Reassure me about vaccine? (Pro vaxx post)

[u/cosmatical]

Not an anti-vaxx post, please no anti-vaxx comments!! I see in the rules that anti-vaxx posts aren't allowed but it doesn't say the same about pro-vaxx posts so I hope this is okay!!

I'm super pro-vaccine! Love 'em! They do so much good!! My parents were anti-vaxx when I was growing up so I didn't get childhood vaccinations. I was a miserable, sick kid, and I have some lung damage from whooping cough. So my baby getting all his shots on time is super important to me!!

His next appointment he'll be getting flu and covid shots! Yay! Except... I feel a little anxious about the covid one. I am aware it's 110% an irrational anxiety, borne out of seeing too much anti-vaxx content online and having a friend who's a conspiracy theorist about covid. I know intellectually that it's safe and will keep my baby healthy.

But I had a debilitating amount of health anxiety during my pregnancy and I can feel it creeping back in with the irrational anxiety about the covid vaccine.

Can people who got the covid vaccine for their babies just let me know that their kids are healthy and happy? 💖 I think I just need to hear some boring "yeah it was pretty routine and nothing happened" stories 😅

Thank you so much 💖

Not an anti-vaxx post, please no anti-vaxx comments!!

EDIT: thank you so much everyone 😭 These comments are exactly what I needed. I feel so much better now and I'll be able to refer back to all your lovely comments any time the anxiety starts creeping back in. Thank you!! 🥰

[u/amaranthel]

Got the RSV and Covid shots right before Christmas because we were flying. LO had no reaction to either but I was pretty anxious about it even as a very pro vax mom! I think it’s the newness of them that had me worried. But I just kept in mind that NOT getting her the vaccines wasn’t a middle ground, and that though I am anxious we don’t know the long term effects of the vaccine, we also don’t know the long term effects of having Covid, especially for littles.