If you are pregnant are you getting a covid vax?

[Anonymous]

What are you reading that influences your decision

[Anonymous]

I don’t have a link handy, but you can Google it...evidence is starting to show up that antibodies from the vaccine are passed to the baby. That’s awesome news.

[Anonymous]

I’m breastfeeding and I got it today!

One of my friends is an ER doctor, she got her vaccine awhile back. Last week she posted a photo of an antibody test done with her blood and with her breast milk (she also has a baby) It was really cool to see, there was a strong reaction with the blood test, but there was a faint reaction with the breast milk too.

[Anonymous]

Yes I’ve gotten my first shot. Third trimester. Talked to my OB, a family member who is an OB, and an OB at my work and all were generally supportive of it. The antibodies is also definitely a big factor for me as the pp said that evidence is getting more clear, and the risk of covid during pregnancy seems higher than potential theoretical risks of the vaccine that most experienced with pregnant women and vaccines seems to think are unlikely. I also think having vaccine protection will make me feel more relaxed at delivery and postpartum and that is pretty meaningful to me. Lowering my risk of getting covid while in the hospital giving birth is also motivating (though I think this risk is actually pretty low with many vaccinated providers now but still)

That was my reasoning

[Anonymous]

Yes!

[Anonymous]

Planning to get it in second trimester.

[Anonymous]

Got my first shot the week I entered my 3rd trimester, getting my second very soon. MFM highly encouraged it and the research I saw said the benefits outweighed minimal risks. The official college of obstetricians as well as MFMs are encouraging it.

There was also recently a case study out of FL in which antibodies were found in an infant whose mother had the first vaccine shot late in her third trimester. You can Google the articles.

[Anonymous]

My friend did. It wasn't an easy decision as they had been trying for 3 years and this was their second round of IVF. She had already had the first dose and was due for the second when she was 6 weeks pregnant. She was nervous and her doctor really couldn't give her a definitive answer. BUT she's a nurse at an orthopedic office so has close contact with a lot of people every day so ultimately felt getting the vaccine was safer. Now of course there are studies coming out that she made the right decision but at the time, the vaccine was pretty newly available to the public. Thankfully, there have been no side effects so far.

[Anonymous]

Got mine at 36 weeks! Hoping it’s enough to give baby antibodies.

[Anonymous]

How did you all get it? I know we fall under “health conditions” but that hasn’t opened up yet (at least in Maryland)

[Anonymous]

I am struggling with the decision. I am only 5 weeks. I've read through the ACOG guidance and the EUA fact sheets for all three vaccines. The reality is that there isn't any available data on the risks of receiving it during pregnancy. I will probably either not get it at all, or wait until the 2nd or 3rd trimester, but I am running this decision by my doctor first.

[Anonymous]

I got it! At 15 weeks. I've posted this on at least two other threads now but here's my reasoning:

I don't have other health issues, and I WFH, as does my husband, we have one other child who is home with a nanny share, so our exposure is fairly minimal.

There are unknown unknowns on both sides, of course. The vaccine hasn't been tested specifically on pregnant women, but we also don't know the long term effects of covid. We know that covid is bad, and it's particularly bad for pregnant women, we also know that generally, vaccines (that are not live virus, which none of the covid ones are) are perfectly safe for pregnant women, and there's no reason to think this one isn't as well. So I definitely went through a period of time when I was torn. What pushed me over is two things:

1) There is evidence that covid antibodies are being passed from mother to baby, and thus me getting vaccinated may help protect my child
2) Of all pediatric covid hospitalizations (for all people ages 0-17), 20% are of babies 0-2 months. As a proportion of the pediatric population, they should be less than 1%. So the riskiest time for my baby is right after birth - also when they're most likely to be protected by my antibodies.

So, I'm getting the vaccine for my child. Absent other factors, I would definitely get it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How did you all get it? I know we fall under “health conditions” but that hasn’t opened up yet (at least in Maryland)

I'm the PP, and I'm in DC, they opened up vaccines for people with health conditions about a month ago, and I got lucky in getting an appointment.

[Anonymous]

I’m getting my first dose next week! I’ll be 17 weeks. Previous posters have mentioned the recommendations by professional associations and emerging evidence on antibodies. I’ll add this resource which I found very useful when making my decision: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/downloads/slides-2021-02/28-03-01/05-covid-Shimabukuro.pdf. The data is encouraging.

[Anonymous]

I'm 19 weeks pregnant.

I got it at 12 weeks i think. No regrets. I got it because pregnant people are more at risk for covid 19 and being hospitalized.