Would you have the COVID vaccine while pregnant?

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I know this is very pie in the sky and not very likely... but say a COVID vaccine was approved during your pregnancy and was deemed safe for pregnant women, would you have it? Why/why not?

Not trying to start arguments, I’m just genuinely curious. I am 10 weeks and was asked this question today, and I don’t know what I would choose.

no.
I am strongly pro-vaccine and have had many due to living/travelling abroad, but wouldn't feel confident at this stage that there's enough data on the long-term effects.

@Twizbe I think you’ve missed the point of what I was talking about. I wasn’t meaning swine flu and seasonal flu vaccine were the same. I’m making the point that vaccines in general can cause risks, just the same as not having vaccines can cause risks.

It’s not your place to tell some to go and get the vaccine if she has chosen not to.

Nope
Wasn't sure about flu or whooping cough but got them as there have been years of data/research

No...not yet. I’m a pro vaccination and have had all the ones offered to me so far in pregnancy and baby will be getting all the routine ones once born. I am delighted with the news that there is a potential vaccine buts it’s not something I would feel comfortable having when pregnant as it’s so unknown and in my opinion not tested for long enough.

Absolutely not. There's simply not enough evidence one way or another

It won’t be approved for use on pregnant women any time soon. Pregnancy doesn’t really last that long. Like many other vaccines and medications, women will be advised to have it before ttc or after they have had their baby for at least the first few years.

I'm 29 weeks and if a vaccine became available right now I'd prefer to keep social distancing for the remainder of my pregnancy rather than take it. Covid vaccine development only started at the beginning of the year so there wouldn't have been enough time to test the implications for pregnant women and their babies.

I've had flu and whooping cough vaccines but I feel safe with those knowing pregnant women have been taking them for years.

No, absolutely not. I am pregnant currently and would not take the vaccine if it were offered to me. In addition to the reasons given by others, this virus is not thought to be particularly problematic to pregnant women or their babies (or barely more so than to the average person of childbearing age), so the risks of an unknown vaccine would just not be worth it to me, when weighed up against the alternative.

I wouldn't. Chances are, it was rushed to the market and hasn't been tested properly, so the effect on pregnant women is unknown.

I had my flu jab and whooping cough vaccine while pregnant, but I'd say no to the Covid vaccine.

NO WAY .

No

This is completely academic. You won’t be given the option.

I wouldn't, not yet. There hasn't been enough research done on it for me to be comfortable with it.

I would need to read about how the vaccine was developed. However I think what they are manufacturing is a variant of an existing vaccine so if I’d read about the science of the vaccine the Covid one was developed from I would probably have it.

Yes - had the swine flu jab when I was pregnant on the doctor's advice. At the time, I had a very fit healthy pregnant friend in hospital with severe swine flu (caught before the jab was available)- it was very difficult and luckily she was OK in the end, but it was touch and go for a few days. Baby was absolutely fine.

I certainly wouldn’t. I’m a pro-vaxxer but there is going to be so little evidence on how it affects pregnant women. It just makes me think of the thahaldomide scandal.

What is the added risk to pregnant woman from covid in the final trimester? I am 38 weeks and everything I have read says that pregnant woman are not more likely to be affected worse than normal but have a higher chance of catching it due to lowered immunity.

What is advice saying? I am keeping in btw as I am overweight so not a good factor for covid and I can't see being I'll when pregnant as good at all especially if our lungs are all squashed up and it affects respiratory system so badly.

Just interested as I can't find anything to say what the higher risks are?

Oh and No I wouldn't take the new vaccine while pregnant. I am pro-vaccine and def not an anti-vaxer but I wonder about the swine flu jab I got when pregnant with DS 10byrs ago when it was new and if it had any affect on his autism. And I fully sign on to autism not being caused by vaccines btw. I think it is mainly genetic, but there is an inkling of doubt there.

My son had all his vaccines btw and I intend to with this one and I had whooping cough and flu jabs this year.

No sorry I wouldn't. Far too new a virus or vaccine.

No way

I'm TTC and a HCP and wont be having it.

No chance.

I'm 19 weeks and I was wondering this. I wonder if it won't actually be given to pregnant women yet as it's so new.