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Covid booster in second trimester...Looking for reassurances

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drV · 31/10/2022 16:55

Hi all.. I am booked to receive my covid booster this Sunday, when I will be 25 weeks. I am vaccinated with 3 doses of covid vaccine before this pregnancy, without having horrible symptoms. Just worried if there would be any side effects during second trimester.. I have read research papers and spoken to my GP regarding covid vaccines in pregnancy but just want to hear positive reassurances from those who have been vaccinated during pregnancy.

It's my first pregnancy after two losses and just anxious for everything. Don't want anything to harm my baby😢

Thank you xx

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Wishbub · 31/10/2022 17:34

Not second trimester, but I had mine a couple of weeks ago in my third trimester. I only noticed a slightly sore arm later that day, but no chills/fever, as with my first COVID jab.

Useyourname · 31/10/2022 17:42

I had COVID vaccination at about 30 weeks. No side effects (although I felt like total crap the whole pregnancy so probably wouldn't have noticed!)

He's now a chatty, bright, energetic, healthy 1 yo 🙂you're doing the best thing for yourself and your baby to get vaccinated. Well done

magicravioli · 31/10/2022 17:43

I had my second booster a few weeks ago at about 25 weeks. Sore arm, but nothing like the fever/chills etc I had with my first booster (before I was pregnant). I worried too, despite enthusiastically getting all my previous jabs, bu from what I hear, covid later in pregnancy can be a real problem and cause early labour, so it felt worth it to me and now I’m wondering what I was fussed about.

Melusina123 · 31/10/2022 18:19

Had my booster today. Actually it was something another MNer said in a different thread that sold it for me - that there's no evidence the COVID vaccine can harm a foetus but there's plenty of evidence a fever (likely with COVID) can harm a foetus, so even if you don't get it for your own sake, it's likely safer for the foetus for you to get it.

Novella12 · 31/10/2022 18:43

I had my booster last week at 38 weeks pregnant and had no side effects apart from sore arm and a bit tired for a day (but that could have been standard pregnancy tiredness at this stage tbh!). Definitely go for it 😊

MO22 · 31/10/2022 19:25

Following, I too enthusiastically have had every jab not pregnant but after miscarriage I'm v nervous. I'm only 10 weeks and feel very guilty for not having it yet (NHS texts me daily!) but also quite terrified. I was going to wait post 12 week scan, has anyone had an earlier jab in pregnancy?!

Whoneedsleep · 31/10/2022 20:50

I had my Covid vaccines x2 with DD, both in the second trimester.

No side effects, no problems and she was born healthy at 40 weeks.

Dyra · 31/10/2022 22:59

I had my second dose while TTC, then a booster when 18 weeks with DC2. Slightly sore arm for a day, but no other side effects. I did get pre-eclampsia, but I also had it with DC1. Not at all vaccine related, as DC1 was 15 months when I had the first dose.

DC2 was born at 37+6 (early induction for pre-eclampsia) via C-section (he got stuck). He's now coming up 8 months old, is perfectly healthy, and hitting all his milestones on time.

Canihaveacoffeepleasexx · 31/10/2022 23:09

Melusina123 · 31/10/2022 18:19

Had my booster today. Actually it was something another MNer said in a different thread that sold it for me - that there's no evidence the COVID vaccine can harm a foetus but there's plenty of evidence a fever (likely with COVID) can harm a foetus, so even if you don't get it for your own sake, it's likely safer for the foetus for you to get it.

This is because there is much more research on viruses then there is the covid vaccine…… the vaccine is a lot newer so hasn’t been tested over many years. The truth is no one knows if there will be side effects in years to come.

Look at all the pregnant women who were given thalidomide- they were told it was safe in pregnancy and it lead to serious deformities in babies

Somatronic · 01/11/2022 00:33

I had my first booster at 9 weeks and my second at 29 weeks. Both were fine.

There are risks to the foetus if I get covid but no known risks from the vaccine so I was happy to get it.

Melusina123 · 01/11/2022 07:15

Thalidomide was released in the 50s when they didn't think drugs crossed the placenta so they thought basically everything was safe for pregnant women. We bowl know that very much is not the case. Meanwhile, millions of pregnant women have been vaccinated for various things with no evidence of effect. Vaccines in pregnancy are well-established, including the flu, whooping cough, etc, and again there is no evidence of adverse outcomes for mother or foetus.

This includes 100,000s of pregnant women who have now had the COVID vaccination at various stages of pregnancy with no adverse effects reported for the pregnancy. Conversely there have been life-threatening adverse effects of actually getting COVID for the mother, and there is a clear reason why getting COVID would be dangerous for the foetus.

Thalidomide is a drug, which is a completely different case - there is a lot of evidence now that certain drugs can be harmful to foetuses. Most drugs authorities are now incredibly conservative about what they advise is safe in pregnancy. The fact that they actively encourage pregnant women to get vaccinated, alongside the membership bodies for obstetrics in most countries, means there is strong evidence on favour of it - unless you want to get into conspiracy theories.

Everyone has to make their own decision on this. I think it is much safer to be vaccinated that not, given the risks of COVID are real and the risks of vaccination are, at this stage, hypothetical.

LittleSkittles · 01/11/2022 08:16

For people who say the long term side effects of the vaccine are unknown, surely the same could be said for Covid? If an unvaccinated pregnant woman gets covid no one knows the long term effects that could have on the baby either. I understand its a tough choice.

No certainty either way, but I choose to put my faith in medical experts. I'm 16 weeks and will be getting my booster this week.

luciaann · 01/11/2022 09:45

I also had my third in my 2nd trimester and I'm so glad I did x

ireneadler101 · 01/11/2022 10:14

I got my booster as soon as I found out I was pregnant - as others have said, there is plenty of evidence that covid can lead to negative pregnancy outcomes, but no evidence to date that vaccination does the same.

I found this recent article informative in terms of the risks of catching covid whilst pregnant: www.independent.co.uk/news/health/covid-pregnancy-placenta-immune-study-b2198866.html

Betsyboo87 · 01/11/2022 11:20

I had mine last week at 15 weeks. I had it in the morning, felt a little achy and chilly by bedtime but no fever. Slept all night and felt absolutely fine by the morning. I didn’t plan to have any further covid vaccinations until I fell pregnant. What tipped it for me was that a pregnant friend ended up in hospital with covid at 7 months. She had no other underlying conditions. The pp who mentions about fever in pregnancy being potentially dangerous also makes a very good point.

LittleSkittles · 02/11/2022 11:30

Betsyboo87 · 01/11/2022 11:20

I had mine last week at 15 weeks. I had it in the morning, felt a little achy and chilly by bedtime but no fever. Slept all night and felt absolutely fine by the morning. I didn’t plan to have any further covid vaccinations until I fell pregnant. What tipped it for me was that a pregnant friend ended up in hospital with covid at 7 months. She had no other underlying conditions. The pp who mentions about fever in pregnancy being potentially dangerous also makes a very good point.

Was yours pfizer or Moderna?

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