A mum who caught Covid after giving birth has been separated from her newborn baby in the first week of his life.
Clair Griffiths is now pleading with people to get the vaccine - including pregnant women who are more at risk of complications if they contract coronavirus.
The 43-year-old from Shrewsbury in Shropshire, tested positive for coronavirus two weeks ago and her son Albie Evans had to be born by emergency caesarean on July 18 - a week early.
She was rushed back into hospital two days later and has now not seen her son in a week, Birmingham Live reports.
Clair said she was advised against getting the vaccine because of the medication she was taking while pregnant.
Clair posted on Facebook saying: "This is so hard to put, this week should of be the most happiest week with the birth of my little boy, but it's not, he is at home and I'm in hospital with Covid pneumonia, because [people] are still not getting jabs to help, it's not nice, please please book your jabs keep people fit and alive, and I would be with my baby right now."
The mum also posted an image of herself in a high dependency unit alongside her warning, which hundreds of people have reacted to online.
She added: "Get the vaccine, it's not going to do you any damage but what [Covid] can do to others of all ages is worse, I'm not going to get the time back with my son, people really need to grow up."
A spokeswoman for the Covid-19 vaccination programme in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, where Clair lives, said: “It is really important that pregnant women get the Covid-19 vaccination as soon as possible to protect themselves and their baby.
"Pregnant women with Covid-19 have a higher risk of intensive care admission than women of the same age who are not pregnant.
"Women with Covid-19 are also two to three times more likely to have their babies early than women without Covid-19. Pregnant women with underlying clinical conditions are at even higher risk of suffering serious complications from Covid-19.
“Covid-19 vaccines offer pregnant women the best protection against Covid-19 disease which can be serious in later pregnancy for some women.
"The first dose of Covid-19 vaccine will give women good protection but they need a second dose to get longer lasting protection.
“There is no need to avoid pregnancy after Covid-19 vaccination. There is no evidence that Covid-19 vaccines have any effect on fertility or women’s chances of becoming pregnant. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has also said that the vaccines can be received whilst breastfeeding."
Clair's warning comes as a consultant battling the pandemic on the frontline urges pregnant women to get vaccinated saying there is a "surprising" number of mums-to-be in hospital with the virus.
Dr Richard Cree, an intensive care consultant at the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, made the plea as the vaccine take-up for expectant women was not as high as it should be.
Dr Cree, who has been blogging throughout the pandemic on the nomoresurgeons.com platform, wrote that one mum had to have an emergency caesarean before being put on a ventilator.
He warned that pregnancy changes the immune system and increases the risk of serious conditions following many viral infections.
The medic added that anything that reduces a pregnant woman's oxygen levels also reduces the baby's levels so puts her unborn child at risk.
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal College of Midwives have also urged pregnant women to get vaccinated.
