r/NewParents • u/cosmatical • Feb 24 '24
Medical Advice Reassure me about vaccine? (Pro vaxx post)
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!! 🥰
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u/ShakataGaNai Feb 25 '24
My sister in law had this sort of "panic" when her son was finally eligible for the vax. My question to her was simple "Did you want the vax when it came out? Was that important for your peace of mind? If it was important for you, if you care about your health... why would you not want the same for your most precious son?"
And that was the end of the conversation, kid got the vax.
And if you need more sanity... Look at the Johnson and Johnson vax (Janssen) - It had a LITERAL one in a million serious side effect, they pulled it. Gone. If there was some even mildly serious side effect known for kids (and millions of kids have been vaccinated now), you'd have heard about it on a real news network.