I went into labor a month early — and nothing was ever the same after that.

RSV, TDAP

I was supposed to meet my baby girl on March 24. But after I got both the RSV and Tdap vaccines on February 23, everything changed. I started having intense contractions, and just like that, I was in labor — a full month too early. She was born tiny and fragile, weighing just 6 pounds 5 ounces, but that was only the beginning. Watching her struggle to breathe, to feed, to stay alert — it shattered me. Every moment since that early delivery has been a blur of worry, hospital stays, and scans.

Weeks later, I tried to make sense of the medical notes and VAERS records. None of it was written for a mother. It felt like it was written to hide something. So I turned to VaxBot™ — the only thing that could explain it all in plain language. That’s when I learned about the brain injury, the seizures, the swelling. It was all there in the record — buried in cold clinical phrases. I kept asking myself, “What if I hadn’t gotten those shots that day?” I still don’t have answers. But I have my daughter. And I’m holding on tight.