Hi everyone,
Im really concerned about having the covid vaccine. Im 24 weeks pregnant, I had covid back in 2020 and havent had it since, therefore i presume my antibodies and my natural immune system have been protecting us both during this time. In a global pandemic, its nearly impossible not to catch the virus especially now that there are multiple variants. It does scare me but Its not like I have zero protection,as far as Im aware i caught the virus, my body fought it by producing antibodies and then created memory cells to remember how to fight it off again if it ever comes back.
My point is my doctors and optometrists have been wrong in the past and have given me wrong advice that has actually done damage to my health. Such as insisting my contraception both implant and pill (both individually taken) wasnt causing me to become ill. My body was in fact rejecting the contraception but they wouldnt have it, saying it was something else but they couldnt tell me what because they simply didnt know yet when I came off contraception my problems had gone completely. (my body was muscle spasming and i would go stiff like a statue and couldnt move whilst it was happening, almost like a seizure in my stomach). Another time was when my optometrist a professional whod been doing it for years gave me the wrong prescription twice and someone else last year gave me the wrong prescription again causing my astigmatism to get worse. every time i went back they said your on the wrong prescription this is too far out from your actual eye sight. what the hell?!
Now im putting not only my life but my unborn babys life at risk having a vaccine that hasnt been around long enough and people are being silenced to tell other people their individual negative experiences with side affects or miscarriages. and those individual real life experiences are seen as misinformation. I want some pregnant women or women who have had babies to come forward who have had the vaccine and let me know if its safe for them. I dont know what to believe at this point i only trust those who have been in the same position im in now.
Ill have the vaccine after no problem, but my baby has no immune system and i cant risk her life with something im not certain wont have a negative affect on her development. i shouldnt have to do something i feel uncomfotable with during pregnancy and i refuse to be forced to do something that could potentially harm us both.