Partner has covid and I’m pregnant

[Smith8065]

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

The advice around vaccination in pregnancy was over cautious at the very start almost two years ago

No vaccine has been authorised for even 13 months yet, so pretty difficult to call it "almost two years"

A good friend of mine tested positive when she went into labour. Both she and the baby were absolutely fine. She was unvaccinated as there were no vaccines at that time. Best of luck to you, I’m sure you will be fine too.

Am not convinced it’s helpful to tell the OP stories of people who got Covid when pregnant who were very poorly or who got Covid when pregnant and were fine. Statistically, being pregnant means OP is at higher risk. However, nobody can tell which way it will go especially as she doesn’t even have Covid and may be lucky enough to swerve it. The most important thing is for you, @Smith8065 is to try to relax (easier said than done, I know!), isolate as much as possible and keep an eye on any symptoms. Please do contact your midwife or any other health care professional if you’re concerned. Fingers crossed you may not even get Covid!
As a side note, I wish posters wouldn’t give OPs endless grief for things they cannot go back in time and change. It’s quite clear @Smith8065n is anxious enough and doesn’t need a constant barrage of smart arses telling her she should have been vaccinated. She didn’t and can’t change that. I think it’s obvious that many pregnant women have been in a quandary over this issue and I understand why.

@Mickarooni

Am not convinced it’s helpful to tell the OP stories of people who got Covid when pregnant who were very poorly or who got Covid when pregnant and were fine. Statistically, being pregnant means OP is at higher risk. However, nobody can tell which way it will go especially as she doesn’t even have Covid and may be lucky enough to swerve it. The most important thing is for you, *@Smith8065* is to try to relax (easier said than done, I know!), isolate as much as possible and keep an eye on any symptoms. Please do contact your midwife or any other health care professional if you’re concerned. Fingers crossed you may not even get Covid! As a side note, I wish posters wouldn’t give OPs endless grief for things they cannot go back in time and change. It’s quite clear *@Smith8065*n is anxious enough and doesn’t need a constant barrage of smart arses telling her she should have been vaccinated. She didn’t and can’t change that. I think it’s obvious that many pregnant women have been in a quandary over this issue and I understand why.

Thank you so much for this comment, you are absolutely right we don’t know which way it will go which I think is what has left me in such a mess I think that’s where my anxiety gets me when I think of the most worst possible solution and wait for it to happen, as what I feel will happen after posting on here today I wish I didn’t … but again there has been so many kind people like yourself who hasn’t judged me for not knowing what to do sometimes our mind just gets the better of us unfortunately especially with anxiety and I just can’t fight it off - I do get i should of already been vaccinated and if I could go back in time I absolutely would but I don’t feel I deserved to be made the way I have after this which is if I call any health professionals now they are going to be furious with me for not getting the vaccine/or I might as well be prepared to leave my other children without a mum now, some of them comments really broke me and I would never judge anyone for their decisions in life but I suppose that’s the world we live in now isn’t it but I just wanted advice today on what I could do to help the situation and as you said with any sheer luck I may manage to avoid it - again thank you so much for your kind words I do appreciate it so much x

Thank you for this, we had the delta variant last year when my partner was working on covid wards

So you have already had covid once? At this point, and considering you can't do anything differently, I would try to channel some positive thoughts. Boost your immune system with anything permissible - healthy eating, good hydration, pregnancy vitamins, positive outlook. Maybe step away from this thread and watch something funny to decrease your stress levels.

Hi OP , I hope your doing well. Just speaking from my personal experience. I am 30 weeks, unvaxxed and tested positive Christmas eve after my OH tested positive. I am fine, baby is fine and as active as ever. The only symptom I have had is backache. The worst thing you could have done is posted on here as it will have just heightened your anxiety, but I'm here to offer some reassurance. I also see a midwife has commented on here who has told you not to contact your midwife as it's pointless. It isn't. I did contact my triage and they were lovely, didnt ask if I was vaccinated at all (so no judgement), did me a risk assessment for blood thinners (which I didnt need as low risk pregnancy) and offered an oximeter. So if you do test positive DO contact them. Sending hugs X

Please Don’t listen to anti vaxxers.
Regardless of the presence of covid- Pregnancy itself carries a risk of death and many complications, yet it didn’t stop you from getting pregnant.
Get the vaccine and hope you have a safe delivery x

@Mamascoven I'm surprised they risk assess for blood thinners. I'm thrilled that my trust give them to all positive covid women as standard irrespective of high/low risk pregnancy.

@Mamascoven

Hi OP , I hope your doing well. Just speaking from my personal experience. I am 30 weeks, unvaxxed and tested positive Christmas eve after my OH tested positive. I am fine, baby is fine and as active as ever. The only symptom I have had is backache. The worst thing you could have done is posted on here as it will have just heightened your anxiety, but I'm here to offer some reassurance. I also see a midwife has commented on here who has told you not to contact your midwife as it's pointless. It isn't. I did contact my triage and they were lovely, didnt ask if I was vaccinated at all (so no judgement), did me a risk assessment for blood thinners (which I didnt need as low risk pregnancy) and offered an oximeter. So if you do test positive DO contact them. Sending hugs X

Thank you so so much for your post, I really appreciate it, I do regret posting on here as I was reduced to tears and felt like the worst mum when all I thought I was doing was protecting my baby as the things I had been told and then also thought well if I contact my midwife am I going to get the same reaction I’ve had on here… I’m so glad you and baby are doing well and thank you for your reassurance it really does help me xxx

@VaccineSticker

Please Don’t listen to anti vaxxers. Regardless of the presence of covid- Pregnancy itself carries a risk of death and many complications, yet it didn’t stop you from getting pregnant. Get the vaccine and hope you have a safe delivery x

Very true, thank you x

[quote rainbowbaby33]@Mamascoven I'm surprised they risk assess for blood thinners. I'm thrilled that my trust give them to all positive covid women as standard irrespective of high/low risk pregnancy. [/quote]
When I contacted my triage the night I posted this they told me the same thing that IF I test positive they will do a risk assessment over the phone before prescribing anything which surprised me also

@Straycats

My daughter and partner both caught it last year, she was seven months pregnant. All were perfectly fine. Before people spout off nonsensical fear mongering, remember this you're more likely to get hit by a car than dying from it, especially at your age.

For those responding, remember fit healthy people from 50 years downwards are more likely to die from many many other things than Covid.

This post just shows a lack of education and experience.

You should not advise people like this when you do not possess any kind of experience to do so.

Covid is already #3 for mortality in the under 50s