Covid in pregnancy advice

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Sorry, I’m sure threads like this have been done to death, but if you’ve tested positive for covid in pregnancy, what advice did you get from your trust?

I tested positive this morning, contacted community team who said they’d pass on the message but I’ve heard nothing back. I’ve tried the maternity team at the hospital all afternoon but can’t get through. They’re under different trusts too so I’m not sure if advice would differ.

The only reason I ask is I’ve been told by others in different areas about getting blood thinners as a precaution and wasn’t sure how common this was and if it was the recommended advice.

I’m 20 weeks and triple vaxed if that makes a difference. The only real symptoms I have are tiredness and a bit of a sniffle.

This was me last week! My hospital were rubbish and didn't offer any advice so I spoke to my GP instead, they said to keep any fever in check with paracetamol, stay hydrated and to rest. They also put me in touch with a service that provides oximeters and BP monitors to vulnerable people. They also reassured me that the baby wasn't at any more risk. In then end I didn't need to engage with the service as my infection came and went v quickly. Wishing you a speedy recovery! Given you're boosted I'm sure you'll be absolutely fine X

Thank you @KittyEmK, that’s good to hear. I’m glad yours went quickly, I’m hoping mine is the same. I’m surprised there’s no general guidance, it’d make life so much easier.

The need for blood thinners will depend on your other personal risk factors for a clot, things such as family history, BMI etc.
It would usually be your community midwife that assesses this for you, but it sounds like you do need to speak to the hospital team if they haven't given you any answers.
Just keep as mobile as possible at home whilst isolating and drink plenty for now.

I called my midwife team at 17 weeks to tell them I had covid, no one answered so I left a message with my number and some questions and no one ever called me back! In the end I spoke to my GP who wasn't concerned at all, the call lasted just under 3 minutes. Thankfully baby is fine

Exactly as @SouthwestSis said for me - my (absolutely fab so I trust her) community midwife did an assessment based on my other health factors and concluded no blood thinning injections etc needed. She told me to rest and keep an eye on breathing and to let her know if I felt any worse.

She was very keen to stress I absolutely could still ring the hospital if I had any changes in baby’s movements - they will still see you! You just need to call ahead so they can put appropriate measures in place

Good luck, hope you don’t feel any worse!

Hi! So I tested positive for Covid on Christmas Day. Couldn't get in touch with my midwife (not that she's easy to get hold of anyway) so called the Antenatal unit. My symptoms at the time were a cough and feeling bunged up with a cold. I have a high BMI, I'm on aspirin and had also heard about blood thinners.

Because my symptoms were mild, I was told to take it easy, stay hydrated and to keep an eye out for fever and breathlessness. If my symptoms worsened I should call them asap.

As it was my symptoms were very mild and gone after 4 days.

I've posted this on another thread but:

Measure your oxygen levels with an oximeter. If below 96 then report to 111.

Measure temperature. If above 37.8 then report to 111.

If you have shortness of breath with chest pain report to 111.

Keep an eye out for blood clots with the following signs:

lumps on legs or one leg swollen more than the other.

Slightly elevate legs at night, drink water and stay active to prevent blood clots.

They only give blood thinning injections to those who are high risk which is based on age (probably 40+) and high BMI.

The above was advice given to me by a midwife when I had Covid at 30weeks last month.

Report to your midwife as mine had a pregnant Covid department that would check in on me.

Thank you everyone, it does seem the most common advice is rest and hydrated. I’m low risk in every area which could be why I’ve not heard anything back but I did have slightly raised platelets at my booking bloods. Not enough to be a concern but enough for a repeat test which makes me wonder if I should have them. I’ve heard from a midwife that some trusts, including hers, give the injections to all covid positive mums but if most people do find without them, that’s a positive.