My daughter is pregnant with twins, can she get vaccinated ?

[Beachnutt]

She keeps telling me she can't and will not but I am so worried because she and her guy go around unmasked and my grandson starts school soon.
My whole family are anti vaxx trumpers, I really worry that someone in the family is going to get it bad.
I was thinking I will offer her money to get vaccinated.

[mopinko]

1. here-

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/pregnancy.html

short answer- it's a lot safer than catching covid.
her o2 gets low enough, those babies....

eta- i lost a pair of twins when i had a respiratory illness at 10 wks. so, this hit me.

[Beachnutt]

2. So sorry for you, thank you for the link and advice

[mopinko]

4. i also lost 1 of a pair.

identical boys. lost at 5 mos.
twins are so special, and so tricky.
let us know if you can talk her into it.

cuz it hurts forever if the worst happens. she'l be like me, tearing up every time you see a pair of twins.

[JudyM]

22. So very sorry you have that sadness.

[mopinko]

23. well we all have something.

thank you. it was a long time ago, but every now and then it jumps up and bites me.

[3catwoman3]

26. Losses soften over time, thank goodness, but we are forever changed...

…by them, and it never goes away. My only sibling, a younger brother, died in 1978 when he was only 23. He had no children, so my kids have no cousins. I feel wistful every time I hear someone talk about their kids getting together with cousins.

Here’s a hug

[mopinko]

28. losing a sibling is hard. didnt cross that bridge til a few years ago.

it was extra hard, because we were 2 peas in a pod. i didnt get along w all my sisters, but her, always.

this bit of grief slept for a long time. so now it bites extra hard.

back atcha

[JohnSJ]

3. My daughter and her friends waited until the third trimester, and everything came out fine

I think it would be very misguided to ignore the risk

Your daughter should discuss this with her obstetrician. Any credible obstetrician is going to recommend the vaccine. Not only will it protect the mother, but evidence shows that antibodies are transferred to the baby

[Thunderbeast]

5. Do you suppose her doctor might have a better answer?

Not trying to discredit the brilliance of this forum (I assume all of us would be card-carrying Mensas if there wasn't a membership fee), but crowdsourcing medical advice for your daughter is perhaps not the source of the best, safest information.

I would encourage her to ask her doc NOW what the best course of action is for herself and her babies.

While I believe it is safe, I carry the credentials of a retired telephone engineer. I don't even play a doctor on TV!

[FSogol]

7. +1 This n/t

[CurtEastPoint]

12. YES! ASK THE DOCTOR!

[apnu]

27. THIS!!! Go to your OB/GYN Doctor!

They exist for this reason. Don't ask the Internet!

[lagomorph777]

6. One kid or three, sure. But not twins.

I kid. Tell her to protect her babies by getting vaccinated.

[Botany]

8. That is a question for her doctor and or health care providers not for DU

n/t

[Demsrule86]

9. They are vaccinating pregnant women

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[mcar]

10. My DIL got vaccinated as soon as she started her 3rd trimester

on her doctors' suggestion.

[Beachnutt]

11. Thank you all, I just texted her and ask her to

call her Doctor and if they say its ok I will give her 250.00 to go get it.

[Cousin Dupree]

14. Why are you giving her money? Vaccines are free

[Polybius]

19. Probably to bribe her

Money talks.

[Cousin Dupree]

29. It just doesn't seem right to pay your kid to do the right thing.

[alphafemale]

16. Get proof before you give the money.

Trumpanzees see lying as a virtue.

[ALBliberal]

13. My daughter and her best friend were vaccinated

Here in NM. Another good friend that’s a nurse in Dallas was vaccinated. I continue to read about this (vaccinated while pregnant) and outcomes continue to be good and the newborns have some immunity at birth. Important because exposure will start the moment the babies are born in the hospital.

I can understand that your daughter is nervous. She should consult with her OB.

[MontanaMama]

15. My neighbor had a baby this past May 5, 2021.

Her doctor recommended that she have the Covid vaccine as soon as she was able to get it and that was at the end of her 2nd trimester. Her next door neighbor, who I do not know personally is also pregnant and wasn’t yet vaccinated and her doctor also urged her to get vaccinated ASAP. She apparently followed doctors orders when she otherwise would not have gotten the shot.

[The King of Prussia]

17. For a wider perspective

Here in England pregnant woman have been being vaccinated since April. Just over a week ago England's Chief Midwife urged pregnant women to get vaccinated.

[arlyellowdog]

18. YES YES YES

My daughter and daughter-in-law were both vaccinated while pregnant. Their doctors demanded it. My niece was hesitant, but found out she had to have a C Section and had to scramble to get the J&J so she would be past the post vaccine waiting time before surgery. All babies are perfect and (hopefully) have some immunity.

[obamanut2012]

20. Yes, my niece did

She is almost due, was vaccinated in late May.

[48656c6c6f20]

21. I am almost positive her doctor could answer

That better than anyone here at DU.

[USALiberal]

24. I'm sorry but why would you asked a bunch of strangers and not a DOCTOR???????,,

[LeftInTX]

25. Because DU likes to answer these questions...This time, "doctor" was the response....

Lots of times, it isn't....

[Beachnutt]

30. I tried bribing her with 250.00, I sent her the links of

people on their deathbeds,I sent the cdc pregnancy and covid link, I have tried everything and she sent back one word....NO.
I Sent back, I love you.
It's absolute craziness that these facebook loons can influence people like this.

[liberal_mama]

31. This was a real sad story of a pregnant woman who got Covid

Fortunately, they were able to save the baby. She believed she shouldn't get vaccinated because she was pregnant.

Link to tweet