RSV vaccine

[Twinkletwinklelil]

Is anyone having it? Any reservations?
I’ve been invited to have it but not sure if necessary!

Been offered the vaccine but nearest centres to get it are 50+ miles away from me ☹️ nobody seems to know how I can get it where I live either…just seems really weird they are promoting it for pregnant women but there doesn’t seem to be availability nationwide?? Currently 34 weeks so would like to get it if I can

I got it in the end through my GP. It took a bit of work!

If I was pregnant I would definitely have it, (got 4 kids) my 3rd son had rsv and was v unwell but in comparison to babies I’ve nursed in children’s ward I worked in he was the least poorly I’ve seen. Rsv is horrible, I used to spend winter in our rsv cohorts tube feeding, suctioning, propping up, these poor babies, some as young as week old - paeds nurses are very used to newborns so if the rsv vaccine prevents as many as possible from getting this then def get it.

Any chance I could have the links you mention please? I'm keen to get the niggles out of my mind as flu season approaches. It's still a no from me til I can find more information. But i would have a vaccine if I found it benefitted me

Absolutely. My daughter was hospitalised twice with bronchiolitis within a few months when she was a year old and that was hard enough. Can’t imagine watching a tiny baby go through that.
Said daughter will be 3.5 when baby is born in February and fully in the throes of bringing shit home from preschool 😩

Yes having it, along with all other recommended vaccines, I'll be having mine at my next scan appointment.

OK, so I had it yesterday early morning and I've woken up today feeling hungover! I'm rough with a banging headache, heavy arms and a general "cba" feeling. Anyone else had this?

But I'm glad I got it after further research. I'm 30 weeks and feel it's been a perfect time.

Yes do it. My DD spent her 1st birthday on IC hooked up to oxygen and drips with bronchiolitis. The first 24 months she was continuously up and down with it and on inhalers for a long time.

Both my niece and nephew ended up in hospital before the age of 2 with brochiolitis. Their dad has asthma so I'm wondering if that made them particularly vulnerable. My DP has got asthma too, I'm 17 weeks pregnant and will 100% be getting it when offered. It's so scary seeing tiny children in hospital on oxygen, I'll do whatever I can to avoid it.

So worth it and I wish they had it when I was pregnant. My 3 year old and 11 month old have had bronchiolitis several times, and it’s terrifying and stressful. Yes for many bronchiolitis is mild, but for many of us, it ends up with your child hooked to machines needing help to breathe. I’ve had that sight too many times and it does traumatise you and your child.

You usually won’t find any medicine specifically tested on pregnant women due to ethics. We know it’s safe because it’s not a new vaccine. It’s not like Thalidomide, which was a new drug. It’s an MRNA vaccine, these have been around since the 60s and are used for a large list of illnesses (Covid, whooping cough now) and used for pregnant women - and the data from this historic use of MRNA shows no risk to pregnant women. it’s not a live virus either so won’t give you the illness.

Booked in on Wednesday and definitely going ahead with this. Even more so after reading this thread.
While i am here please advise thought on covid vaccine as I am booked the week after for this but I am just unsure about this I am not sure to have it or not!?
Anyone else feel similar? Thanks @Twinkletwinklelil

Your whole post is incorrect. The RSV vaccine given to pregnant women in the uk is not a mRNA vaccine, the only one licensed for use for pregnant women here is Abrysvo made by Pfizer. The Moderna mRNA vaccine is only being given to older people. Also, mRNA was discovered in the 1960s but was not used in vaccine technology until the covid vaccine. Please stop spreading this misinformation because people are very wary of mRNA vaccines.

Also the whooping cough vaccine is not mRNA just to add to my above post.

My daughter died from bronchiolitis a few years ago, although she was into toddlerhood when she caught it. I wouldn't think twice about the vaccine. Protect your babies any way you can.

Not everyone is very wary of MRNA vaccines. ‘Some’ people are wary of MRNA vaccines. ‘Some’ people are wary about vaccines in general. I’m not one of these people - I fall into a group where only the MRNA Covid vaccine is safe for me.

Thanks for the corrections - I suspect in a year or 2 the MRNA vaccine will be used in pregnancy too, as it is with the Covid vaccine.

I didn’t realise I was wrong about whooping cough vaccine so thanks for the correction, I saw MRNA technology is being used for whooping cough vaccines (which is correct) however it’s a vaccine in development.

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So sorry for your loss

So so sorry.

I didn’t have any side effects at all! Probably one of the best vaccines I’ve had for lack of feeling anything. Not even a sore arm.

I went and had my flu jab last week too, but they offered me Covid too and I rejected it 🫢

I was unsure about the covid as I said I wouldn't have any more after the three initial ones, but ultimately being pregnant puts me in a risk category I wasn't in before and the sad fact is, people are still dying from covid or it's complications, and they're usually vulnerable in some way. I know not everyone will agree and that's totally fine but that's just how I'm feeling about it.

I had my Flu Jab, COVID Jab, and my RSV Jab all around the 35 weeks pregnant mark. (Not all on the same day, might I add!) No side effects from any of them, just a bit of redness/soreness/swelling/itching at the injection site. I’ve had all of the recommended jabs, as I don’t want to take any unnecessary risk, especially as baby is due November, which is peak Flu, COVID, and RSV season.

I suppose I said no to the Covid one because I have had 4 previously??

thoughts?

I think I’ve had 3 COVID jabs prior to the one I had recently, but they were in 2021, so it’s been a while since my last one. I have also had COVID 4 times since 2021, so I felt for me it was worth having the COVID jab, just incase.

I’m the type of person that always accepts vaccinations though, as I’ve always thought that they’re offered to us for a reason, so I always accept them.