anybody had covid in third tri? 39 weeks & close contact - worried

[Leilamarie5]

close contact family member just tested positive, im 39 weeks & really worried...
vaccinated x 2 but not boosted

Hello there! Yes I’ve had it recently (35w) and hopefully two things may ease your mind:

1. Both me and baby were absolutely fine. I’m also double vaxxed and had the booster about 4 days before testing positive so won’t have time to kick in, so very similar to you. Midwife told me to just keep and eye on movement as hospital will still see you for reduced movement even if positive. I had headaches and breathlessness, but who knows if the breathlessness was COVID or pregnancy related, I feel so crap anyway being pregnant I’m not sure how much difference COVID made! And baby is active as ever.

1. Close contact isn’t a guaranteed thing - my DH didn’t catch it from me and we were sleeping in the same room! To the point where my LFTs were showing positive before the fluid had even hit the control line, yet he was negative throughout.

Please try not to worry too much even though it’s very hard! Most of the press around pregnant women is specifically around unvaccinated pregnant women, my midwife wasn’t concerned in the slightest that I had it once she reconfirmed I was vaccinated

All the best

thank you SO much, i cannot tell you how reassuring this is to hear, so glad you are okay!!

Yep had it at 37 weeks.
Couldn’t get out of bed for 1 week.
Couldn’t look after my (at the time) 14month old.
It was horrid.

Baby is fine and I am fine now though.

@FTEngineerM

Yep had it at 37 weeks. Couldn’t get out of bed for 1 week. Couldn’t look after my (at the time) 14month old. It was horrid.

Baby is fine and I am fine now though.

i'm so sorry this sounds awful - i'm so glad youre okay now!! do you know which strain you had were you vaccinated?

Oops sorry should have said, I’d had one vaccine and was about to have my second that week 🥲.

It was in august so I don’t know about strain? My partner had it too and it wasn’t so bad for him but he’d had 2 vaccines.