MOH Answers the question regarding the vaccine for Pregnant Women
Vaccine for pregnant women is available throughout the kingdom. Therefore, If you are pregnant, you can get the COVID-19 vaccine. Pregnant women are more likely to get COVID-19 than non-pregnant women. Getting the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy can protect you from serious illness with COVID-19. If you have questions about immunizations, talking to your healthcare provider may help, but immunizations are unnecessary.
Vaccine for Pregnant Women
Although the overall risk of acute illness is low, COVID-19 increases the critical condition of pregnant and recently pregnant women compared to non-pregnant women. Acute illness includes a disease that requires hospitalization, intensive care, a ventilator or special equipment for breathing, or a condition that results in death.
In addition, people with COVID-19 have a higher risk of preterm birth and may have a higher risk of other adverse pregnancy outcomes than pregnant women without COVID-19.
Things to Consider:
If you are facing a decision to receive the CoVID-19 vaccine while pregnant, consider:
- You risk exposure to COVID-19
- Risk of serious illness
- Known benefits of vaccination
- Limited but growing evidence about vaccine safety during pregnancy
Getting Vaccine is a personal Choice
If you are pregnant, you can get the COVID-19 vaccine. However, you may want to talk to your healthcare provider to help you decide if you can get a vaccine that has been approved for emergency use. While talking to your healthcare provider can be helpful, it is not necessary to get vaccinated beforehand.
Fundamental issues regarding Vaccine that you can discuss with your healthcare provider include:
- How likely are you to be at risk for this virus that causes COVID-19?
- Risk of COVID-19 and the potential risk to your fetus or newborn
- What should you know about the “COVID-19 vaccines?”
- How well COVID-19 vaccines work to develop protection in the body?
- Well-known side effects of vaccination
- Limited but growing information on the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy
- How can vaccines pass antibodies to the fetus? Recent reports have shown that people who received the Covid 19 mRNA vaccine during pregnancy (mainly during the third trimester) have transmitted antibodies to their fetuses, which protect them after birth.Â
Can 7th-month Pregnant women get vaccinated
It is a question that has troubled pregnant women not only in Saudi Arabia but around the world. According to the local website, the Ministry of Health has said in response to this question that “In the light of the research of scientific and research institutes, it can be said that there is no obstacle in vaccinating a pregnant woman.
“The ministry said the vaccine is “very safe” and that pregnant women of different months are getting the vaccine in other countries, just like ordinary people. On the other hand, World Health Organization expert SUMIA SWAMINATHAN has also commented on this subject in her Twitter account.
“Should a pregnant woman be vaccinated or not?” He asked. The answer to this question is that.
“The risks to a pregnant woman from not getting the vaccine are far greater than the risks that can occur after getting the vaccine. Vaccination does not have the same problems as non-vaccination.
Pregnancy is a special condition that is the focus of the World Health Organization and its top priority. We want the vaccine to be very safe and to have no side effects in the near or distant future.”
Follow SOPs After getting Vaccinated
If You are pregnant athen here are some things to remember:
When you are entirely immune, you can continue the exercises you did before the CVODI-19. Become familiar with what you need to do when you complete the vaccine doses.
On the off chance that you have a condition or are taking prescriptions that debilitate your immune system, you may not be ensured entirely regardless of whether you are altogether shielded from vaccines.
Consult with your medical services supplier. Even after immunization, you may have to play it safe.
Any Side Effects of Vaccine?
After receiving any available CoVID-19 vaccines, side effects may occur, especially after the second dose for the vaccine, which requires two amounts. Pregnant women have not reported any side effects from non-pregnant women after being vaccinated with the mRNA vaccine (Modern and Pfizer-Biotech vaccines).
If you have a fever after vaccination, you need to take acetaminophen (Tylenol). It is because fever is associated with adverse pregnancy results for any reason. Learn more about what to expect after receiving the CoVID-19 vaccine.
Although rare, some people have experienced an allergic reaction after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Talk to your healthcare provider if you have a history of allergic responses to another vaccine or injection therapy (intramuscular, intravenous, or subcutaneous).
Important issues you can discuss with your healthcare provider include:
- An unknown risk of developing a severe allergic reaction
- Benefits of vaccination
- If you have an allergic reaction to the Covid-19 vaccine during pregnancy, you can seek treatment.
Conclusion
If you are trying to conceive now or in the future, parents can get the Covid 19 vaccine. There is currently no evidence that any vaccine, including the COVID-19 vaccine, can cause developmental problems in women or men.
The CDC does not recommend routine pregnancy tests before the COVID-19 vaccination. If you are trying to conceive, you do not need to avoid pregnancy after receiving the Code-19 vaccine.
Like all vaccines, scientists are carefully studying the Covid 19 vaccines for side effects and will report results soon as they become available.