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[quote=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.[/quote]

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