RE said “not a good idea” to COVID booster mid-cycle…

[Anonymous]

Planned on getting my booster on Friday but after calling my fertility clinic our doctor said he doesn’t recommend getting any vaccines during cycle because he has anecdotal evidence it can mess with timing.

A quick Google search showed results supporting this but also saying it should be fine. I decided to skip but I’m regretting it. I wish he had mentioned this earlier. I’m sure he didn’t want to sway patients from getting booster but I would have been more adamant about getting it several weeks ago.

Planned to get in in late November when I became eligible but due to exposure had to wait then kept putting it off because did plans and concerns about feeling ill after.

Has anyone gotten their booster in the middle of a frozen embryo cycle? I transfer in two weeks.

[Anonymous]

This really isn't a good idea. You shouldn't inflame your system at this time. Try to focus on staying calm and that you will be able to boost further into your pregnancy or after your test fails.

I was in the same position as you and had a booster appointment scheduled the day following the test for pregnancy following IUI. As disappointing as not being pregnant was, it was nice to be able to have that lined up and know I gave myself the best chance I could to get pregnant.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t do it.

[Anonymous]

Wow, really? I transfer in 2 weeks and have a booster appointment for tomorrow. My clinic said it was fine when I called the nurse line but now I’m wondering if I should hold off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, really? I transfer in 2 weeks and have a booster appointment for tomorrow. My clinic said it was fine when I called the nurse line but now I’m wondering if I should hold off.

No one has any idea if it’s fine. The vaccine hasn’t even been out for a year. There is so much they don’t know about both covid and the vaccine.

I’d stay home for two weeks and hunker down. See if the risk changes any with omicron.

[Anonymous]

IME RE's want to control everything possible. It's not so much that they know getting a vaccine during a cycle is a bad idea, it's that they don't know for sure it's a good idea and they don't want anything to mess with your/their odds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IME RE's want to control everything possible. It's not so much that they know getting a vaccine during a cycle is a bad idea, it's that they don't know for sure it's a good idea and they don't want anything to mess with your/their odds.

Yes. It also demonstrates how no one really knows about the side effects of the vaccines. REs care about stats and whatnot. They for whatever reason, think having the booster could affect your results. To me that’s very telling. It’s one thing for the cdc to issue a blanket “all pregnant women should get vaccinated and boosted ASAP” The cdc doesn’t care if you get pregnant. It’s trying to end covid in the US or have this be endemic.

[Anonymous]

Adding I have a relative who is an endocrinologist, not RE, who said they would not recommend getting the vaccine while receiving any fertility treatment because of the inflammation to your system it can cause.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:IME RE's want to control everything possible. It's not so much that they know getting a vaccine during a cycle is a bad idea, it's that they don't know for sure it's a good idea and they don't want anything to mess with your/their odds.

Yes. It also demonstrates how no one really knows about the side effects of the vaccines. REs care about stats and whatnot. They for whatever reason, think having the booster could affect your results. To me that’s very telling. It’s one thing for the cdc to issue a blanket “all pregnant women should get vaccinated and boosted ASAP” The cdc doesn’t care if you get pregnant. It’s trying to end covid in the US or have this be endemic.

No, it doesn't. You want it to mean that, but it doesn't. It's not *very telling* that RE's are saying "don't do anything different than this pamphlet we printed 9 years ago", it's more telling that one clinic told a patient go ahead and get boosted and another said not to based on anecdotes. But the story that tells doesn't support your antivax conspiracy about the CDC trying to damage fertility rates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IME RE's want to control everything possible. It's not so much that they know getting a vaccine during a cycle is a bad idea, it's that they don't know for sure it's a good idea and they don't want anything to mess with your/their odds.

Yes. It also demonstrates how no one really knows about the side effects of the vaccines. REs care about stats and whatnot. They for whatever reason, think having the booster could affect your results. To me that’s very telling. It’s one thing for the cdc to issue a blanket “all pregnant women should get vaccinated and boosted ASAP” The cdc doesn’t care if you get pregnant. It’s trying to end covid in the US or have this be endemic.

No, it doesn't. You want it to mean that, but it doesn't. It's not *very telling* that RE's are saying "don't do anything different than this pamphlet we printed 9 years ago", it's more telling that one clinic told a patient go ahead and get boosted and another said not to based on anecdotes. But the story that tells doesn't support your antivax conspiracy about the CDC trying to damage fertility rates.

PP here. I’m vaccinated. My concern is people like you who are so incredibly aggressive about the vaccines (have one no matter what!) and don’t allow anyone to question anything.

It is absolutely a fact that no one really knows about the long term side effects of covid or the vaccines. Neither has been around for more than 2 years.

Again, I’m not an antivax conspiracy theorist. I’m simply a woman who has undergone fertility treatments and no, wouldn’t recommend that OP take a vaccine or start a new medication right before a transfer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IME RE's want to control everything possible. It's not so much that they know getting a vaccine during a cycle is a bad idea, it's that they don't know for sure it's a good idea and they don't want anything to mess with your/their odds.

Yes. It also demonstrates how no one really knows about the side effects of the vaccines. REs care about stats and whatnot. They for whatever reason, think having the booster could affect your results. To me that’s very telling. It’s one thing for the cdc to issue a blanket “all pregnant women should get vaccinated and boosted ASAP” The cdc doesn’t care if you get pregnant. It’s trying to end covid in the US or have this be endemic.

No, it doesn't. You want it to mean that, but it doesn't. It's not *very telling* that RE's are saying "don't do anything different than this pamphlet we printed 9 years ago", it's more telling that one clinic told a patient go ahead and get boosted and another said not to based on anecdotes. But the story that tells doesn't support your antivax conspiracy about the CDC trying to damage fertility rates.

^. Yikes! Someone is upset everyone they know is getting covid despite the booster.

[Anonymous]

I’d wait simply because I’d rather “share” my vaccine with my fetus (and I did get the vaccine pregnant).

[Anonymous]

This feels like a tough call. Say you get pregnant and get COVID, that’s a risk to the fetus. It seems better to get the booster before doing an embryo transfer.

[Anonymous]

I got my second dose during a stim cycle and it was my best cycle yet.

[Anonymous]

Your options are to get it now and potentially have a wonky period and put off the embryo transfer or put it off the vax and hopefully get pregnant then wonder when in the pregnancy you should get it.