January 19, 2021 11:21 am
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – Dr. Amanda Adams, a pharmacist at the Rhode Island Hospital, is seven months pregnant and vaccinated.
“I got my first vaccine on December 22nd and on January 10th I received my second vaccine,” Dr. Adams said. “My arm was sore, but it felt just like I had gotten a flu shot. I will say after the second vaccine I was very tired, but I’m 31 weeks pregnant and very tired anyway.”
While she’s relieved she didn’t have any major side effects, making that decision was not an easy one.
Pregnant women typically are not included in clinical trials and were not included in the Pfizer and Moderna trials. With little research on how the COVID-19 vaccine impacts pregnant women and their babies, soon-to-be moms face the tough decision of what to do.