A mother who got seriously ill with Covid after not having the vaccine urges women to get the jab.
Unvaccinated pregnant women are more likely to need hospital treatment if they catch Covid, especially in the third trimester, the NHS says.Mrs Sheppard-Palomares said: "They had to give me a C-section, that was to save my life. I asked them if the baby was going to survive and they said the baby is absolutely fine.
"It was amazing to think I'd survived it. When you just think, 'I want to see my children and I want to speak to my husband'."The launch of the autumn vaccine booster programme has seen millions of invitations to vulnerable people sent out encouraging them to get jabbed.
She said: "I've had Covid twice before in the last two years and last time was when I just found out was pregnant, so it was quite scary and I wanted to do the vaccine right away."Carolina Rocho is five months pregnancy and said she felt more protected being vaccinated The autumn booster campaign is among a package of NHS measures to prepare for winter as the health service continues to face record demand on its urgent and emergency care services.
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