ❤️

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Remmy123 · 31/12/2021 16:37

I know several pregnant and unjabbed - all fine, one no symptoms at all