Covid vaccine during pregnancy

[Eleano]

I couldn't find a recent thread so I'm posting a new one.

I'm 11 weeks pregnant and have had no encouragement from my midwife to get the Covid vaccine. I've booked it for tomorrow and wanted to get some opinions.

I got vaccinated for Covid a few times when everyone was being called for vaccination and have no issue with being vaccinated but I'm nervous now that I'm pregnant since it seems that most pregnant women don't get vaccinated due to fear and a lack of guidance.

I heard a few womens' midwives told them to avoid it since pregnant women weren't in the clinical trials and since the current variant isn't severe.

However, my husband's a teacher and brings Covid home about twice a year and I catch it every time and it makes me ill for about a week.

I'm the only pregnant woman I know in my social circle getting the vaccine. Am I doing the right thing?

Sorry @leafyygreens obviously I am agreeing with you! I suddenly realised that might not be clear from how I've quoted a piece of your previous post.

My sister in law didn’t have the jab then had a big baby shower at 35 weeks pregnant. She caught Covid there, and her waters went at 36 weeks, she had to spend 4 days in hospital then baby was born at just 37 and has had issues with jaundice since - so another few days in hospital.
Anecdotally the midwives said this was quite a common situation, and the research backs up that it increases your likelihood of prom etc.
You probably have decent natural immunity but it can get you a lot worse in pregnancy when your immune system is compromised so I wouldn’t risk it unless we were both working from home, no other kids and could avoid infection in the third trimester.

No worries and yes I agree!

I had a plumber come round who was pretty deep into conspiracy theory theory thinking and all the latest "anti-vaccine" claims back in 2021.

He told me universities are compromised, the government/big pharma tells academics what to research and what the findings should be, and the material given to students is controlled so freedom of thought is suppressed.

He seemed pretty unimpressed when I said I was an academic in public health - do both research and teaching - and no one has ever told me what my findings should be, that I shouldnt be working on a specific research project or even really taken an interest in my research or had a cursory glance at what I'm teaching my students

If anyone is interested - funders designate what you can research (i.e., you have to get a grant) but there is literally nothing to stop you doing research "on the side" you're just not specifically paid for it. This is why there were swathes of COVID related papers during the pandemic, lots of keen academics trapped at home. Because epidemiology is secondary data analysis, there generally aren't huge costs in the same way there would be as if you were in a lab.