Is anyone having the covid booster?

[miniworry]

I've had all of the previous covid vaccines/boosters and now have had a text
From my GP that I am entitled to the new covid booster.

I'm not an anti vaxxer at all and have already had my flu vaccine this pregnancy but for
Some reason I feel uneasy about having the covid one.

What are peoples general thoughts on having the jab during pregnancy? I'm 16 weeks.

I'm 36 weeks, had flu and whooping cough but declined covid. I have flu every year and always fine, decided to get as normal.

The covid vaccines made me very sick the first 3 times. Fever, headaches, dizzy, weak, you name it. When I actually caught covid I was largely asymptomatic, but appreciate that could well have been due to the vaccines. My periods also stopped when I had the covid vaccines and never came back fully (was a shock to get pregnant for several reasons including that!). I ultimately decided to decline as the jabs clearly don't work well with my body. Others did not have same effects as me and I would have accepted the vaccine had I been them.

I wouldn't be put off by scaremongering over being 'untested in pregnant women' and 'suddenly lots of heart issues' for several reasons:

1. thousands of pregnant women have had the vaccine and its still recommended. They never do specific trials to test safety in pregnant women for obvious reasons.
2. Those people who got the covid vaccines also probably had covid at some point. Most people have. Could be the actual covid that caused a heart issue rather than vaccine. Lots of people changed lifestyle from the pandemic. Working from home, dropped team sports, less active etc. Changes to drink and food habits. Everyone's lives changed dramatically during the period of the pandemic and vaccines came out so it could be several factors that could lead to any increase in health issue during that time. I'm sure there was also a significant increase in people suffering from loneliness when vaccines came out. But that was likely the isolation from the pandemic that did that, not the vaccine that came out driving mental health issues. Correlation and causation are two different things.

@Tippexy
I did read it, it still wasn’t a screen shot from 2020 it’s just the same information in current report which implied there was no updated view. I’m not here for a fight and divide, you come across quite rude and blunt vs just helping eachother out - remembering most of us are already pregnant and overwhelmed with pregnancy symptoms and just doing our best to make sense of very long reports with often contradictions.

I also followed the link of current updates to this report- which like another poster said (and as the update below shows) they still can’t assure its safety as it’s new and untested, so just a case of weighing up possible risks of taking or not taking it - which of course there are unknowns.
some sensitivity and kindness wouldn’t go a miss :)

@Tippexy this is the kind of post I’m referring to, this is meant to be a safe place for mums to share concerns and worries and help eachother out- there’s no need for inaccurate accusations -there was no ‘frantic shite shared’- quite the opposite- just a normal post with concern from a government report. And certainly no need for such judgement, shaming and subtle attack on someone’s education or skills.
Especially given this thread in particular, will mostly be pregnant mums maybe battling pregnancy sickness, nausea, hormones, stress and overwhelm trying to make sense of a lot of scientific jargon and conflicting evidence to make sense of it all with varying abilities, time and states of mind. If we knew it all we wouldn’t need to come here for support.

So even if you do have such skills, knowledge or clarity ….it would be nice if they were used to support, encourage and help others rather than attack, shame and undermine them 🙏🏼

it’s just the same information in current report which implied there was no updated view.

This isn’t true. It’s a legacy page - it doesn’t mean there is no updated research or information. The exact screenshot has been shared by thousands of anti-vaxxers online; especially by those who join new social media websites purely to post it. There are a number of such people on this thread.

I would urge any pregnant woman reading this thread to speak with your medical team, look at actual research papers and read up to date advice. Do not base your decision on social media screenshots and the claims of those who have an agenda.

Re-posting this, and to remind everyone that no vaccine or medicines are trialled on pregnant women, for obvious reasons…!

Had covid vaccine in '21 with last pregnancy and just had it (moderna) last week at 30 weeks pregnant. Recommend. I take all recommended vaccines. No issues.