Hi Mummy,
I am 36 weeks, not vaccinated.
I would encourage you to read the research paper about vaccines for pregnant ladies. It is public.
The main things I noted from the study:
- 80% of the enrolled ladies are 26-40 y.o. Caucasian health care workers. (Not sure if you can relate to that)
- the study only looks at short term side effects in pregnant ladies - there is no data on long term side effects
- the only outcome for babies they look at is whether they are stillborn or not - no saliva or blood sample are taken, so you actually don't know if the baby is effected other ways, and again no data for long-term side effects in babies.
- the study does not claim that the vaccine is safe for pregnant women, they claim only that it is better to be vaccinated than encounter Covid.
- there is no evidence that the vaccine can provide any kind of protection for baby during your first and second trimester.
So, please keep yourself informed, and make your best judgement based on the information you gather and your circumstances. At this point in time, there is a lot we don't know.
This is not an easy time to make this decision, so educate yourself first.
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