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Covid jab - 12 weeks pregnant

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dg93 · 03/08/2021 20:04

Hey! I'm desperate to hear everyone's experience with getting the covid jab.

I'm 11 weeks 3 days and planning on getting the jab next week. It will be the pfizer vaccine I'll be getting.

If you've had the jab can you let me know how it made you feel? And when you had it? Smile

I'm absolutely terrified!!!

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SouthwestSis · 03/08/2021 20:22

Had my first jab at around 4 weeks and have just recently had my 2nd when I was around 13 weeks, sore arm only both times. Feeling glad I had them done as have been less anxious going out and about with the numbers of pregnant ladies needing hospitalised.
Remember you still need to be careful after your first jab as it takes 2-3 weeks after that to start building any immunity at all.

Fawn68 · 03/08/2021 20:29

I got my first Pfizer one last week at 28 weeks, tender arm for 2 days and no other side effects!

stormelf · 03/08/2021 20:30

I had my first jab the day after my 12 week scan at exactly 13 weeks. I just had a very sore arm for days. I've got my second jab booked for when I'm 24 weeks. I had the Pfizer jab

Kittyswhiskers · 03/08/2021 20:33

I had my first pre pregnancy and my second at 13 weeks
I had very bad side effects but I did the first time too - nausea, high temp, generally feeling shit
I think I’ve had covid already and that’s supposedly makes side effects worse
They lasted 48 hours or less and improved with paracetamol
I am so so so glad I had it now! 98% of women who are hospitalised during pregnancy with covid are unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated!
I am also a vaccinator (nurse) and definitely think you’re doing the right thing!

kitten789 · 03/08/2021 20:37

I'm 26 weeks and had my first jab last week. I had a sore arm for about 2 days and felt a bit tired, but I feel tired on and off anyway at the moment. Xx

PissedOffNeighbour22 · 03/08/2021 20:46

I've had both my Pfizer jabs in early pregnancy. No issues other than a sore arm for a few days.

Arcoiris3101 · 03/08/2021 20:48

I've just had mine at 13+ weeks. Sore arm for a day and that's it. Will be having my second one mid September and hopefully it will be fine too.

InTheNightWeWillWish · 03/08/2021 20:54

Had my first at 12 weeks. I was still suffering with first trimester pregnancy symptoms and I didn’t feel any worse than I did before the jab. I just had a sore arm. DH had his at the same time, he was saying he was tired and a bit fluey but it just felt like an ordinary pregnancy day for me Grin I did play pzifer or pregnancy with DH - “are you feeling nauseous? No, that must be pregnancy then”.

Two weeks after I noticed my arm was sore at the injection site when I meant on the arm. I also felt a bit more ill than usual but I’d done a site visit, got dehydrated and was suffering with hay fever. I went to the GP. They looked at my arm and said it was a local reaction (I had small red lump), it turns out along with suffering with suffering from the effects of summer I also had a UTI which is why I was feeling a bit more rubbish than usual. GP reassured me that a local reaction doesn’t mean it wasn’t working as it should in my body, it’s something to do with everything rushing to the entrance site and trying to fight it there. She also reassured me that all the data they were seeing was that pzifer and moderna are safe in pregnancy and a local reaction in the arm won’t be affecting baby at all.

Second jab at 21 weeks. I’ve been taking aspirin since 12 weeks so I bled this time. I bled for about a minute after she put the needle in and I needed a plaster, just in case. I had a bruise for about a week but that’s because of the bleeding and aspirin. I had another local reaction at the injection site. Slightly bigger reaction this time, my arm had a small bump about 2cm in diameter that was red and raised. It was itchy this time. I had the jab on Thursday morning, Friday evening is when it was worse but not unmanageable. I took an antihistamine and two paracetamol before bed. That reduced most of the local reaction. On the Saturday morning I took another antihistamine (I’d have taken one anyway for hay fever that day) and the local reaction cleared up by the end of the day. Other symptoms were just a sore arm which was sore for about 2 days but nothing else.

I’d had my first scan before my first jab and had my second in between. Baby was fine at second scan. They managed to look at everything and couldn’t find anything to be worried about. Baby was wiggling a lot during the scan (and being a little awkward bugger and moving just as the ultrasound tech kept trying to take measurements). Since the second jab, baby is happy wiggling away and I’m feeling lots of movement.

Despite having a localised reaction at the injection site, which by the way I’m the only person who I know who has had a localised reaction and I have similar reactions to bug bites anyway, I’m really glad I’ve had my jabs. I’m so glad that when I called the GP with my concerns, even though I explained I’d got dehydrated and suffering hay fever and I didn’t know why I was feeling so rubbish, they still invited me in to look at the injection site. I realise not everyone has a GP that is open at the moment but I’m grateful the GP took the time to look at my arm and reassure me. I will possibly need to talk to the GP when it comes to boosters to check it’s the appropriate one for me based on the local reaction. I’m still really glad I had the jab and I’m really hoping I can pass some antibodies on to baby. The more data that comes out, the more reassured I am. At my first jab, it was the least bad choice. I wasn’t hugely sure I was making the right choice but it felt like the better alternative to catching covid. Pretty soon after my first I spent a lot of time trying to work out how I could my second one as quickly as possible as more and more data was pointing to the fact that the jab is the better choice.

JackJack84 · 03/08/2021 20:57

Got my first Pfizer dose at 14 weeks & had a really sore arm for a couple of days. Second dose at 22 weeks & arm was much less sore. No other side effects.

DoctorBambino · 03/08/2021 21:37

Hey, I haven't had my vaccine yet but I'm looking to book it now that I've past the 12 week mark. I would rather go for pfizer than moderna, but when I try to book online there is just a list of random pharmacies. Is there a different way to book so that you know which vaccine it will be?

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 03/08/2021 22:45

Had my first Pfizer jab pre- pregnancy and my 2nd Jab at 5 weeks gestation because I'm worried about rising cases of the Delta variant and my GP said it was a good idea to get as much protection asap. No side effects either time apart from a sore, aching arm for 2/3 days (I checked my temp regularly and had paracetamol at the ready, but it wasn't needed). I'm not due to have my first scan till tomorrow but I don't feel any different, no bleeding or anything like that.

InTheNightWeWillWish · 04/08/2021 06:19

@DoctorBambino I rang the vaccine centre when I had my first to check it was pzifer in stock (this was when they’d only recently changed the guidance for 30-40 to have pzifer). However, there are walk in centres and near us you can search for first/second vaccine AZ/moderna/pzifer. Ours is on our local PCT website but I found it by googling vaccination walk in centres.

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