okay, it appears someone left a bullet point out of the covid distribution update because they have since added back in all the high risk conditions they took out (it wasn't just pregnancy) and it looks like I'll be eligible at the end of the month! yay!
wanted to bring up something that occurred to me earlier this week in case it applies to anyone else. there's a restriction on getting other vaccines for 2 weeks around the covid vaccine and since the doses are 2-3 weeks apart you'd be looking at 7-8 weeks where you can't get a different vaccine. And since the Tdap booster is given in the latter part of pregnancy it could cause a scheduling issue to do both depending when your doc normally gives it, mine happened to be at 32 weeks which would have meant I wouldn't have been able to fit it in before based on when I become eligible and it would be tight to then fit in both doses after so my doc is going to give it to me Tdap earlier at 28 weeks so I'm then free to try and get the covid vaccine 2 weeks later. just wanted to share in case anyone might run into this.
@ellieemc26 I was just talking about this with my OB today. I am eligible for Covid vaccine next week at 27 weeks, so he recommends doing Covid at 27/28 weeks, then second one at 30/31 weeks then will have 2 week waiting, then Tdap as close to 36 weeks as possible. He even said the hospital can administer the TDAP after delivery if something comes up and if we are planning on breastfeeding the baby will still get the antibodies.
I know every OB is different, but wanted to share the info because I was worried about the timing of it all too.
@ellieemc26 Thanks for sharing! Definitely a good thing to note. My mother had been talking about juggling COVID with the shingles vaccine, but I didn't realize it also applied to other vaccines.
I think my OB was planning on the TDAP vaccine at my 28-week appointment, which would be the week of April 5th, which should be one week after my second shot. I'm guessing it won't be terrible to delay TDAP an extra week, or push off until my 30-week appointment. Fwiw, I called to tell them that I have a vaccine appointment to see if there's any pressing reason why I should cancel it and was told to get the vaccine. They just got the same question from another patient, since this is the first week DC prioritized pregnant women.
I am eligible to get vaccinated. I am holding off until next week, so I can talk to my OB on Monday. I am rotating through different doctors at my practice. When I asked at 20 weeks, the OB said they could not make a recommendation one way or the other. She also pointed out I wasn't able to receive it at that time. I'm seeing a different doctor Monday, so I am interested to see what they say now. Unless they have serious reasons for me not to get the vaccine, I will do so next week.
DH went back to his forward facing role at work this week, so our family risk increased a lot from when we were both working from home in January and February.
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Got my first shot today! So far so good, process was super quick and no noticeable side effects yet. Second shot is scheduled for the 26th, so will ask my doctor if I should schedule by 28-week appointment towards the end of the week so they can do the TDAP shot (will be 2 weeks that Friday) or push it off a bit longer.
I just found out that pregnant women will be eligible for the vaccine in my state on 3/22! I sent a message to my doctor about timing around TDAP and he said we can make the timing work! I'm so excited!!
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So I now want to go ahead and get the vaccine. I was holding off because I was home on bedrest so only exposure was MH and DS but now that Texas is lifting the mask mandate I’m afraid I’ll actually be exposed. I don’t really have a choice as to which vaccine I get but it seems like the places that have any availability only have the Johnson & Johnson one. My only concern (because really any protection is better than none) is that the Pfizer and moderna are mRNA and the j&j one is a viral vector. I can’t really find any definitive/or even leaning data on the viral vector type vaccines in pregnancy.
@sgrn18 I am in some vaccine in pregnancy groups and the consensus seems to be that viral vector vaccines are even more studied in pregnancy and are very safe, apparently there is an Ebola vaccine that is viral vector that has been administered to pregnant women in regions where Ebola is a concern.
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@legallykate awesome! Thank you! I think I’m just going to bite the bullet and go for it since it’s available now and who knows when the next rounds will be delivered. I’ll postpone my tdap til the 30 week appt and be done with it!
@sgrn18 I've read the same thing that @legallykate said. I'm sure I have a poor understanding of vaccine technology, but from what I remember most concerns seem to be with vaccines that use the actual live virus (not an adenovirus), which none of these do.
Got my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine today! I'm so glad the doctor I saw at my practice yesterday was definitive in saying go for it. She was ready to give me the TDap yesterday, saying there was no interaction between the two. I asked to postpone the TDap until I was vaccinated for COVID since all the forms ask if you have received a vaccine in the past 14 days.
Fingers crossed my arm isn't too sore. 🤞
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Our state opened up the next phase for pregnant people and their household! I’m going to visit my family next week so I can’t get a vaccine until we get back but DH has an appointment for 3/20. I can’t wait to get my appointment scheduled for the week we get back. I’m still nursing DS2 so I’m hoping he’ll get some of the antibodies and I’m trying to decide if I could pump a little for DS1. I’m not making much milk right now but maybe I could get something?
Has anyone joined any of the studies about the vaccine and pregnancy? I reached out to the place @legallykate shared, but before I agreed to release any information I wanted to see if anyone else had experience.
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My symptoms have some far been minor post vaccine. Body aches and some fever like activity with no actual fever. I woke up drenched in sweat multiple times last night then was freezing. Other than that, they are lessening and should be gone by tomorrow.
Cautiously optimistic- my county is opening registration for the next round of vaccine clinic appointments on Thursday afternoon! I -should- be able to get in this round!
MA is finally announcing this morning when everyone will be eligible for the vaccine - Right now it's just 65+ and some high risk occupation groups. I'm cautiously optimistic that I will be eligible soon.
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Shifting away from the vaccine topic, I'm curious what people's thoughts are on visitors once the baby is born with covid happening. I know you're supposed to be cautious at first as it is since the immune system isn't fully developed, but this really seems to up that. When I told mh that anyone who visited was going to have to wear a mask, properly social distance, and possibly even only meet outdoors he acted like I was completely overreacting (there's more of a story behind all of this, but its super long and I won't bore everyone with it!). I guess I'm feeling slightly better now that vaccines seem to be getting out more quickly but there still isn't proof that prevents transmission. This is seriously keeping me up at night, I'm so stressed about what to do with people who want to visit with covid going on! What are others thoughts on this?
@ellieemc26 I personally will not be having visitors unless they've been vaccinated or quarantined. My 2.5yo is immunocompromised so we've had the quarantine rule in place with our family for quite some time now. There is, thankfully, more data coming up out of the Mayo Clinic that's showing that the mRNA vaccines are also reducing asymptomatic infection, not just symptomatic infection which is what had been studied previously. That makes me feel a lot better about having other vaccinated individuals around my kiddos.
@ellieemc26 DH and I are very cautious regarding covid, we are so cautious we don’t even have a bubble. We haven’t seen our parents in a year other than very very socially distanced outside a couple of times over the summer. I’m not sure what we are going to do when the baby comes. We have decided that once our parents are vaccinated (ILs should be totally vaccinated by the end of April and hopefully my mother will be too) they will be allowed to see DD. Our parents will obviously have to take DD in June when we are in the hospital and she needs to get to know them again outside of FaceTime so hope she will be having some play dates before June. I can’t wait for more data to come out about babies being born with antibodies from the mother receiving the vaccine during pregnancy.
@ellieemc26 Vaccinated and properly quarantined to start, particularly if you want to get close. Also going to ask that they be up-to-date on the flu vaccine and will ask the doctor if there are others they should ask for. Beyond that I'll probably be really hesitant with visitors for at least a little while. Might do some small outdoor socially-distanced stuff, but will be hesitant to let others hold or get close to the baby for a bit unless they're vaccinated. Still debating what to do for people who are not yet vaccinated (for what I consider a valid reason, such as lack of eligibility or medical issue) but are willing to properly quarantine. ETA: one reason I qualify "for valid reason" is that I don't know if I'd trust someone to properly quarantine if they're anti-vax (or anti-COVID vax). If they'd get the vaccine, but can't, I'm more inclined to trust them to be responsible. Kids are a big issue here, as my in-laws have two kids and nearly all of our friends have small children as well who have recently returned to in-person school.
Most we are close with are taking it very seriously, so hopefully we won't get much pushback. If someone has a problem with it, frankly, I don't care. If you get my baby sick with COVID out of carelessness I'll probably never forgive or trust you with her ever again, and I can hold a grudge on even the stupidest of things. Thankfully both of our parents and my SIL have already been vaccinated, so it's just my BIL and their kids who we're waiting on. They've all been our "bubble" this whole time and are very responsible, so I trust them to be careful. Also DC is on track to make everyone eligible for the vaccine by May 1, so hopefully most of the adults we know will be vaccinated by the end of the summer. They've all been very careful as well, so even if we go the quarantine route I trust them to do things properly.
Okay, so I don't feel like I'm overreacting as it sounds like most feel similar! I'm also hopeful there will be more data out about the vaccine for both transmission and possibly passing on the antibodies.
All of the grandparents are vaccinated, so my main worry is BIL and his family which includes two kids who won't be able to be vaccinated by the time they plan to visit (from out of state). Plus based on their FB posts I do not believe they are doing a good job of social distancing, etc. Let the family drama begin I guess....🙄
@ellieemc26 My friend had her baby (and the first grandchild) at the end of February last year, and her in-laws are a hassle (to put it politely). She insisted on full quarantines if you wanted to get close, otherwise you could see the baby outside from afar. You're not at all overreacting, and it's admittedly hard to stick to your guns. Most important thing is to figure out what you're comfortable with and being consistent (so no one thinks others are getting special treatment). One good thing is that spring and summer are coming, which makes outdoor gatherings very possible.
For kids I'm debating how viable a "look but don't touch" approach would work. They might be excited, but honestly a tiny baby will probably bore them pretty quickly.
My mom and ILs and one aunt I am very close to are already fully vaccinated (as am I), but other than that shortlist I don't plan on letting anyone come meet the baby (or see DD, for that matter) for a while. My dad is being stubborn about getting vaccinated, and if he wants to die on that hill and not meet his grandson I plan to let him (we have a somewhat antagonistic relationship at times anyway so this is just the latest iteration). I made everyone get a TDAP to meet DD so asking everyone to get a Covid vaccine this time doesn't really seem any different to me.
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@legallykate the Tdap is a whole different issue for us! My mom immediately checked to make sure she was up to date but MIL is being resistant to getting it updated.
@akoros our nieces are teenagers so I think they're going to feel like they're old enough to hold the baby. But you're right about figuring out a consistent approach. I just need to get mh on my side! He has a really hard time saying no to his family.
We ask and remind all family get flu and TDAP. Most of our family is really good about staying up on those, really there’s only one person who won’t. We’ve been seeing family since everyone is being really careful. I’m hopeful that all if not most of the grandparents will be vaccinated, again there’s one person. All that’s to say that we will let family come and see the baby.
@ellieemc26 My parents will be fully vaccinated by the beginning of next month and will keep DS1 while we're in the hospital. They've also been in our bubble, go just about nowhere, and got a Tdap shot before DS1 was born 4.5 years ago so they'll be around to help.
Regarding my in-laws, my MIL is fully vaccinated and my FIL might be but they may be keeping my niece while my SIL and BIL go to Mexico earlier in May so they are a hard no until after everyone has come back and COVID tests are negative. Sometime in June, we may let them meet DS2 outside, fully masked, and maybe not even hold him but that's TBD.
For the rest of our family and friends, we are definitely limiting visits and will only be allowing select people, masked and outside.
Idk exactly how I’m going to handle it at this point but I know my entire family is now vaccinated. I was the last one 😂 thankful for asthma at this point lol all my siblings have it. My ILs got their first dose a few weeks ago so they’ll be fully vaccinated by Easter. I’m not as concerned with the flu since it won’t be flu season but come flu season we will be staying away until baby can get his flu shot.
With DS1 we had the issue of telling people to get their tdap and my MIL told us she did. I found out when he was like 6 months old that she lied and never got it because the receptionist at her doctors told her she didn’t need it. 🙄 So now I know I can’t trust her when she says they got it. The only reason I know they got the Covid vaccine is because they came here to get it.
We will be limiting visitors and only allowing people who have had the vaccine. I haven’t decided how I’m going to handle holding yet. My ILs will be with DS1 while we are at the hospital so idk what to do about when we get home. Like obviously I don’t need them trying to take the baby from me before DS1 even gets to meet his sibling (restrictions currently don’t allow kids in the hospital). I would prefer people just take a hint and leave when we get home but I also feel a little bit bad having them with DS1 for a few days then just asking them to leave.
Adult family members that will visit/be hands on are scheduled to be fully vaccinated by the end of April. My bigger kids are going to be going to daycare/camp for a few days a week though starting at the end of June- my oldest has been home for a year and needs to be back around groups of kids/away from us (he is a complete anxious mess right now bc he'll be away from us tomorrow while I take DH for his biopsy, even though he'll be with grandparents). It's not optimal right now, but my kids are great about wearing their masks and they'll mostly be outside with their groups.
We'll limit how many people we see, but I'm just planning on keeping baby close to me and not really passing him around. The people we will see are on the same level of caution as us, and this is baby #3 so I feel like people might not be as excited LOL. I babywear a lot when they're little which helps keep them close. I'm banking a lot on immunity being passed through placenta and via breastfeeding.
I realize I am very lucky in that basically everyone we are close with has been vaccinated or has the ability to be vaccinated. Most of our closest friends are older or work in healthcare so they were vaccinated early. Also, I feel like my state and county have been doing really well at getting vaccines in arms pretty quickly. Because of this, and knowing what the eligibility calendar looks like you will be required to be vaccinated to visit us. DD will still be in daycare so that is always a weak point, but a risk I am mostly comfortable with.
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wanted to bring up something that occurred to me earlier this week in case it applies to anyone else. there's a restriction on getting other vaccines for 2 weeks around the covid vaccine and since the doses are 2-3 weeks apart you'd be looking at 7-8 weeks where you can't get a different vaccine. And since the Tdap booster is given in the latter part of pregnancy it could cause a scheduling issue to do both depending when your doc normally gives it, mine happened to be at 32 weeks which would have meant I wouldn't have been able to fit it in before based on when I become eligible and it would be tight to then fit in both doses after so my doc is going to give it to me Tdap earlier at 28 weeks so I'm then free to try and get the covid vaccine 2 weeks later. just wanted to share in case anyone might run into this.
I think my OB was planning on the TDAP vaccine at my 28-week appointment, which would be the week of April 5th, which should be one week after my second shot. I'm guessing it won't be terrible to delay TDAP an extra week, or push off until my 30-week appointment. Fwiw, I called to tell them that I have a vaccine appointment to see if there's any pressing reason why I should cancel it and was told to get the vaccine. They just got the same question from another patient, since this is the first week DC prioritized pregnant women.
DH went back to his forward facing role at work this week, so our family risk increased a lot from when we were both working from home in January and February.
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Fingers crossed my arm isn't too sore. 🤞
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Most we are close with are taking it very seriously, so hopefully we won't get much pushback. If someone has a problem with it, frankly, I don't care. If you get my baby sick with COVID out of carelessness I'll probably never forgive or trust you with her ever again, and I can hold a grudge on even the stupidest of things. Thankfully both of our parents and my SIL have already been vaccinated, so it's just my BIL and their kids who we're waiting on. They've all been our "bubble" this whole time and are very responsible, so I trust them to be careful. Also DC is on track to make everyone eligible for the vaccine by May 1, so hopefully most of the adults we know will be vaccinated by the end of the summer. They've all been very careful as well, so even if we go the quarantine route I trust them to do things properly.
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All of the grandparents are vaccinated, so my main worry is BIL and his family which includes two kids who won't be able to be vaccinated by the time they plan to visit (from out of state). Plus based on their FB posts I do not believe they are doing a good job of social distancing, etc. Let the family drama begin I guess....🙄
For kids I'm debating how viable a "look but don't touch" approach would work. They might be excited, but honestly a tiny baby will probably bore them pretty quickly.
Me: 37, MH: 38; Married August 2017
TTC #1 October 2017: BFP on 12/1/2017, DD born 7/24/2018 @ 37+1 after induction due to preeclampsia
TTC #2 January 2020: AMA, dx with DOR in May 2020
IVF July 2020: 16 eggs retrieved, 14 mature, 12 fertilized, 3 blasts, 2 PGT-A normal
FET 10/7/20: BFP on 10/12/20!!! (EDD 6/25/21); First beta 10/16/20 (9dpt): 148; Second beta 10/19/20 (12dpt): 621; Third beta 10/26/20 (19dpt): 4732; Fourth (and final!) beta 11/2/20 (26 dpt): 22,000+
@akoros our nieces are teenagers so I think they're going to feel like they're old enough to hold the baby. But you're right about figuring out a consistent approach. I just need to get mh on my side! He has a really hard time saying no to his family.
Regarding my in-laws, my MIL is fully vaccinated and my FIL might be but they may be keeping my niece while my SIL and BIL go to Mexico earlier in May so they are a hard no until after everyone has come back and COVID tests are negative. Sometime in June, we may let them meet DS2 outside, fully masked, and maybe not even hold him but that's TBD.
For the rest of our family and friends, we are definitely limiting visits and will only be allowing select people, masked and outside.
We'll limit how many people we see, but I'm just planning on keeping baby close to me and not really passing him around. The people we will see are on the same level of caution as us, and this is baby #3 so I feel like people might not be as excited LOL. I babywear a lot when they're little which helps keep them close. I'm banking a lot on immunity being passed through placenta and via breastfeeding.