Whooping cough Vaccine 34 weeks pregnant

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I'm 34 weeks pregnant and haven't had the whooping cough vaccine yet.

I'm torn between what to do because I understand how had whooping cough can be but when I was pregnant with my middle child (wasn't routine when my eldest was born in 2009) I had it done at 32 weeks and literally the very next day I was in hospital overnight having steroids because of potential pre term labour, I was contracting etc the lot. My midwife has told me this time around that it was merely a coincidence (I firmly believe this was NOT coincidental)

I'm going to speak to my consultant about it on Thursday at my next scan and check up but I'm really torn on what to do.
Most people have a sore arm and don't feel well and I had that too but the fact is it nearly put me in preterm labour (which I'm led to believe is a rarity) puts me off and makes me anxious. I remember sitting in triage hooked up to the machine and my contractions where hitting 100 thankfully he held on until 39 weeks but it scared me.

Has anyone else had that as a side effect to the whooping cough vaccine? Because everyone I speak to and every thing I've looked at nobody else has said anything about it.

If I had it done again would the same thing happen?

It's a vaccine used in pregnancy by thousands of women worldwide, if there was a chance it caused preterm labour then it would not be used. Honestly I think your preterm labour was just a coincidence wrt the jab

I’d trust your midwife when she says it was a coincidence. She’s a medical professional. I’ve not heard of it causing pre term labour before but have heard about the babies that died from whooping cough which is why it’s so important to have it.

Unless they are willing to look into it and test it you may be allergic as that's is very nirmal with any vaccine some people are. That is science. Efficacy and safety are never 100%.

I never had any vaccinations in pregnancy or post.
I am also an NHS worker and had all the mandatory vaccines to start work. I have had more then enough vaccines to last a lifetime or 2.

It will have been a concidence. Its best to get it

Get the vaccine. That's like saying 'i had a pizza for dinner and then the next day I went into labour so it must have been the pizza'

Go with your gut. Your experience was real and if you read the trial data you'll see your experience was not out of the ordinary, despite what the above comments might be telling you. Don't feel pressured by anybody.

I was offered the flu vaccine last pregnancy and refused it (various reasons, I’ve had every other vaccine). The next day I went into labour. If I’d had the vaccine I’m sure I’d be the exact same as you, swearing blind that the vaccine caused it. Nobody on here can tell you 100% that the vaccine didn’t cause your labour as I’m sure there are all sorts of weird reactions people have as we’re all very different, however it is incredibly unlikely. I would have the vaccine, definitely.

Can you link this? Not just the data, but the full study and discussion

Trust your gut/instinct.

I've decided not to have it. Not because I didn't agree with it, but I've had different back to back health issues during this pregnancy and it's still ok going, and I just haven't had a break/breather to have the vaccine. So I've decided it's not a priority.

What is your "gut" saying about the 14 babies, too young to be vaccinated, who died in 2012 of whooping cough?

In combination with vaccination levels this year falling to their lowest levels since then.

I never had any vaccines in pregnancy. Covid, flu or whooping cough.

Make a decision you're comfortable with.

It was a coincidence. Get any vaccine they tell you to have, it's madness to do otherwise. Whooping cough is awful.

It was almost certainly a coincidence. If you take any woman at 32 weeks a certain number of them will go into preterm labour the following day. There is no increased risk of preterm delivery in women given a whooping cough vaccine.

There is, however, a much much lower risk of babies catching whooping cough in the first 2months of life. Whooping cough in babies of that age can be really really unpleasant and can kill.

This is an incredibly irresponsible post, particularly as you haven't linked to any supporting evidence.

@em3392 can you link the trial data to support that claim? Because that’s a really irresponsible statement to make if you are just making it up. Babies have died from contracting whooping cough, but there doesn’t seem to be any evidence that the vaccine causes preterm labour.

Hi
it needs to be your choice. Some people on here come across as preaching about vaccines. I am not anti vaccine by any means but had severe adverse reaction to the covid vaccine which made me very cautious of future vaccines. I haven’t had any boosters and will not have any.

vaccines are pushed by the health service and I understand why. I spoke with my midwife about it as I was feeling guilty, however she said she didn’t have it with her baby.

people saying ‘babies have died’ whilst this may be true it’s not a helpful thing to point out or support your point.

Had mine last Thursday (29 weeks). Didnt have it in 2008 with my first, as like you said, it wasn’t mentioned.

No side affects and it’s highly recommend.

Edit - no side affects for me

however she said she didn’t have it with her baby

How old is her DC? Pre or post- 2012?

whilst this may be true it’s not a helpful thing to point out or support your point

Have to disagree - preventing avoidable death of babies too young to be vaccinated is the while point of these vaccinations

you can disagree that’s fine 👍

Sorry missed your first question. Post 2012 and her daughter is also pregnant she hasn’t had it either.

preventing death is the aim of every vaccine. I’m sure the OP does realise this. Hence my comment about it not being helpful thing to say.

For people calling me irresponsible, it was from a British medical journal (BMJ) article about the vaccine trial. Phone won't let me link it but you can Google ...shouldnt be that much of a shock, if you're going to have something injected into your body I would think any sane person would do research on it beforehand. Quite long but goes through how many women participated, how many ended up miscarrying or experiencing stillbirth (it was same as national average so they didn't consider it a concern), how many babies born to mothers who'd had the vaccine went on to still contract whooping cough. You may be surprised to know they never had a control group to actually compare efficacy between vaccinated/unvaccinated mothers.

Well it’s not a concern is it if they didn’t have higher premature birth rates or stillbirths then the national average? For goodness sake. Link to the paper so the scientists can have a proper look.
OP, babies die of whooping cough, don’t be one of the statistics

Phone should let you link - copy the url, then paste it here between double brackets ..... (no spaces)

Or at least retype the title and date of the BMJ article you mean

I’m not even going to go there with a vaccine debate because it makes me too irritated but… you said you were contracting etc and “going into preterm labour” at 32 weeks with your first but baby “hung on until 39 weeks”. So you didn’t actually go into preterm labour then? You can’t be in labour for 7 weeks? It sounds like you had some strong braxton hicks and they thought it could be labour so gave you the steroids as a precaution but it turned out you weren’t in labour?

i had insanely strong braxton hicks from 28 weeks with my first and each time I went into the assessment unit the tightenings were registering very strongly on the chart but I didn’t go into labour until 36 weeks 🤷‍♀️ some women just get some very strong tightenings beforehand.

People should do what they think is right for them and their baby. This should be based on research, past experiences, advice from professionals etc. Those who are pro all vaccines (as I said previously I am not anti vax at all I just like to be informed about what is actually going into my body) will never consider the opinions of those who are not. I actually feel bad for OP as they came here for advice and guidance instead people are just pushing their own opinions rather than being open.