Covid vaccination?

[Nat2016]

Hi everyone

Has anyone had any really bad side effects of having the vaccination whilst pregnant?

Thanks

I had Pfizer at 19 weeks and just had a sore arm

Had Pfizer on Wednesday at 29+3. Just a slightly sore arm for me x

I had Pfizer yesterday at 21 weeks. Just got a slightly sore arm. I'm feeling tired this afternoon but that's not unusual for me anyway

I had Moderna last Sunday. Sore arm for 2 days. Day 2 after the vaccine I was poorly, headache, muscle ache, fatigue, just really run down but it literally lasted 24 hours before I felt normal again :)

I had Pfizer at 38+3 on Wednesday, just a sore arm which was back to normal after a day.

I had a second astra zeneca at 14+5 and no side effects

@Nat2016 I've just booked pfizer for a week Sunday, at 35 weeks. Hoping for no side effects, I've been so worried about it! But feel it's the best thing to do? X

Thanks everyone that's really helpful!
Wish your sore arms better

Another Pfizer vaccine here and just a sore arm for about a day.

I had the first Pfizer vaccine at 18 weeks. Sore arm only.

@MummytoGeorgie that is a ridiculous, scaremongering post. Around 100,000 pregnant women have been vaccinated in the usa with no adverse effects. Pregnant women are now advised to have the vaccine because getting covid can cause complications in the third trimester for both mum and baby. We get vaccinated for whooping cough and flu while pregnant - this is no different. It's not "experimental"; it's a vaccine similar to others that cause no harm. If YOU don't want the vaccine then that's fine. Other people are allowed to make their own decisions. Personally I'm pregnant and am looking forward to getting my covid jab, especially now restrictions are easing. It's a decision I'm perfectly happy with, having spoken to my midwife and GP and having read relevant articles on the RCOG website along with others. I think covid poses a far greater risk to me and my unborn child than an approved vaccine.

@MummytoGeorgie I’ve deleted my response to you several times because what I want to say to you, will get me banned. So I’ll stick with, you do what’s right for you. Stop pulling bullshit out of your arse and let other pregnant women make the choice that’s right for them.

I had Pfizer and only had a sore arm too. Not even any tiredness.

@Hufflepuffsunite @InTheNightWeWillWish

Nothing rubbish about my post that got deleted. All factual ! You're all selfish

@MummytoGeorgie show us your facts then. Link to the published studies and peer reviewed studies that have found an increased rate of miscarriage as a result of the covid vaccine. If you’re sitting on this information, share it far and wide. If you’re going to continue to pull rubbish out of thin air, brand it as “fact” then guilt women, who are already vulnerable, then you’re the selfish one.

@InTheNightWeWillWish I beg you do your own research. I wouldn't have classed myself as vulnerable for being pregnant so no idea how you get that idea but 13% reported pregnancy loss in this one study

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2104983

I know someone who lost their child shortly after being vaccinated and there are MANY stories online

Just wait until you've had your baby why chance it for a virus that you have 99.7% of surviving anyway! Clinical trials don't even end until 2023 you're mad

@MummytoGeorgie have you read the study you linked?

“Among the participants with completed pregnancies who reported congenital anomalies, none had received Covid-19 vaccine in the first trimester or periconception period, and no specific pattern of congenital anomalies was observed.”

“ Among 3958 participants enrolled in the v-safe pregnancy registry, 827 had a completed pregnancy, of which 115 (13.9%) resulted in a pregnancy loss and 712 (86.1%) resulted in a live birth... Although not directly comparable, calculated proportions of adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes in persons vaccinated against Covid-19 who had a completed pregnancy were similar to incidences reported in studies involving pregnant women that were conducted before the Covid-19 pandemic.” I.e ‘spontaneous abortion’ (yuck, horrible phrase) rates were similar in their sample to the rates pre-covid when the vaccine hadn’t even been created.

It is an unknown, but I can’t see anything in the study to link the vaccine to increased loss or harm, and if I’m lucky enough to conceive in my upcoming fertility treatment I will, with guidance from clinicians of course, pursue my second dose because the known risks of covid in pregnancy scare me much more than hypothetical vaccine risks.

I’m sorry about your friend. It is awful to experience loss.

@MummytoGeorgie I hadn't read that so thank you for the link. That further supports my decision to have the vaccine - no safety risks noted. Excellent.

@Verbena87 yes I read it but there are many online and many people sharing their personal stories.

I feel so strongly about it because before I had my beautiful boy who is 9 weeks now I also experienced two losses and I just wouldn't take the chance in risking it. We're not pregnant for very long and when I was pregnant I literally didn't mix or go out incase I got sick I just don't think it's worth the chance of taking it whilst pregnant best wait until after I'd say.

Too many people it's happening too. My intention is not to upset but to try and make people cautious whilst pregnant. It's not even been out a year yet nor passed trials (they end in 2023) so it's definitely better to be safe than sorry.

I really hope that your treatment goes well !! Good luck with it xxx

Thanks.

I’m unfortunately not in the privileged position to avoid mixing during pregnancy (see over 300 pupils a week who are now not wearing masks), and many other women are in the same boat - if I don’t work I won’t be able to pay the mortgage to keep a roof over my existing child’s head. So it’s not as simple as just ‘being cautious’ for many.

I’m sorry for your losses, and enjoy your newborn!

Did anyone have a temperature? Or have their jab in very early pregnancy?

I'm 4 weeks, wasn't expecting to get pregnant before having the jab and now shitting it.

@MummytoGeorgie I’d read that article myself earlier today.

Although not directly comparable, calculated proportions of adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes in persons vaccinated against Covid-19 who had a completed pregnancy were similar to incidences reported in studies involving pregnant women that were conducted before the Covid-19 pandemic.
Yes, there was a 13% chance of miscarriage but that is in line with outcomes from studies prior to the pandemic.

Among 221 pregnancy-related adverse events reported to the VAERS, the most frequently reported event was spontaneous abortion (46 cases). That’s a percentage of 0.006% percent there’s a pregnancy related effect that was reported. With a 0.001% that it resulted in a miscarriage. I’m very sorry about your friend but she’s in the statistical minority.

I had AZ at 13 weeks (before the AZ advice came out) and felt awful for 24 hours. Flu like symptoms and couldn’t get out of bed. Dreading the second shot. Pregnancy and baby fine.

I also had AZ at 31 weeks and felt really unwell for 12 hours. Just had my second dose today and hoping for a different reaction now I have a newborn!