I was NEVER a second guesser before. Got my flu shot every year, totally up to date on all vaccines, if my doctor recommended something I didn’t even blink. But now…

30 mins out from my Tdap and flu vaccine appointment and I’m anxious. I HATE that I feel anxious about it. I’ve literally gotten both vaccines before in my life too, my last Tdap booster was like 4 years ago.

I keep reminding myself of the facts and long history of both vaccines, but no matter how I try I still have lost the blind trust in medicine recommendations that I had a couple years ago. And here I am logically knowing the facts, and part of me still wants to cancel my appointment lol.

I’m just venting, hopefully no one feels the need to be mean or condescending. Im sure Im not the only one who second guesses stuff now. It’s hard not to let horror stories get to you. I wouldn’t know how to handle it if something I did in the next 30 mins hurt my baby.

Edit: maybe I didn’t do a great job of explaining. It seems like now more than before I see tons of stories about adverse reactions to all vaccines, even ones that have been given for a long time in pregnancy. I blame Covid because it seemed like the anti vaccine rhetoric was much less prevalent a few years ago