RSV Jab opinions
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This is the first year the RSV vaccine has come out & there isn’t enough studies done on it, as in we will be the first batch of pregnant women I guess to have them done as this hasn’t been previously done (last year it wasn’t out there). I won’t be getting it done as I don’t feel comfortable being the Guinea pig almost for something so new
I’m not getting any jabs done during pregnancy
I’m definitely having it. A friend’s baby was in hospital repeatedly due to an RSV infection which was awful so like whooping cough I’ll have it to protect my baby.
@Emma my son also had RSV at 6 months but I’m very sceptical about the vaccine as it’s brand new, was only tested on people this year so not enough to go on to show if it’s good for pregnant people or not & if it’s been successful with babies otherwise I would’ve done it too tbh
@Emma I’ve had my whooping cough but there’s extensive research on it. I’m just very concerned about having something we are basically the guinea pigs for 😩 I was super poorly after my covid vaccinations and suffered a miscarriage after (they probably weren’t linked) but I always wonder.
The safety of RSV vaccination during pregnancy The vaccine has been studied in clinical trials of almost 4,000 women and been given to many thousands of women in national programmes. Monitoring in the USA, where it has been given to over 100,000 women, has shown a good safety profile. In the main clinical trial, in the month after vaccination, there were slightly more premature babies in the vaccine group (2.1%) than the group that didn’t have the vaccine (1.9%). This difference is most likely to be due to chance. The vaccine has been approved by medicines regulators in the UK, Europe and USA on the basis of protection, quality and safety.
@Emma thank you for information, I’m sure a lot of people will find it useful! I think for me it’s long term effects I am also concerned about which are yet to be determined due to the infancy of the vaccine.
I think you answered your own question, if you're not comfortable don't do it. I will be getting it because there's nothing worse than RSV in infants so if there's a slight chance it'll help my baby I'll take it.