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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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. [b]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. 
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Not everyone can eliminate  their exposure to the virus by curtailing their social life.  Work and school for other children can mean a lot of exposure.  However, it’s easy to provide some protection to my unborn child by getting the COVID booster and a flu shot and I absolutely plan to do so.[/quote]

If you look at what I bolded in the post, you'll see that I wasn't referring to work and school. I don't consider going into an office or children attending school to be "social life." By social life I was referring to flying across the country and attending weddings and other social events. My point is when you get COVID from going to a friend's wedding while you're pregnant, that's an unforced error. [/quote]

I did struggle a bit to understand your intent and obviously I understand that there are many choices people can make with respect to COVID exposure and protection.  I had commented about passing some protection to the baby by getting the booster; I took your comment to be dismissive of the value of said booster.[/quote]

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