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Whooping cough vaccine- your experiences

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kmreeve · 02/10/2018 07:20

Hi.. I'm booked in to get my jab next week. Iv read that some get ill/side effects with it...

What are your experiences- so as I'm prepared.

Thanks
Ladies

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badgerone · 02/10/2018 07:25

I just got a bit of an achey arm for a few days

Stephisaur · 02/10/2018 07:32

Just a sore arm, no other side effects.

Dandybelle · 02/10/2018 07:34

Just a sore arm, which is still sore, 2.5 weeks later Hmm I think she was a bit slapdash with her positioning though. Other than that's, nada.

ItsNotFairLois · 02/10/2018 07:38

I've had it in both of my pregnancies and I've just had an achy arm for a few days afterwards, same with any jabs.

PaintBySticker · 02/10/2018 07:40

My experience was that I had the jab and was absolutely fine. That’s it. Honestly!

PrincessTwilightStoleMyToddler · 02/10/2018 07:41

Absolutely no reaction whatsoever in either of my pregnancies. Same for all of my friends and all but one colleague. That colleague had a slightly sore arm for about 24 hours after. For context, I think she may react more to injections than most as she always has a sore arm for a bit (12-36 hours) after any injection so this was within her normal.

Original poster
kmreeve · 02/10/2018 07:42

Aww thanks girls.. I'll make sure she puts it in my right arm then as I sleep more on my left.

Xx

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Spam88 · 02/10/2018 07:59

No problems whatsoever. Not even a sore arm and I barely felt the needle going in. And I say this as someone who is a complete wimp when I comes to needles 😂

Si1ver · 02/10/2018 08:01

Just a sore arm. They did my flu jab at the same time (last week) and that gave me a bit of an unpleasant reaction.

Aprilislonggone · 02/10/2018 08:02

As a dm of a ds who caught WC in hospital at birth/first week in hospital, I am glad such a jab exists now!

BillywigSting · 02/10/2018 08:02

A very slightly sore arm for about half a day, not enough to make me use it any differently. A bit like the feeling after doing a bit too much exercise but not as bad

KitandPup · 02/10/2018 08:04

I can react to some jabs but this one no ill effects at all.

usernotfound0000 · 02/10/2018 08:08

Achey arm for a few days, that was it.

HannahMcHugh · 02/10/2018 08:47

I had the flu jab in my left arm and whooping cough in my right arm and it's was a bit irritating to sleep on last night. Never remember it aching last time at all but i did get a horrible cold the next day. I was told that it was a coincidence as the vaccine isn't live and can't give you a cold.

NameChange0000 · 02/10/2018 08:53

I refused to have it.

Celebelly · 02/10/2018 08:58

I had it and flu jab yesterday and was in and out in five mins. Barely hurt, no side effects, can't even tell where the jabs went in. Spent more time chatting to the nurse about dogs than the injections took!

Utini · 02/10/2018 09:00

Sore arm, felt a bit like I was coming down with something the next day but nothing too bad.

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kmreeve · 02/10/2018 09:01

@NameChange0000 - why?

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OutPinked · 02/10/2018 10:34

Just a sore arm for a day like everyone else but I did have reduced movements the following day which prompted a visit to the assessment unit. All was fine but after a google, this seems like a common thing following the jab for whatever reason...

NameChange0000 · 02/10/2018 10:53

@kmreeve because someone I know of had the vaccine and her baby was stillborn a few days later. Her baby didn't move very much after she had the jab. Probably had nothing to do with the vaccine but it scared me so much I didn't want to take the risk.

NameChange0000 · 02/10/2018 10:58

The issue is, the vaccine is supposedly meant to protect our unborn baby from whooping cough. I also know two people who had the vaccine and their poor babies still ended up getting WC before they was able to be vaccinated against it at 8 weeks! I am not against vaccinations by any means as my son and I are all up to date with it. But it just doesn't make any sense! Our bodies are designed to shed out toxins, so that's what it'll do when it recognises a toxic substance entering our body! I don't believe it really does prevent whooping cough. Once again, the pharmaceuticals are all about meeting targets.

Celebelly · 02/10/2018 11:00

Sorry but that's a terrible reason not to have the jab. 1) there is no known link between the jab and stillbirth. Sadly your friend's baby was almost certainly unwell before the jab. There are always going to be babies who are stillborn days after the whooping cough jab, or the flu jab, or the 20-week scan, or after you have sex. Correlation is not causation. 2) Babies can and do die from whooping cough and even infants who don't die from it can have long-lasting effects like brain damage. Eighteen babies in England have died to whooping cough since 2013, sixteen to unvaccinated mothers. There have also been a couple of whooping cough epidemics which have increased the risk a lot. The number of cases has soared since 2011 - last year there were more than 4000 cases of whooping cough in England alone compared to just 1000 in 2011.

Celebelly · 02/10/2018 11:04

There's a lot of good info here that's worth reading: vk.ovg.ox.ac.uk/pertussis-vaccine-in-pregnancy

Celebelly · 02/10/2018 11:07

I don't believe it really does prevent whooping cough.

"In July 2014 The Lancet published a study by Public Health England which showed that babies born to vaccinated mothers had high levels of protection against pertussis. These babies had a 91% reduction in the risk of pertussis disease in their first weeks of life when compared with babies whose mothers had not been vaccinated. A second Public Health England study published in 2016 confirmed this. In 2017, a US study of nearly 150,000 pregnant women showed a similar result. Since the disease reached its peak in the UK in 2012, the greatest decrease in pertussis cases has been in babies under six months of age. This also shows that vaccination during pregnancy is having a significant effect."

Look, it's fine to have that belief for yourself, if it's a risk you want to take with your own child then that's your choice, but don't post absolute nonsense on a thread by someone looking for reassurance and information. If someone believes it, then the consequences could be awful, and it's literally not true, unless your anecdata about some people you know trumps scientific studies on both sides of the Atlantic.

Athers666 · 02/10/2018 11:46

Mine was fine. Arm was a little sore for a few days but nothing major.

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