Thank you to my colleague in Ontario, Dr. Ramona Coelho for preparing the resources below regarding Covid vaccination in pregnancy:
Many women have reached out concerned about fertility concerns and breastfeeding related to the vaccine for Covid-19.
In a large collection of recent data, pregnant women who contract covid have a death rate 1/1000 and a risk of hospitalization of 17 percent from covid illness. This is largely a healthy subgroup of the population. Of these, 97 percent were unvaccinated.
Regarding pregnancy complications and miscarriages for those who have the vaccine, the chance of miscarriage and other pregnancy complications are similar between vaccinated and unvaccinated. However, the unvaccinated women are more likely to get COVID and have higher risk of complications as a result of COVID. In addition, prior mRNA clinical trials for Ebola and SARs have also not shown any effect on fertility. (References are below)
References
- Spontaneous Abortion Following COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy
- Receipt of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines preconception and during pregnancy and risk of self-reported spontaneous abortions, CDC v-safe COVID-19 Vaccine Pregnancy Registry 2020-21
- Changes in Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Associated With the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 Vaccination Considerations for Obstetric–Gynecologic Care
- Canadian Surveillance of COVID-19 in Pregnancy: Epidemiology, Maternal and Infant Outcomes
- Results of the First Phase I/II Clinical Vaccination Trial With Direct Injection of mRNA
- mRNA vaccines — a new era in vaccinology
- Understanding mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
