Age: 28.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: DTAP
Symptoms: Foetal death, Foetal heart rate abnormal, Foetal hypokinesia, Hot flush, Induced labour
Clinical narrative: I, am writing this report in the voice of the patient, as dictated to me by her. She was 32 weeks pregnant when she had the Dtap vaccine. The paperwork she was given regarding the vaccine just indicated Dtap vaccine, with no additional information regarding manufacturer, etc. She got very sick. Her symptoms did not improve over time. She felt exhausted and toxic. She had chills and hot flashes. Her baby died at 3 1/2 weeks later.    Tuesday 8/27/2019:   I went to my normal, scheduled prenatal visit for my 32 week check-up. I was healthy, feeling good and strong. My OB Dr suggested I have the Dtap vaccine. He told me about the side effects. I told him I didn?t want it, that I don?t like taking any medicines or drugs and was worried about the side effects on my baby. I said that I did not have it for my two other pregnancies and everything went well, no problem. He told me it was necessary, not only to protect my baby but to protect the other babies in the hospital when I gave birth. He said all the other moms were getting it. So I said okay. They gave me the vaccine.   Wednesday 8/28/19:  The next day, Wednesday, I woke up feeling really sick. I felt like I had a fever, but I didn?t, though I was having hot flashes. My arm was very sore. I couldn?t raise it. It hurt too much to sleep on. I felt exhausted. I had a sore throat and runny nose. The injection site on my arm was very painful, and felt numb. Couldn?t sleep on it. painful inside. The sickness never got better. It didn?t go away. I just took things day by day, thinking I would feel better soon.   Thursday 9/12/19:  I went in for my next prenatal appointment, my 34 week check-up. I told the doctor about my symptoms since they gave me the vaccine injection. He said it was normal and maybe I had a cold or flu. My body still felt very weird, tired, sick, weak, hot flashes, chills. It never went away. We scheduled a routine ultra sound for Sept 18th. At 20 weeks pregnant, the routine ultrasound had shown a possible low lying placenta.   Wednesday 9/18/19:  I had the ultrasound. It showed no problem. The placenta was in the right position and everything was normal. Everything was good. I heard the baby?s heartbeat. It was strong and good. No problems. But I was still feeling sick.   Sunday 9/22/19:  The baby wasn?t moving. I felt something was wrong. I went to the emergency that was close to my house. They did an ultrasound and found that there was no heartbeat. They said the baby was dead. They told me to go home and rest. I was almost 36 weeks. They said to call my doctor and schedule an appointment with him at Hospital for the next day.   Monday 9/23/19: I checked into Hospital. I saw Dr. He induced labor in the afternoon.          Tuesday:  I gave birth near 5 pm, a baby girl. She weighed 5 lbs 4 oz. No cord wrapped around her neck. No bleeding. Everything seemed very normal. She looked perfect, no abnormalities and a good size for 36 weeks. They put her on my chest. She stayed with me until I left the next day afternoon   They asked if I wanted an autopsy. They said it would be helpful to understand what happened and why the baby died. I agreed. The baby is now at Hospital undergoing the autopsy.  Wednesday 9/25/19: I checked out of hospital and went home.    Follow up postpartum appointment:  Mon Sept 30   My due date was:  Oct 22, 2019