Carrie Bickmore admits noticing a VERY interesting change to her top half after getting a Covid jab - as The Project hosts reveal the BIZARRE side effects they got from the vaccine

The Project hosts have shared intimate details about the side effects they've had since rolling up their sleeves for the coronavirus vaccine.

Carrie Bickmore revealed she found an unusual but harmless lump on her breast after getting Pfizer, while Steve Price suffered bad dreams after his AstraZeneca shot.

The lively discussion on Monday night's program was sparked by reports that some women who had the Pfizer jab claimed their breasts have since grown due to swollen lymph nodes. 

'Not just women I'm afraid,' Pete Hellier joked.

Co-host Bickmore then candidly opened up about the changes she's seen in her own breasts since getting the Pfizer jab.

'This is exactly what happened, and I will admit I clicked on the clickbait today because mine didn't go up a size, but I was thinking when I was in the shower, after I got my Pfizer, I noticed a lump, and I thought that's weird, I will keep an eye on that,' she said. 

Carrie Bickmore opened up about the changes she saw in her breasts after getting the Pfizer vaccine

'I texted a girlfriend who had the jab around the same time as me the next day and asked how she was feeling, she said "fine, but my lymph nodes are up under my arms' and I was like 'of course, that's what it is".'

Her revelations prompted fellow panellist Steve Price to join the conversation.

'You get bigger boobs and I get bad dreams from the second jab of AstraZeneca,' he told Bickmore.

'That was the side effect I had.' 

Co-host Pete Helliar asked Price if his bad dreams were about bigger boobs.

'Maybe,' Price laughed. 

Waleed Aly added: 'He is not disclosing.'

The unusual and temporary side effect dubbed the 'Pfizer boob job' has prompted an rise in mammogram appointments in the US, where the vaccine rollout is far more advanced than Australia's.

The Project's Steve Price revealed on Monday night he had bad dreams after getting his second jab of AstraZeneca

The Australian Department of Health states that enlarged lymph nodes are a less common side effect of the Covid-19 vaccine.

'These side effects are usually mild and usually go away within one or two days,' the website states.

'Some recipients will experience more significant flu-like symptoms from this vaccination compared to other common vaccinations and may require time away from normal activities. 

'These symptoms may occur after either dose but are more common after the second dose.'

More than 11 million doses have been administered since Australia's vaccine rollout began five months ago with almost 13 per cent of the country's population now fully vaccinated. 

Dr Jeanette Dickson, President of The Royal College of Radiologists in the UK said swollen lymph nodes can occur after getting the jab but are nothing to worry about.

'Virtually everyone mounts an immune response after getting the jab in their arm,' she said earlier this year. 

Carrie Bickmore and fellow panelist from The Project Peter Helliar went to get the vaccine together

'This response is biggest in the lymph nodes in our armpits, which drain fluid away from the arm – the swelling of which is then seen on screening mammograms, which is something these scans are designed to pick up.

'In cancer care we are also seeing some visible lymph node swelling in the armpits of recently vaccinated patients undergoing CT and PET-CT scans.

'If patients are having any type of scan they need to make the imaging team aware if and when they had their COVID-19 jab and in which arm.

'These lumps can happen after the vaccine and are nothing to worry about.

'However, if a lump hasn't gone a few days after getting the jab, then we would urge patients to consult their GP in case the cause is more serious.'

The topic sparked a lively conversation on The Project on Monday night