Bivalent Covid Booster During Pregnancy

[Anonymous]

I got the new booster the day it came out, as (likely) one of the first to get it in Loudoun County who's pregnant. I was 36 weeks and had zero side effects. Baby was born at 38 weeks and is doing fine. Fwiw husband also got the shot a week after and also had no side effects.

OB originally said to wait until third trimester to get the shot, which would've meant getting it in July. But when news of the bivalent booster came out, their advice was to wait for the new one so I wouldn't have to go many months after baby was born to get the new shot.

[Anonymous]

I posted previously about my OB giving wishy washy advice on the new booster, but at my last appointment a different doctor said ACOG recommends it and to go ahead and get it.

I unfortunately had COVID four months ago, for the first time and despite living the life of a hermit while pregnant. I don’t feel comfortable getting the booster while pregnant, but plan to get it postpartum.

[Anonymous]

Why would you want this? It doesn’t prevent illness, and I assume you’ve already been vaxxed repeatedly.

[Anonymous]

Get it now. It is targeted toward current variants circulating. - physician

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm 22 weeks, thinking of waiting a few more weeks to get it. I probably would not wait except that I did get COVID about 3 months ago (ugh). So I'm thinking of waiting until closer to the 28 mark, which is the ideal window for TDAP (passing some protection to the baby) and probably as good as guess as any for COVID timing.

If I were in the third trimester I'd get it ASAP.

It’s minimal protection and only a few weeks. Don’t fool yourself into thinking baby is protected until 6 months. The world has gone back to normal so to protect your child you need to curtail your social life. I did that when I was pregnant with my second during COVID and post-birth. I have a ton of pregnant friends who are flying across the country for weddings and reunions and they are getting COVID. I feel bad for them, but I don’t understand why they thought their decisions didn’t carry risk.

The bivalent booster isn’t the end all be all, but we have good data that previous vaccines have given some immunity to babies up to six months when pregnant people get vaccinated. Breastfeeding also provides some benefits. But yeah, mask indoors in crowded places - that hasn’t changed. The newer variants continue to be very contagious. Vaccines continue to prevent severe illness and death - you’re also less likely to get it and less likely to transmit it and you’ll likely be contagious for a shorter duration of time.

[Anonymous]

…make it make sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm 22 weeks, thinking of waiting a few more weeks to get it. I probably would not wait except that I did get COVID about 3 months ago (ugh). So I'm thinking of waiting until closer to the 28 mark, which is the ideal window for TDAP (passing some protection to the baby) and probably as good as guess as any for COVID timing.

If I were in the third trimester I'd get it ASAP.

It’s minimal protection and only a few weeks. Don’t fool yourself into thinking baby is protected until 6 months. The world has gone back to normal so to protect your child you need to curtail your social life. I did that when I was pregnant with my second during COVID and post-birth. I have a ton of pregnant friends who are flying across the country for weddings and reunions and they are getting COVID. I feel bad for them, but I don’t understand why they thought their decisions didn’t carry risk.

The bivalent booster isn’t the end all be all, but we have good data that previous vaccines have given some immunity to babies up to six months when pregnant people get vaccinated. Breastfeeding also provides some benefits. But yeah, mask indoors in crowded places - that hasn’t changed. The newer variants continue to be very contagious. Vaccines continue to prevent severe illness and death - you’re also less likely to get it and less likely to transmit it and you’ll likely be contagious for a shorter duration of time.

This study https://hms.harvard.edu/news/infants-covid-antibodies which was not on the booster that is being discussed but rather on the original vaccine showed that 57% of babies whose mothers' were vaccinated in the third trimester had detectable antibodies at 6 months. That's not all or even most babies. And even if you are vaccinated, being pregnant or having recently been pregnant makes you almost twice as likely to get COVID: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/03/31/pregnancy-covid-risk/

[Anonymous]

I am currently 5 weeks pregnant. My doctor said to go ahead and get the flu and Covid booster shot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm 22 weeks, thinking of waiting a few more weeks to get it. I probably would not wait except that I did get COVID about 3 months ago (ugh). So I'm thinking of waiting until closer to the 28 mark, which is the ideal window for TDAP (passing some protection to the baby) and probably as good as guess as any for COVID timing.

If I were in the third trimester I'd get it ASAP.

It’s minimal protection and only a few weeks. Don’t fool yourself into thinking baby is protected until 6 months. The world has gone back to normal so to protect your child you need to curtail your social life. I did that when I was pregnant with my second during COVID and post-birth. I have a ton of pregnant friends who are flying across the country for weddings and reunions and they are getting COVID. I feel bad for them, but I don’t understand why they thought their decisions didn’t carry risk.

The bivalent booster isn’t the end all be all, but we have good data that previous vaccines have given some immunity to babies up to six months when pregnant people get vaccinated. Breastfeeding also provides some benefits. But yeah, mask indoors in crowded places - that hasn’t changed. The newer variants continue to be very contagious. Vaccines continue to prevent severe illness and death - you’re also less likely to get it and less likely to transmit it and you’ll likely be contagious for a shorter duration of time.

Your use of pregnant “people” indicates you are not on the side of science, at all.

[Anonymous]

Nope, wait til after the birth has been the advice I heard.

[Anonymous]

OMG get the shot. Have you seen the pictures of what COVID infection does to placentas? This is not messing around time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG get the shot. Have you seen the pictures of what COVID infection does to placentas? This is not messing around time.

It would be great if there was a shot that prevented people from getting COVID. I can only assume you’ve been in a coma for a year if you do not realize this does not exist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG get the shot. Have you seen the pictures of what COVID infection does to placentas? This is not messing around time.

It would be great if there was a shot that prevented people from getting COVID. I can only assume you’ve been in a coma for a year if you do not realize this does not exist.

So fortunate though that the vaccines protect against the most serious outcomes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG get the shot. Have you seen the pictures of what COVID infection does to placentas? This is not messing around time.

It would be great if there was a shot that prevented people from getting COVID. I can only assume you’ve been in a coma for a year if you do not realize this does not exist.

So fortunate though that the vaccines protect against the most serious outcomes!

What are the serious outcomes associated with the current strain in the under 40 crowd?

Narrator: It’s a cold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG get the shot. Have you seen the pictures of what COVID infection does to placentas? This is not messing around time.

It would be great if there was a shot that prevented people from getting COVID. I can only assume you’ve been in a coma for a year if you do not realize this does not exist.

So fortunate though that the vaccines protect against the most serious outcomes!

What are the serious outcomes associated with the current strain in the under 40 crowd?

Narrator: It’s a cold.

Preeclampsia and stillbirth/pregnancy loss in pregnant people.