okay, what is the legit info about Covid vaccine for pregnant or nursing mothers?

[Grasswire2]

Can someone clarify or provide source?

I'm not up on this particular nuance.

Thanks in advance.

[Demsrule86]

1. My DIL had the shot she is nursing. Her doctor said she passes on immunity to the baby...and

both baby and Mom are fine.

[Warpy]

2. Early studies say that antibodies are passed

from mother to fetus or to nursing babies after the jab.

This is a good thing. The protection might be temporary, but it's there.

Edit: links, Stipid!

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/03/study-shows-covid-19-vaccinated-mothers-pass-antibodies-to-newborns/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/03/21/vaccine-pregnancy-antibodies-babies-covid/

[arlyellowdog]

3. 2 daughters in law were pregnant

1 is a supervisor at a major hospital (hasn’t delivered yet). The other just had a C Section. Both were vaccinated while pregnant. Both were told that Covid is very dangerous for pregnant women and newborns. One had Pfizer, one had Moderna. They had the same side effects we all had, tiredness, etc.

[arlyellowdog]

4. To clarify, Covid is dangerous, not the vaccine

[Grasswire2]

5. thanks, everyone

I suspect this family member (DIL) is getting bad advice and pressure from in-laws who are Trumpers.

[Grasswire2]

6. and a problem with the wingnuts is this idea of "shedding" the virus

And so they think that being around someone who is vaccinated is also dangerous. My son (partner of the nursing mother) has not been vaccinated yet either and I suspect that this "shedding" notion has entered the matter.

[Ms. Toad]

7. We don't know much, because of how clinical trials are run

(they nearly always exclude pregnant individuals and nursing mothers - and often exclude women because of the possibility they will become pregnant).

Limited data are available about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines for people who are pregnant
Based on how these vaccines work in the body, experts believe they are unlikely to pose a risk for people who are pregnant. However, there are currently limited data on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant people.

Clinical trials that study the safety of COVID-19 vaccines and how well they work in pregnant people are underway or planned. Vaccine manufacturers are also collecting and reviewing data from people in the completed clinical trials who received vaccine and became pregnant.
Studies in animals receiving a Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, or J&J/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine before or during pregnancy found no safety concerns in pregnant animals or their babies.

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

Viral shedding is nonsense (i.e. impossible), since none of the currently available vaccines inject the virus (dead or alive-attenuated).

It would be very likely that mom could pass antibodies on to baby - that's how our species is designed so that wee ones can survive until they are capable of producing their own antibodies

We know next to nothing (beyond theory) about long-term consequences of mRNA vaccines - because they have only been in use for a year. Adenovirus vector vaccines (J&J and AstraZeneca) have a bit longer history, but not much. We're not going to know, with absolute certainty, for a few decades.

In the mean time - we know the harm that COVID 19 does. Taking the vaccine is just one of those decisions that has to be known without complete information.

[mcar]

8. DIL got her 1st vaccine when she entered her 3rd trimester

on the advice of her OB.

[xmas74]

9. A friend just had her baby last week

After using their life savings on IVF and donor eggs. She was given Pfizer at 7 months into her pregnancy because it was better she be vaccinated than risk becoming infected.