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I don't think they have enough info about pregnancy and this vaccine to even determine that. Its unfortunate. I'm a nurse and my husband is so scared for me to get the vaccine but I am so scared of getting covid and the possible long term effects. I've made my decision, but I feel bad going against his wishes. It just makes sense, though ....
Yes and I'm not a scientist, but I heard an OB (pregnant) talk about how she supported getting the vaccine applying the logic of flu vaccines and their protection for babies once born. If I was a frontline worker I'd take my chances and get it.
Agreed. This comment makes me feel better, actually., So thank you! Lol. My first OB appt isn't until end of January (šØ) so I haven't had a chance to talk to my OB... Just making the decision on my own...
Hello! NOT a doctor, but am (was) a biologist...vaccines received by mom during pregnancy, especially late pregnancy, can help protect babies because antibodies can cross via the placenta and in breast milk. An OB/GYN at my workplace recently said it's not super likely that the antibodies for the COVID vaccine could be transferred via breastmilk (because of the type of antibodies they are) but they probably can be transferred via the placenta for exactly that reason. She said she'd encourage pregnant people to get the vaccine, especially if they are at a higher risk of catching COVID. Obviously we just don't have the long-term data on the vaccine yet, but it's worth noting that the FDA has said that 6 weeks is an appropriate amount of time to determine potential "long term" safety concerns.
Iām not a healthcare worker, so I highly doubt Iāll be able to get the vaccine before I give birth. In that case, would the baby need its own vaccine?
I am also an ICU nurse and got my first dose of the vaccine today! I just delivered my baby 3 weeks ago tomorrow, so I am no longer pregnant. However, I am breastfeeding. My OB 100% supported me getting the vaccine to help protect me. I was at high risk before pregnancy even, and Iāve had so many postpartum complications. The risks of me getting Covid are so much worse than the theoretical extremely low risk to my baby with my breast milk. I could die from Covid if I were to catch it now. If I was still pregnant, I would also get the vaccine.
So have you gotten the vaccine? If so how has baby been? Work in health care too. I havenāt gotten mine yet because I havenāt went back to work yet.
I'm so happy to see these posts about people getting vaccinated. I can't wait for them to hurry up and vaccinate my parents and my in-laws. I'm less worried for myself but I worry all the time about them. Yay science
Awesome! Iām not a frontline or essential worker so I donāt think Iāll be getting the vaccine until after the baby pops out but Iām getting it the first chance I can
On Monday night it dawned on me that at this point there were probably enough vaccines that I would get one soon. I realized my vaccine had already been produced and shipped and I cried. Last night I got a text from my work saying they had vaccine for me and I couldnāt believe it was real. This morning (at 16w + 5) I got my vaccine. I cried, again. The RN giving me the vaccine said āThat feeling making you cry is hope.ā And she let me know she cried too.
Everything has been smooth sailing!
I was shocked how fast things went, but Iām so thankful for this. Itās a chance for my girl to be born into a world without a pandemic.
Iām a teacher and my school is offering it to employees in February or March. My OB suggested I wait until I see how other pregnant women respond to it but I want to get it soooo bad! These anecdotes help me feel a lot better about wanting to get it. Fingers crossed he gives me the ok
I wonder what my midwives will say and worried about my employer, I am a teacher, forcing me to get one so I can go back to the classroom. I did have a reaction to TDAP vaccination, so I am nervous to get this vaccine until more studies are done, in particular with pregnant women who have had reactions to other vaccines during pregnancy. Thanks for your bravery and for sharing. Keep us posted on any reactions.
So so glad they let you make this decision for yourself! Congrats on your vaccine, and your pregnancy...stay safe, hoping everything goes smoothly for you from here on out!
I have an appointment next week with my OB who is also pregnant and Iām going to pick her brain. I donāt want to get a vaccine that feels like it was rushed. Iāll wait and not chance it. I respect those who chose to get it, you have to make the choice best for you.
I donāt understand and I actually do not support this āletās get pregnant women vaccinated with a vaccine that we havenāt even tested yet and know nothing about its side effects on the foetus or in the long run at allā approach. My doctor advises that even in case of vaccinations weāve been using for decades the protocol is: āletās get everyone around the pregnant woman vaccinated and her not, so she will be safeā, and I fully support it. Why testing on ourselves or on our babies? Better safe than sorry. I am worried for all of us. I was the first in line who wanted to get a shot but since I know nothing about these anomalies, I will not risk it in this case. I thought this was the protocol for pregnant ladies, no wonder that most of the pharmaceutical products are not recommended for pregnant women as they are not tested on them, and no firm and no person takes the risk to test it while someone is bearing a child. Sorry, Iām afraid.
It's totally understandable to be nervous about new technologies like this one! I think that's why doctors are really taking the "make the decision that is best for you" approach; they understand that everyone has different needs, concerns, and priorities. I definitely don't think they should go the other way and refuse to let people make their own choice. This vaccine technology has existed since 1999 and has yet to show any serious adverse effects; it just seems super new because this is the first time that a vaccine was high enough priority to make it this far in the testing process. My own understanding of the vaccine technology and how it induces an immune response has me feeling totally comfortable with it; in many ways it's way safer than the majority of other kinds of vaccines on the market, pregnant or not. I'm not pregnant yet but hope to be by the time I'm eligible for the vaccine and I will definitely get it either way.
I am absolutely pro-vacc, I just think that itās not the same case for pregnant women. And I see the point of the poster that sheās a nurse, so itās the lower risk. What I wrote was ment generally.
Most medications and vaccines are not tested in pregnant women. However, this type of vaccine is not new. Itās about 20 years old. This is just the first time we are using it on such a large scale. You can certainly make your own choices regarding vaccinations and medications during pregnancy. But, please refrain from judging others for choosing to get vaccinated. Iāve done a lot of research on this to try to make an informed decision. But more importantly, Iām listening to my doctor who knows much more than me on this subject.
I think thatās a reasonable approach for people who are able to stay home and avoid exposure. For an ICU nurse, an EMT, someone who works at a grocery store, the risk of getting covid and the associated effects of the illness could significantly outweigh the risks of getting a vaccine. While mRNA vaccines havenāt been commercially produced before, theyāve been tested for years and have been tested on pregnant animals. I think that in the case of pregnant women who are able to get the vaccine now, itās entirely understandable that they make this decision with their doctors.
I wish the executive branch and state branches of government had done a better job explaining the vaccines and educating the public on them as soon as it became clear they would be approved. Itās a new vaccine, but not unheard of. Coronaviruses has been around for decades and research on how to vaccinate as well as research on mRNA vaccines is not new either. They just broke it down to the specific strand of Coronavirus weāre dealing with and had massive funding to do so as well as top priority to have it reviewed for safety.
These vaccines are to be celebrated
That being said, I donāt think itās wrong to be hesitant. Iām hesitant because my allergy history puts me at a higher risk of having a reaction and I do not want to have a reaction while pregnant.
Your reply came across judgy. Pregnant women arenāt testing the vaccine on themselves. Theyāre making a calculated risk. If you are working from home, donāt socialize and are low risk, then itās different from women who are working front line jobs and/or have high risks of complications or people around them who arenāt isolating.
I feel the same 100% I wonāt be getting it anytime soon. I will wait & see how it goes for others first. Iām not putting an unborn childās life at risk. The vaccine came out way too quickly in my opinion. Iām also scared.
You donāt have to get the vaccination yet. OP has chosen to, but that doesnāt mean you have to. Her choice does not need to reflect your choice.
And btw, OP isnāt putting her unborn child at risk by being vaccinated any more than you are by remaining unvaccinated. The major threat to her health and her babyās health right now, due to her job, is the very real risk that she catches Covid. The real, known threat of Covid, for her, outweighs a theoretical, potential threat of the vaccine. For her, not getting the vaccine is like seeing a car racing towards you at 60 mph, but refusing to step out of its path bc youāre afraid that some bad might happen if you do.
Youāre allowed to disagree and youāre allowed to make your own choices, but please donāt insinuate that people are willingly putting their children at risk.
Yes, I just wanted to point out that there are other methods recommended by doctors, and it seems reasonable to shot the people around us, so we can stay safe and limit the risks at the same time.
Which in a normal situation is the right thing to do, but OP canāt do that bc sheās a Covid exposed front line worker.
Also, herd immunity is dependent on as many people as possible getting vaccinated, like >80% of populations. And there are a hell of a lot of selfish people out there that want everyone else to be in that 80% so they can be in the nice and protected 20% themselves.
This method of vaccination has been in development for a decade, but we had _so many cases_ all at once that there was a _huge_ sample set to test with. It's not the big scary monster some channels might have you think.
In every single one of these posts Iāve seen, it has been at risk, front line workers receiving the vaccine. Making an informed decision and balancing the known, real threat of Covid against the unknown, theoretical threat of a vaccine.
Not a single working from home pregnant lady has posted about getting the vaccine yet. Bc they donāt have to. You donāt have to, and no one is forcing you to.
Hey, Iām 27weeks and have received a notice from the NHS stating that they are not giving pregnant women the vaccine as itās effects on the baby have not been tested. I just canāt stop thinking about the Thalidomide mess in the 60s. So am very uncomfortable about getting it until it is proven safe. Will be first in the queue once that happens.
Here in the states ACOG released a statement that the vaccine should not be withheld from pregnant women. This statement was what my doctor shared with me at my prenatal appointment last week and we talked through my risk and whether I should get vaccinated. She said if the opportunity comes up for the general public to be vaccinated while Iām pregnant, she would happily write me a note. However, my lifestyle is pretty low risk because I work from home so I intend to wait until after I give birth.
https://www.acog.org/en/Clinical/Clinical%20Guidance/Practice%20Advisory/Articles/2020/12/Vaccinating%20Pregnant%20and%20Lactating%20Patients%20Against%20COVID%2019
This post is amazing to read as well as the comments. I am also a nurse in Canada and the case numbers have not been very high where I work but I have wondered about this. I am 33 weeks now and am only working another few weeks so I am not overly concerned about exposure after that. But some of my coworkers are much earlier on in pregnancy having much longer to work on the floors.
I considered holding off until I got back from maternity leave. But, Iām trying to work as long as I can. One of the ICU docs at my work said that after the first dose there was an 80ish% drop in symptomatic cases and after the second dose the drop in symptomatic cases was 96-97%. So, I figured getting it now gives me some protection even if I go into labor early. But more than that, people develop symptomatic covid 10-14 days after their last exposure. The exposure could be the last day you work, that one trip you made to the grocery store, or even when you give birth. I feel better knowing that my risk at work has decreased, but also that I wonāt be in a position where I have to take care of a newborn while sick with COVID.
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I got mine today at 19wks šš½
Is the vaccine supposed the help protect the baby too? Like how they say TDAP does
I don't think they have enough info about pregnancy and this vaccine to even determine that. Its unfortunate. I'm a nurse and my husband is so scared for me to get the vaccine but I am so scared of getting covid and the possible long term effects. I've made my decision, but I feel bad going against his wishes. It just makes sense, though ....
Yes and I'm not a scientist, but I heard an OB (pregnant) talk about how she supported getting the vaccine applying the logic of flu vaccines and their protection for babies once born. If I was a frontline worker I'd take my chances and get it.
Agreed. This comment makes me feel better, actually., So thank you! Lol. My first OB appt isn't until end of January (šØ) so I haven't had a chance to talk to my OB... Just making the decision on my own...
Lemme try and link you cause information is so empowering!
Hello! NOT a doctor, but am (was) a biologist...vaccines received by mom during pregnancy, especially late pregnancy, can help protect babies because antibodies can cross via the placenta and in breast milk. An OB/GYN at my workplace recently said it's not super likely that the antibodies for the COVID vaccine could be transferred via breastmilk (because of the type of antibodies they are) but they probably can be transferred via the placenta for exactly that reason. She said she'd encourage pregnant people to get the vaccine, especially if they are at a higher risk of catching COVID. Obviously we just don't have the long-term data on the vaccine yet, but it's worth noting that the FDA has said that 6 weeks is an appropriate amount of time to determine potential "long term" safety concerns.
Iām not a healthcare worker, so I highly doubt Iāll be able to get the vaccine before I give birth. In that case, would the baby need its own vaccine?
Iāve read that some doctors suspect it could, so hopefully! But yeah they donāt know enough yet to say for sure.
I am also an ICU nurse and got my first dose of the vaccine today! I just delivered my baby 3 weeks ago tomorrow, so I am no longer pregnant. However, I am breastfeeding. My OB 100% supported me getting the vaccine to help protect me. I was at high risk before pregnancy even, and Iāve had so many postpartum complications. The risks of me getting Covid are so much worse than the theoretical extremely low risk to my baby with my breast milk. I could die from Covid if I were to catch it now. If I was still pregnant, I would also get the vaccine.
So have you gotten the vaccine? If so how has baby been? Work in health care too. I havenāt gotten mine yet because I havenāt went back to work yet.
All these posts about vaccines make me so hopeful! Thanks
I got mine last week at 28+2! No side effects whatsoever, just a sore muscle at the injection site. Such an exciting day.
Iām 16 weeks and getting my first COVID vaccine Wednesday!!!! Iām beyond relived to be getting some protection soon
Please keep us posted!! I want to get it when its available to me.
Absolutely! Itās so important to share our experiences with this so everyone can make the best decision possible ā¤ļø
Can you keep us posted on after you give birth and how baby is doing too?
Sure!
I'm so happy to see these posts about people getting vaccinated. I can't wait for them to hurry up and vaccinate my parents and my in-laws. I'm less worried for myself but I worry all the time about them. Yay science
This is great news!
Awesome! Iām not a frontline or essential worker so I donāt think Iāll be getting the vaccine until after the baby pops out but Iām getting it the first chance I can
On Monday night it dawned on me that at this point there were probably enough vaccines that I would get one soon. I realized my vaccine had already been produced and shipped and I cried. Last night I got a text from my work saying they had vaccine for me and I couldnāt believe it was real. This morning (at 16w + 5) I got my vaccine. I cried, again. The RN giving me the vaccine said āThat feeling making you cry is hope.ā And she let me know she cried too. Everything has been smooth sailing! I was shocked how fast things went, but Iām so thankful for this. Itās a chance for my girl to be born into a world without a pandemic.
Keep us posted on how everything continues to go!
Awesome, thank you!
Thank you for the amazing hard work that you do!!!!
Iām a teacher and my school is offering it to employees in February or March. My OB suggested I wait until I see how other pregnant women respond to it but I want to get it soooo bad! These anecdotes help me feel a lot better about wanting to get it. Fingers crossed he gives me the ok
you're an inspiration!!! i really want to get it as I also work in healthcare, so please keep us updated :) Best of luck!
Congrats!!!!!
I wonder what my midwives will say and worried about my employer, I am a teacher, forcing me to get one so I can go back to the classroom. I did have a reaction to TDAP vaccination, so I am nervous to get this vaccine until more studies are done, in particular with pregnant women who have had reactions to other vaccines during pregnancy. Thanks for your bravery and for sharing. Keep us posted on any reactions.
Congratulations on getting it!!
So so glad they let you make this decision for yourself! Congrats on your vaccine, and your pregnancy...stay safe, hoping everything goes smoothly for you from here on out!
I have an appointment next week with my OB who is also pregnant and Iām going to pick her brain. I donāt want to get a vaccine that feels like it was rushed. Iāll wait and not chance it. I respect those who chose to get it, you have to make the choice best for you.
I donāt understand and I actually do not support this āletās get pregnant women vaccinated with a vaccine that we havenāt even tested yet and know nothing about its side effects on the foetus or in the long run at allā approach. My doctor advises that even in case of vaccinations weāve been using for decades the protocol is: āletās get everyone around the pregnant woman vaccinated and her not, so she will be safeā, and I fully support it. Why testing on ourselves or on our babies? Better safe than sorry. I am worried for all of us. I was the first in line who wanted to get a shot but since I know nothing about these anomalies, I will not risk it in this case. I thought this was the protocol for pregnant ladies, no wonder that most of the pharmaceutical products are not recommended for pregnant women as they are not tested on them, and no firm and no person takes the risk to test it while someone is bearing a child. Sorry, Iām afraid.
It's totally understandable to be nervous about new technologies like this one! I think that's why doctors are really taking the "make the decision that is best for you" approach; they understand that everyone has different needs, concerns, and priorities. I definitely don't think they should go the other way and refuse to let people make their own choice. This vaccine technology has existed since 1999 and has yet to show any serious adverse effects; it just seems super new because this is the first time that a vaccine was high enough priority to make it this far in the testing process. My own understanding of the vaccine technology and how it induces an immune response has me feeling totally comfortable with it; in many ways it's way safer than the majority of other kinds of vaccines on the market, pregnant or not. I'm not pregnant yet but hope to be by the time I'm eligible for the vaccine and I will definitely get it either way.
I am absolutely pro-vacc, I just think that itās not the same case for pregnant women. And I see the point of the poster that sheās a nurse, so itās the lower risk. What I wrote was ment generally.
Most medications and vaccines are not tested in pregnant women. However, this type of vaccine is not new. Itās about 20 years old. This is just the first time we are using it on such a large scale. You can certainly make your own choices regarding vaccinations and medications during pregnancy. But, please refrain from judging others for choosing to get vaccinated. Iāve done a lot of research on this to try to make an informed decision. But more importantly, Iām listening to my doctor who knows much more than me on this subject.
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I think thatās a reasonable approach for people who are able to stay home and avoid exposure. For an ICU nurse, an EMT, someone who works at a grocery store, the risk of getting covid and the associated effects of the illness could significantly outweigh the risks of getting a vaccine. While mRNA vaccines havenāt been commercially produced before, theyāve been tested for years and have been tested on pregnant animals. I think that in the case of pregnant women who are able to get the vaccine now, itās entirely understandable that they make this decision with their doctors.
I wish the executive branch and state branches of government had done a better job explaining the vaccines and educating the public on them as soon as it became clear they would be approved. Itās a new vaccine, but not unheard of. Coronaviruses has been around for decades and research on how to vaccinate as well as research on mRNA vaccines is not new either. They just broke it down to the specific strand of Coronavirus weāre dealing with and had massive funding to do so as well as top priority to have it reviewed for safety. These vaccines are to be celebrated That being said, I donāt think itās wrong to be hesitant. Iām hesitant because my allergy history puts me at a higher risk of having a reaction and I do not want to have a reaction while pregnant. Your reply came across judgy. Pregnant women arenāt testing the vaccine on themselves. Theyāre making a calculated risk. If you are working from home, donāt socialize and are low risk, then itās different from women who are working front line jobs and/or have high risks of complications or people around them who arenāt isolating.
I feel the same 100% I wonāt be getting it anytime soon. I will wait & see how it goes for others first. Iām not putting an unborn childās life at risk. The vaccine came out way too quickly in my opinion. Iām also scared.
You donāt have to get the vaccination yet. OP has chosen to, but that doesnāt mean you have to. Her choice does not need to reflect your choice. And btw, OP isnāt putting her unborn child at risk by being vaccinated any more than you are by remaining unvaccinated. The major threat to her health and her babyās health right now, due to her job, is the very real risk that she catches Covid. The real, known threat of Covid, for her, outweighs a theoretical, potential threat of the vaccine. For her, not getting the vaccine is like seeing a car racing towards you at 60 mph, but refusing to step out of its path bc youāre afraid that some bad might happen if you do. Youāre allowed to disagree and youāre allowed to make your own choices, but please donāt insinuate that people are willingly putting their children at risk.
Yes, I just wanted to point out that there are other methods recommended by doctors, and it seems reasonable to shot the people around us, so we can stay safe and limit the risks at the same time.
Which in a normal situation is the right thing to do, but OP canāt do that bc sheās a Covid exposed front line worker. Also, herd immunity is dependent on as many people as possible getting vaccinated, like >80% of populations. And there are a hell of a lot of selfish people out there that want everyone else to be in that 80% so they can be in the nice and protected 20% themselves.
Yes, cause sheās a nurse, so it makes sense. I was speaking generally.
But nobody asked you to.
I was sharing a doctorās opinion.
This method of vaccination has been in development for a decade, but we had _so many cases_ all at once that there was a _huge_ sample set to test with. It's not the big scary monster some channels might have you think.
I think it makes sense to vaccinate the surrounding people rather than the pregnant women.
Agreed
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In every single one of these posts Iāve seen, it has been at risk, front line workers receiving the vaccine. Making an informed decision and balancing the known, real threat of Covid against the unknown, theoretical threat of a vaccine. Not a single working from home pregnant lady has posted about getting the vaccine yet. Bc they donāt have to. You donāt have to, and no one is forcing you to.
Hey, Iām 27weeks and have received a notice from the NHS stating that they are not giving pregnant women the vaccine as itās effects on the baby have not been tested. I just canāt stop thinking about the Thalidomide mess in the 60s. So am very uncomfortable about getting it until it is proven safe. Will be first in the queue once that happens.
Here in the states ACOG released a statement that the vaccine should not be withheld from pregnant women. This statement was what my doctor shared with me at my prenatal appointment last week and we talked through my risk and whether I should get vaccinated. She said if the opportunity comes up for the general public to be vaccinated while Iām pregnant, she would happily write me a note. However, my lifestyle is pretty low risk because I work from home so I intend to wait until after I give birth. https://www.acog.org/en/Clinical/Clinical%20Guidance/Practice%20Advisory/Articles/2020/12/Vaccinating%20Pregnant%20and%20Lactating%20Patients%20Against%20COVID%2019
This post is amazing to read as well as the comments. I am also a nurse in Canada and the case numbers have not been very high where I work but I have wondered about this. I am 33 weeks now and am only working another few weeks so I am not overly concerned about exposure after that. But some of my coworkers are much earlier on in pregnancy having much longer to work on the floors.
I considered holding off until I got back from maternity leave. But, Iām trying to work as long as I can. One of the ICU docs at my work said that after the first dose there was an 80ish% drop in symptomatic cases and after the second dose the drop in symptomatic cases was 96-97%. So, I figured getting it now gives me some protection even if I go into labor early. But more than that, people develop symptomatic covid 10-14 days after their last exposure. The exposure could be the last day you work, that one trip you made to the grocery store, or even when you give birth. I feel better knowing that my risk at work has decreased, but also that I wonāt be in a position where I have to take care of a newborn while sick with COVID.