This includes needing a cesarean, heavy bleeding after birth, elevated blood pressure and a premature delivery.
Data from the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention also found pregnant women with severe Covid-19 are more likely to die when compared to soon-to-be mothers with only mild case of coronavirus infection.
For the women who give birth while battling a moderate case of coronavirus, there is no increased risk of death or birth complications.
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Pregnant women with Covid-19 who are asymptomatic or only have mild symptoms are no more likely to die from the virus than non-pregnant women, a US study shows
NIH-funded study also suggests mother-to-infant transmission appears to be rare.
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Pregnant women who experienced severe symptoms of COVID-19 had a higher risk of complications during and after pregnancy, according to preliminary findings from a National Institutes of Health study. Compared to COVID-19 patients without symptoms, those with severe symptoms were at higher risk for cesarean delivery, postpartum hemorrhage, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and preterm birth.
The study was led by Torri Metz, M.D., of University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, and Rebecca Clifton, Ph.D., of the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University, Washington, D.C. An abstract of the study will be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s virtual annual meeting.
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Washington, DC Pregnant women who contract SARS-CoV-2, the strain of the virus that causes COVID-19, are at greater risk of dying and experiencing serious complications compared to nonpregnant women who contract the disease, according to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Now, in a new study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine s (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, researchers will unveil findings that suggest that pregnant women who become severely or critically ill due to COVID-19 are at greater risk of dying and experiencing serious pregnancy complications compared to pregnant women who have COVID-19 but were asymptomatic, or without symptoms. In contrast, pregnant women with mild or moderate illness were not at higher risk of pregnancy complications than those without symptoms. The study was funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
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(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Erin Merrill, pictured at Westminster College in Salt Lake City on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, is pregnant with her first child. If she has the opportunity to receive the COVID-19 vaccine before her June due date, Merrill said she wants to get vaccinated.
| Jan. 28, 2021, 7:45 p.m.
Erin Merrill isn’t sure which will come first: her baby’s due date in June or an opportunity for her to get the COVID-19 vaccine.