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Covid vaccination during pregnancy. Have you/would you?

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NoMoreBloodySweets · 30/07/2021 22:24

I'm 27 weeks and have been offered the vaccine but I'm unsure whether to have it now or wait until after I have the baby.

I'm reasonably healthy and have no other risk factors. I had an older variant of covid last year and was fine, just a runny nose and a bit tired.

I'm not anti vax, both of my children have had all of their immunizations and I've had whooping cough and flu jabs.

Just looking for others opinions really. Have you/would you?

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PurpleFlower1983 · 30/07/2021 22:35

I had my baby last Sunday and chose to wait, I had my first dose last night. Every health professional I spoke to either discouraged it or would not recommend it so I waited. Others have had different experiences though.

Verybookish · 30/07/2021 22:48

I am 34 weeks and am double jabbed. All medical professionals I spoke to advised it, so does the national body of midwives and gynaecologists, I believe.

TakeYourFinalPosition · 30/07/2021 22:53

I did. Everyone recommended it. If you’ve had no doses at all yet; you can have Pfizer which has been given to masses of women here and in the US now. I had to have AZ as I’d already had the first dose - all was still fine. I’ve seen baby since and all is good.

It was a tough and personal call, but I wouldn’t have forgiven myself if baby got Covid and couldn’t fight it… so with the data from others who had already had the vaccine, that felt like the much better route to me.

sarah13xx · 30/07/2021 23:01

I decided not to get it, purely because I wasn’t offered it until a month before my due date. I think if I was early on in my pregnancy just now I’d feel like I didn’t have much choice but to get it. Not sure what I’d do at your stage though, depends how likely you are to catch it in the next 3 months. I’ve been basically isolating and working from home since 28 weeks so didn’t feel I was at risk enough to warrant getting it when I didn’t know the outcome for my baby for sure

CoffeeNeeded2019 · 30/07/2021 23:01

I’ve had it (Pfizer)
I’m 34 weeks
Spoke to a consultant as well as my GP & midwife & they all recommended it
I was anxious about it but decided to based on the known risks of covid and risks in pregnancy vs the unknown potential risks of the vaccine that I was concerned about (and that there is no evidence for at all)

Covid in the third trimester can be really dangerous and more and more women are being admitted to hospital with the Delta strain according to BBC news today.

honeybeesknees · 30/07/2021 23:04

I have had both, and now 29 weeks. Not a single healthcare professional has spoken to me about it, but I did my own research and decided it was safer than being unwell with covid. I’m really glad I did as I don’t think I would feel properly relaxed without it. I have older DC at school and I didn’t want to impress any of my anxiety onto them about them mixing.

Greytminds · 30/07/2021 23:04

I’m now double jabbed. Had the Pfizer at 20 and 28 weeks. Was guided by health professional advice and the known risks of Covid to both me and the baby.

InTheNightWeWillWish · 30/07/2021 23:09

22 weeks and had both jabs. I did some research and felt that the unknown risks of the vaccine were better than the known and unknown risks of covid. You can obviously say that we don’t know what the long term effects of the vaccine are but we also don’t know what the long term effects of the virus are either. I figured case numbers were going to rise (granted, not as quickly as they have now) and that as I’m due in winter there would be high numbers in my third trimester. I also didn’t want to lock myself away all year.

mancarose · 30/07/2021 23:12

I've had it currently 34 weeks, just for the fact that if I'm protected then the babies protected, you can look at the research done on the Pfizer jab in pregnant women on BMJ, the risk is seriously tiny, the protection is so worth it. All healthcare s

NakedAttraction · 30/07/2021 23:16

Given the chief midwife has very clearly urged pregnant women to have the vaccine I think I would be having the vaccine.

There is zero evidence to suggest the vaccine poses a risk, but lots of evidence that pregnant women are at increased risk from covid, particularly in the latter stages.

ContadoraExplorer · 30/07/2021 23:50

Had my first (Moderna) just before we conceived, due to get second in a couple of weeks and will be getting it on time. I'm more concerned about catching covid and not knowing how I would react to it than having the jag.

GrealishHairband · 30/07/2021 23:55

Of the 750 women admitted to hospital due to Covid since February this year only 4 had one jab and 0 were double jabbed. I think that speaks for itself. Get the jab, protect yourself and your baby.

Sheisfee · 30/07/2021 23:58

I’m 37 weeks and double jabbed. Horribly tough decision to make but the evidence is piling up now that the third trimester is incredibly dodgy for mum and babe if you catch covid.

GrealishHairband · 30/07/2021 23:59

*pregnant women. I swear I typed the word pregnant.

Chelyanne · 31/07/2021 00:01

They've sent me multiple letters/texts to book in but I decided against it, 37+3wk atm. I also declined the flu vaccine but had whooping cough.

Aquamarine1029 · 31/07/2021 00:09

I'm reasonably healthy and have no other risk factors.

So was my SIL. She got covid at 34 weeks and nearly died. She had to have an emergency cs and was on a ventilator for over a month. She had numerous very serious complications and it's astounding she didn't die. She wasn't able to meet her son until he was over 3 months old. It's now 5+ months later and she is still suffering and might be for life. Heavily pregnant women are at very high risk for very serious complications from covid. I would absolutely be getting jabbed.

whoknew23 · 31/07/2021 00:13

I didn't get it.

I got the letter through before my age group but no gp would talk to me, same with midwife she told me they hadn't been trained at that point.

By the time it was recommended I was so near the end I decided to wait until my baby was born .

If I was pregnant just now I'd be getting it.

GrealishHairband · 31/07/2021 00:17

Being pregnant IS a risk factor when it comes to Covid.

Aquamarine1029 · 31/07/2021 00:19

@GrealishHairband

Being pregnant IS a risk factor when it comes to Covid.

Very, very true.

GrealishHairband · 31/07/2021 00:19

1 in 10 pregnant women admitted to hospital due to Covid need intensive care. These are healthy women of childbearing age.

Madwife123 · 31/07/2021 00:22

I’m a midwife. We are strongly advising pregnant to get the covid vaccine after research has shown pregnant women who contact the virus are much higher risk of serious illness, hospital admission, premature birth, growth restriction in the baby etc. There are pregnant women currently in intensive care very unwell. The vaccine has been shown to be safe in pregnancy. I’m not pregnant but if I was I would have it without a doubt.

GrealishHairband · 31/07/2021 00:22

No double vaccinated pregnant women have been admitted to hospital due to Covid symptoms since the vaccination programme began.

What more will it take? Get. The. Vaccine.

WhiskyIrnBru · 31/07/2021 00:23

I'm 36 weeks. Just had my second jab last week.

I felt the potential risks in late pregnancy and the delta variant was enough of a sway for me. I had Pfizer altho it was a bit of a nightmare trying to source it as initially invited for AZ.

I'm reassured I took it and had very mild side effects with the first dose and none with the second.

Namenic · 31/07/2021 00:29

Had 1st jab at 20weeks (will have 2nd jab at 28wks). Discussed with obstetrician - said it was my choice, not a huge deal of evidence either way; but balance slightly tipped towards getting the jab. There was a study where they found that women who tested positive for covid near delivery had higher risk of stillbirth and preterm birth and other complications. The royal college of obs & gynae website was helpful. www.rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-research-services/coronavirus-covid-19-pregnancy-and-womens-health/covid-19-vaccines-and-pregnancy/covid-19-vaccines-pregnancy-and-breastfeeding/

I chose to wait until 20weeks as a precautionary measure (as more of the baby’s development had happened by then and baby had been ok at my 2nd scan). But I don’t think there’s any evidence you need to wait - and some people choose to wait a shorter period (eg 13weeks or not at all).

Other things to take into consideration. Are:

your exposure - do you wfh or in a public facing role, do your kids mix at summer camp or partner at work? What is the case rate in your area? If you are higher exposure, risk of getting covid is higher.
do you have medical conditions (in addition to pregnancy - as this increases risk too) that might make covid more severe you did get it? - I think OP didn’t mention any issues.

Hope you can talk to your midwife, gp or obstetrician if you need some additional advice.

IWantT0BreakFree · 31/07/2021 00:32

I have been following the large US trial of pregnant women. I waited until I was 12 weeks pregnant because a) there was no data at that time relating to outcomes for women who had received the vaccine in the first trimester and b) because a lot of what I was reading seemed to indicate that the risks associated with Covid for pregnant women were greater in later pregnancy. I have now received my first jab and awaiting my second.

Based on conversations I've had IRL, I think a lot of women who are choosing to wait until after they give birth are forgetting the risks of Covid itself. Several pregnant colleagues have told me they "don't want to take the risk" of getting the jab, but they don't seem to be considering the actual known risks of contracting the virus.

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