I had the covid vaccine whilst pregnant, advice wanted please- unexpected pregnancy

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Good evening,

I was wondering if anyone could help? I found out Friday I'm roughly 5 weeks pregnant( only from app and positive test)

I have booked in with the local maternity team but I'm freaking out.

I had the Astra zeneca vaccine and got poorly the next day, i had a fever and headaches, by the next day I was still getting quite warm and a little cold but mainly drained ( probably pregnancy too)

This pregnancy was totally unplanned and I didn't know before having the vaccine I was pregnant. I hear fevers can affect the baby, my partner is more wanting not to keep the child at this point also as he smokes weed and is worried that he may of had bad sperm and hasn't given the baby a great start.

I'm now worrying I haven't given the baby any kind of start having had the vaccine and that i could be selfish keeping it. I had a termination 8 years ago and I very much want a child right now and the idea of termination is crippling me, however if I would give birth to a child that would suffer because of our negligence I feel I'd have to stop being selfish.

I will of course talk to a medical professional ASAP but I don't know if I'm over worrying because of hormones or my child really is at great risk of defects.

I apologise in advance for any errors I'm just very much freaking out right now and would appreciate any words of advise

You'll be fine, pregnant women can have the vaccine if they work in frontline services. There is no evidence it has any effect on fertility, conception or foetal development. Try to stop worrying 😊

On a side note - if you are wanting to keep the baby I would speak with your partner about stopping the weed ASAP. No one on drugs should be around a baby. His GP or your midwife should be able to signpost you to services to help him quit.

The vaccine is offered to pregnant and breastfeeding women as far as I know. You won't be the only pregnant woman to have had it, and it's definitely not selfish! Loads of women have fevers during their pregnancy, for all kinds of reasons. The likelihood of it causing harm must be extremely low. You sound so anxious op. Maybe it's just hormones but definitely speak to a professional, just to put your mind at rest at least!

The biggest issue here seems to be your partner not wanting the baby. I really don't think you should have a termination when you don't want to, but if your partner is dead set against having a child then I also think you need to think about whether you would be ok raising the baby alone. Sorry I really hope that doesn't add to your anxiety op and I'm not saying that it will happen. I just think it's best to be prepared for all eventualities.

I am pregnant and have had the vaccine today because I am in group 6 and was told the benefits outweighs the risks. Although you might not be in the same position I don’t think they would have offered it to me if they weren't confident it was safe. I am a bit worried but have to just try and be confident that I have taken the advice of medical professionals who have mine/my baby’s best interest in mind. Please don’t stress out too much and I agree with other posters that the problem is your partner taking drugs - I think that would be much more harmful for the baby than the vaccine probably would be.

I'm pregnant and as a frontline nhs worker I actively fought to have both doses of the vaccine. I was past 12 weeks but would still believe that the benefit outweighs the risks, I'm sure all will be well OP. Hope you're feeling ok in yourself and adjusting to the idea that you're unexpectedly pregnant! X

Good evening and thank you to all of you!

I am new to this and I don't know if i can individually reply so I'm going to do it in one big post.

I will chat to whoever I can tomorrow, I am just so worried me and him have not given the child the best chance so far. I'm all for vaccines so snapped up my chance as soon as I was offered. I'm a key worker but not on the front line like the lovely NHS staff. I'm also very excited about this random baby that's popped up, I thought omg I'm infertile as my last cycle was terribly delayed due to stress, I smelt a rat as I was weeing more even though it hadn't been as long as my last cycle.

He is only against keeping the child because he would have wanted to come off of the drugs before trying for a baby as there are links to autism and schizophrenia and ptsd, he hates the effect its having on me thinking about a termination and I think he's very mixed as one moment he's saying he thinks that would be best and the next it's I need a dad car we wouldn't be safe in my car. He's also said it's ultimately my decision and would never make me chose that. He's saying I'm not allowed too much tea and cola (which I haven't been anyway) but I think he's genuinely just processing the information. I wouldn't raise on my own as he's been very clear he would be heartbroken if he could not be part of the child's life.

I really hope ladies that have had the vaccine recently didn't get too poorly, i felt rubbish the next day but luckily most people I know it only seems to last 1 day.

The smoking would have to stop, I don't know if he would or not. He smokes outside anyway but it's a big part of his lifestyle and for me at most it should be an occasional recreational thing. I don't touch that or alcohol so I do struggle with his use.

Thank you again you've all helped me calm down. Fingers crossed there are no negatives with the vaccine xx