Covid in pregnancy

[DoeG1]

Hi, I am looking at personal experiences or experiences of people you are very close too. Has anyone actually had Covid when pregnant and how did it effect you or the baby, if at all? Was it worse because you was pregnant or can it still be mild? I’m trying to figure out if being pregnant makes you more at risk of complications. Thank you

Yes it does @DoeG1, 1 in 10 pregnant women with symptoms needs admission to intensive care! That is really significant

A teacher friend of mine caught it at 19 weeks.
She developed blood clots and spent the rest of her pregnancy at home and injecting heparin. She was ill for maybe 5 weeks with actual covid symptoms and spent a few days in hospital.

Yes it is more dangerous. 99% of pregnant women in intensive care had not had the vaccine (figures out this week). 1% was women who had one vaccine, and 0% was women with double vaxx. It's much safer to have the vaccine than to contract covid.

lady in work yesterday her friends in cc and prem baby in scbu, higher chance of c section prem baby with covid apparently

I had covid at 20 weeks I felt so ill for about 10 days just like a really bad head cold, feeling so exhausted and loss of smell & taste. I spoke to a midwife n done some reading and what I read was that if you have covid your baby is fine there's a risk to baby if you have covid when you are delivering baby. I had had both vaccines so maybe that's why I didn't need hospital treatment.

I thought it was 1 in 10 pregnant women who need hospital admission end up in intensive care. That's what this article says.

www.itv.com/news/2021-07-30/mum-who-nearly-lost-life-to-covid-urges-pregnant-women-to-get-vaccine

I think if you haven't been fully vaccinated there's a much higher risk of being hospitalised.

I had it a couple of weeks ago at 29 weeks pregnant. Had a couple of days of feeling generally unwell, slight cough, high temp for one night, lost sense of smell. Then a few days of feeling really fatigued (although have been feeling fatigued through most of my pregnancy so that might not have been covid!) Feel fine now although my sense of smell hasn't fully returned. Had one vaccine so that may have helped keep symptoms mild.

What do you want from this thread op? There is plenty of evidence out there. Th article has a lot of information. www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/30/pregnant-women-urged-to-get-covid-jab-amid-rise-in-hospital-admissions

I had covid in January, when I was just about in my third trimester. I work in the nhs and the vaccine was available late last year, but at that point the government were telling pregnant women not to have it. As soon as there advice changed, I planned to have it, and was waiting for an appointment when I caught covid. I was lucky, I was not unwell enough to need hospital. But plenty of pregnant woman have had much worse experiences than me.

I would definitely urge pregnant women to get the vaccine. Covid is a much higher risk than the vaccine.

I didn't actually tell you what my symptoms were. Mainly very bad fatigue. Plus a cough and feeling generally run down. I was off work for around 3 weeks.

There's quite a lot of data on this now and in answer to your questions OP - yes and yes. Worth reading the data so you can look at actual numbers and circumstances but yes pregnant women are more vulnerable and yes there are potential complications, esp around pre-term birth.

Covid can be extremely dangerous for pregnant women. My SIL got covid at 34 weeks and it nearly killed her. It is truly amazing that she survived, but we don't think her health will ever go back to normal. Like many other covid sufferers, she had a whole litany of very serious complications, never mind having to be incubated and unconscious for over a month.

I’ve read information on the news for example & I’ve spoken with my midwife so I wanted to actually get some experiences from women who have actually had Covid while pregnant.

My friend got it at around 4 months and had to go into hospital for supplementary O2. She has asthma. She was in for two nights I think.

I’d be interested (and hopefully relieved) when we get more data about how good the vaccine is at reducing serious symptoms in pregnant women...I know they’re saying most preg women in ICU are unvaccinated but preg women haven’t really been offered it long enough for there to be that many double vaccinated about. I’m only just double vaccinated and made an appointment as soon as we were able to.

DoeG1 what do you want to gain from getting their experiences? and how are you going to compare them when it can be caught all the way through pregnancy when covid will obviously be more dangerous later on in preganancy

Having covid in pregnancy makes you 22 times more likely to die and doubles your chance of stillbirth. It’s very dangerous.

@madwife123 where have you read that. Sources please?

I never got covid in pregnancy but in my 3rd trimester I was practically a hermit with anxiety. Never went anywhere. We were sort of in a lock down anyway. Just got to stay cautious I guess.

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210422181856.htm

@Lullaby88
And sadly 50% more like to have complications
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-04-23-research-uncovers-high-risk-pregnant-women-covid-19

I didn't get covid but got the first vaccine and went into labour two weeks later, two weeks before my due date. Haven't found any stats butt the midwives said there's no solid research yet on how the vaccine affects pregnancy

@Madwife123

Having covid in pregnancy makes you 22 times more likely to die and doubles your chance of stillbirth. It’s very dangerous.

What's your source please?

I came across this today, which was reassuring.

www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/news/2097-pregnant-women-are-not-more-at-risk-of-severe-covid-19-but-their-care-in-hospital-could-be-improved

I have two friends that caught COVID in their 3rd trimester.
First was in intensive care, baby removed by c section as she was unfit to deliver. Spent 8 days in intensive care/nicu… dad didn’t meet his daughter until day 9. But 5 months on, both fit and well.
Second was ill for 7-10 days, stayed home and then had to inject blood thinners til birth. But both fine a month on.

The fact that both contracted it whilst working from home/their partners gave it to them - and the risks was enough to persuade me that the risks were greater than the jab 😊

I lost a pregnant colleague to covid about 8 months ago. both her & the baby died.
my partner also had the same in her workplace around 6 months ago.
both made local news and were unvaccinated

@georgarina that is no longer the case. There is quite a bit of evidence. The vaccine itself never leaves your arm (doesn't enter bloodstream, doesn't cross the placenta, etc...) We know how vaccines work. We always did. I don't think midwives are biochemists though (and don't need to be).

The biggest problem is that the guidance has been so damn unclear!!! Please see the most up to date guidance from rcog.

You gave birth at 38 weeks gestation? Full term. Congrats on your baby.