Finally, Got my first Jab of vaccine!

January 20, 2022

Hello hello hello awesome people. Yes, I'm excited to share with you my experience of getting my first dose of vaccine yesterday. My vaccine? AstraZeneca. Well, we know that all vaccines have their side effects and lucky those people who didn't experience having side effects. Many say that the vaccine that I've got have strong side effects and you will feel chills. When I saw in the paper that I'm holding yesterday that my vaccine is Astra, I had second thought I messaged my sister but she says I should get vaccinated and no need to think twice so I do what she says.

I thought there was a long line and there are many people but when I entered inside look at the venue there was no long line and there are only a few who will be going to have their vaccine too. There's a paper given to me and I filled it up and when I'm done I went to the one who will be going to interview me for some health issues then after that I proceed to the vaccination room and there are people who will assist you.

I'm nervous but calm myself and when the one who will be going to inject me say I should inhale, I do it and feel the syringe touches my skin. Fortunately, I don't been scared of injections anymore since I became pregnant. I used to the syringes penetrates my skin LOL.

Since my partner didn't come with me inside the vaccination site and just wait for me outside, that added to why I feel nervous I am alone inside and I'm not used to it. I'm teary-eyed while entering the venue haha drama queen eh? XD.

Tadaaa! I've got my first job! In the observation area where we need to just sit down and wait for fifteen minutes before we go outside the room, it is to check how's your body reacting to the vaccine or if you have a sudden headache or feel dizzy.

I found a friend there when I was in the observation room so I take the opportunity and ask them if they can photograph me hehe and that's the result.

The side effects

I research the side effects of the vaccine I've got and here's the result.

• feeling tired

• tenderness, bruising, pain or itching in the arm where you had the vaccine injection

• headache

• muscle pain

• joint pain

• nausea

• fever (temperature of 38 degrees Celsius or above)

Source

Fever, headache, muscle pain and tiredness that's the side effects I have.

I thought I won't feel any side effects since I am okay in the observation area and a few hours after the vaccine when we arrived home, I am fine but I feel sleepy so I take a nap. I woke up around 6 in the evening and I'm having a sore throat and I know the side effects is starting to enter into my body. At around 11 pm, I feel a little chill and my body heat when we check it in the thermometer it's 37.5 so I have a fever. I take medicine immediately. I didn't have a proper sleep last night because I keep on waking up.

And now my left arm where the injection injected to me is like paralysed I mean I can't move it properly it hurts and is heavy. I can't even carry my baby so my partner is the one who takes care of our baby for the whole day.

Closing thoughts

Anyways, I am happy that I have finally got my first dose of the vaccine, I need to wait for four weeks for my second dose. But even though I become fully vaccinated I won't go anywhere if it isn't important, I don't want to risk my baby's health, I need to stay home to avoid exposure to the virus. It's better to be safe given that the number of cases here who are getting positive in covid is increasing so it's good to stay at home when you don't have any necessary thing to do outside.