third trimester and vaccinated

[Mama427]

Hi, pregnant ladies who have been double vaccinated, how cautious are you being during the third trimester? I feel like I should be social distancing still but husband thinks I've had the vaccine so don't need to anymore. I'm confused!

I'm 29 weeks and very much still social distancing. For me, I don't see the point in taking risks when the baby will be here before I know it anyway, and the most risky time will be over.

Double vaxxed here too and still being careful, wearing a mask indoors, distancing. I had my doses coming up to 6 months ago and I read today that the effectiveness drops after this time period too. I will be getting my top up when called to do so (I already received a letter say they’ll commence for the ECV and over 50s in sept)

I continued to be careful after both vaccines and still caught it at 31 weeks. I’m sure your husband can cope with 10 more weeks of being patient and cautious.

DP and I are both double vaccinated and have been being really careful - and despite all this he’s still just tested positive (I’ve got no symptoms but waiting for PCR result). So I would still maintain social distancing if I were you, as it’s still possible to get it even if you’ve been vaccinated.

Also, DP will have to miss my 20 week scan if I’m able to go ahead with it tomorrow (not clear at this stage) which is rubbish but would be ten times worse if it was the birth he was missing. We’ve learned our lesson and will be pretty much self isolating in the weeks immediately before my due date to make sure the same thing doesn’t happen. So I think it’s worth continuing with social distancing to try to minimise the risk of this kind of thing happening too.

@periwinkle86 sorry he will be missing your scan, it's so hard all of this. Good point about super careful when approaching birth, I can't imagine giving birth without my husband there

I think I'm going to continue distancing and gently reminding husband, which may become less gentle towards the end

I'm only just double vaccinated plus the 1 weeks (32 weeks) and being careful but not locking myself away. However, I have taken the heartbreaking decision not to attend my sister's wedding when I am 38+5. It is several hours drive away (and I really don't fancy going into labour down there), but primarily I am scared of guests milling around me, hugging and kissing without any thought and the either me or DH contracting covid just before my CS less than a week later, and him missing the birth and me being left in postnatal by myself risking staff and other patients.

I'm double vaccinated and still being careful. The risks for pregnant women in third trimester are serious. Hopefully being double jabbed might mitigate some of these risks, but as pregnant women were not offered the jab until recently and were not included in clinical trials there is no data to confirm to what extent pregnant women (and their babies) are protected by the jab.

Double vaccinated and 32 weeks. I will admit as soon as I was double vaccinated I became a bit complacent, but seeing all the breakthrough cases has put me back in box!

I still sanitise me hands constantly, and wear a mask indoors (shops etc.), and the nicer weather helps because if we go out to eat anywhere it is nice to sit outside.

*my hands