Covid booster at 27 weeks pregnant

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Has anyone had their covid booster whilst pregnant? I had all my others before getting pregnant now due my booster but I'm a bit concerned about effects on baby?

I'm 38wks and have postponed mine, not because I'm worried about the vaccine itself, but because I don't want to have the side effects! Many people i know have had fever, aches and flu symptoms after! I've had covid in pregnancy already and the 3 jabs before that so I should be pretty well covered!

I wouldn't at all, your building just as good as resistance by being out and about.

I've been jabbed 3x times but with having contracted 2x I'm not bothering anymore.

I wouldn't dream of vaccinating my children.

Just no need and to many yellow flags re unwanted side effects

Fingers crossed eh?

I had covid at 13 weeks pregnant, and again recently at 8 weeks PP.

For me, nothing would have made me take that unknown risk. I’m sure it would be fine but I couldn’t have lived with myself had anything happened, and there’d be no way of being sure if it contributed.

As other PP say, personal decision.

Midwives we’re happy to support whatever choice I made and never pressed the issue xx

IDGAF about short term outcomes "my baby is fine!"

I'm concerned about long term neurological issues, fertility issues etc.

It turns out that paracetamol usage in pregnancy has been linked to long term issues for the baby in adulthood.

No drug is 100% safe for pregnancy. Not a one.

I honestly can't believe the uptake of the vaccine whilst pregnant. The strain is now has such a minimal impact why would you even consider it?

I'll come off this thread as I can feel myself getting wound up.

First jag in my fertile week, became pregnant and had the two other available jags whilst pregnant. Sitting here feeding my healthy 7 month old right now.

Following.

im 23 weeks pregnant. I had one jab December 2021 which I felt really pressured into. I didn’t have my second one. I caught covid July 2022 at 6 weeks pregnant and was really quite unwell. Classic flu type aches fever cough. I really wouldn’t want to get it whilst heavily pregnant as it knocked me out. I’m totally in two minds about the jab now.
I feel that I hopefully have natural antibodies and may just take my chances.
I still feel very hesitant about the jab, especially as pregnant. I’m just going to have to see how I feel in third trimester and make a decision then.
Im trying so hard to do research. It feels like such a big big decision and responsibility.
I kind of feel like whatever I do I will perhaps have regrets.

@bombemma excuse me? With all due respect you know nothing about me. When I was pregnant my main objective was to give birth to a baby that was breathing. That I did. I know three people that caught covid when pregnant. Two were vaccinated, one that wasn't. The one that wasn't vaccinated, her placenta began to fail and she ended up having to give birth at 28 weeks. Yes her baby is alive however has all sorts of health issues. Yes it may have been a coincidence but hearing this when my baby was the size of a raspberry made me decide I was going to take up the rest of my jabs.
It was a completely different strain when I was pregnant and had my vaccinations. I may not make the same decision if I was pregnant now however OP asked for experiences of getting the booster whilst pregnant. I have my experience. She did not ask for idiots like yourself with no experience of getting it to put their 2 pence worth in.
How dare you insinuate I put my baby's life at risk. Unless you have been pregnant in the last 18 months you have no idea how hard it is to make a decision on whether to have them or not. If I hadn't have had it and caught covid and something had happened and I'd posted it on here I'd have been asked well why didn't you have the jab? Instead I took the jabs, didn't catch covid, gave birth to a healthy baby and I've got idiots like you saying I shouldn't have had it!
Damned if I do and damned if I don't. You can take your high horse and shove it where the sun doesn't shine.

This, I didn't get my jabs while pregnant, there was no way I would risk it. Know one knows the long term affects and saying you have a healthy baby now does not reassure me that nothing will show later.

I had it in third trimester and baby is now & healthy. A midwife said to me so far all of the evidence is that it’s safe whereas the drugs they’d have to pump into you if you ended up in ICU aren’t all tested on pregnant women so I’d rather have the vaccine and protest than risk getting very very sick.

I thought pregnant women were all being offered the autumn booster?

www.england.nhs.uk/2022/09/over-65s-can-now-book-autumn-covid-booster/

Thank you for sharing that link Bonesofwhatyoubelieve!

I went for my flu vaccine, he asked if I wanted a booster too, I said yes. He then came back and said I wasn't eligible and wouldn't be eligible!

That's great if that's true for those that want it :)

I know (friend of a friend) of a pregnant woman who died of covid at 35 weeks.

I would as a caveat say this was in 2020 so people had had no vaccines and most had no immunity from catching it prior.

If you have already had the primary dose plus booster earlier this year, it's different to those of you who have never been vaccinated nor caught covid too

I’m a doctor and got mine at 20 weeks last month as soon as I could along with a bunch of pregnant colleagues. I’ve not had Covid since January so my immunity is probably quite poor and wanted any protection I could against infection in the third trimester. Obviously I won’t be able to avoid exposure over the next 4 months.
Are you aware of the outcomes of Covid infection in the third trimester or the medications / interventions you may need let alone the direct effects of the virus? Too many horribly sad outcomes in the third trimester and I don’t fancy being on blood thinners let alone more drastic treatments.
However if you’re able to effectively shield yourself over winter that’s different, and if you’ve had Covid very recently your risk is probably lower.
Medically there isn’t any argument about which is safer for baby - sure 2 years ago there were lots of unknowns but millions of pregnant women have had these jabs with close monitoring of outcomes. You’re dozens of times more likely to end up in ITU / with baby delivered far too early or a failing placenta if you’re not protected.

That you@mummyh2016 ,this thread was making me very panicked about having the vaccine. I am only 9 weeks and have it booked in for next week. Somehow, I have never had COVID (bizarrely lucky!), so I am worried about the lack of antibodies.

Your post is very clear and helpful.

I am going to have the vaccine, on the balance of known risks. Though that is for everyone to individually weigh up, ofcourse.

Thank you @mummyh2016 and @PinkDaffodil2 for being voices of reason!

The potential complications for getting covid in the third trimester meant that I wanted the winter booster. If others decide not to that's entirely your choice.

I know plenty of other pregnant women who have had or are shortly getting their winter booster, and flu jab at the same time. The attitude on Mumsnet seems more skewed towards anti-vax than real life is.

Funny how all the healthcare posters (along with myself with a 2nd dose while TTC and a booster at 18 weeks) all had the jabs after having seen the real devastating impact of Covid upon pregnant women. Real, known, proven effects. That versus the "but we just don't know" hand wringing argument was quite frankly zero competition.

I'd sooner have not risked a still birth or needing to have an extremely premature baby thanks very much. An alive baby with a very unlikely chance of vaccine related deficits is preferable to a dead one no? Yes, it's still unknown if there are future effects, but then again the same was said about flu and whooping cough vaccines once upon a time. Don't know why one vaccine that is tailored annually to the predicted dominant strain is ok, but another that is subject to the same standards, albeit newer isn't...

I haven't had any of the covid vaccines, I haven't had covid either. I don't think I'm going to have the vaccines now that I'm pregnant (20 weeks) but every now and again I do have a what if moment...

I had my booster last month at 22 weeks, now 25 weeks, and don't regret it. I will also opt for the whooping cough vaccine and I need an anti-D injection as I'm rhesus negative. It seems like a no-brainer to me to opt-in when the known outcomes of opting-out are there in black and white. But you do you - whatever you think is right.

Bye @bombemma 👋Hope in future that you can just accept people's choices, even if you don't agree - not your body, not your baby.

@Crzycatlady is it possible to get your immunity checked maybe privately to help you make the decision? If you’re young and healthy you may have had it without realising it and be more protected than you realise.
If you’ve actually never had it or been jabbed I’d be very very careful this winter as women are a lot more poorly in the third trimester as your immune system works differently and the physical effects of the baby / uterus complicate things. I’m sure you’re aware of the risk of stillbirth / preterm delivery etc but we are seeing less now as most women have at least natural immunity or previous infection - your personal risk is much higher.

@Crzycatlady I’m having those ‘what if’ thoughts too as even if fully jabbed etc any of us might have to make difficult decisions about blood thinners, antivirals, early delivery etc if we have a bad infection. I’ve had all my jabs and infection, I’m young and well but aware there may still be decisions to make if I get it close to term.

Had my 1st when TTC, and 2nd at 14 weeks and booster at 34 weeks. Myself and baby caught covid when he was 7 weeks old and he had a fever - at A&E the drs advised that he had antibodies from the booster which meant although he was still unwell it could have been worse.

I’ve just had my 4th covid jag last week at 31 weeks. For me the risks of getting covid especially in the 3rd trimester far outweighs the risks of the jag.