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Jan 30, 2021 06:19 AM EST
A new study reveals that pregnant women infected with COVID-19 may give protective antibodies to their unborn child.
Pregnant women with COVID-19 can transfer antibodies to their babies
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BURNLEY, ENGLAND - MAY 15: Neonatal Nurse Kirsty Hartley cares for premature baby Theo Anderson in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre at Burnley General Hospital in East Lancashire, during the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic, on May 15, 2020 in Burnley, England.
COVID-19 antibodies can be passed into the unborn baby s placenta if the mother caught the coronavirus while pregnant, Philadelphia-based researchers found. These findings are a good sign for concerned parents. However, parents are unable to assert with certainty that the infected mother s newborn will be safe from COVID-19 as the science is still evolving, researchers say.
Doctors say COVID vaccine should be tested on pregnant women
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A demand by Australian womenâs health experts that pregnant and breastfeeding women be included in clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines was ignored, and doctors say leaving them out is discriminatory.
Representatives of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Breastfeeding Association of Australia, and midwifery expert associate professor Karleen Gribble said pregnant women should have been allowed to volunteer for vaccine trials and the fact they were not means âmany more women are at riskâ.
Pregnant and breastfeeding women were not included in vaccine trials for COVID-19 but some womenâs health experts argue it was discriminatory not to have included them.
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Pregnant people everywhere are left wondering, “to vaccinate or not to vaccinate?”
As COVID-19 vaccinations are rolling out nationwide in varying phases, pregnant people everywhere are left wondering if they should receive the vaccine. Currently, the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are offering different recommendations, leaving pregnant people wondering what the correct answer is.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued interim guidelines that state if pregnant people are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, âthey may choose to be vaccinated.â
Pregnant? You may discuss #COVID19 vaccines with your doctor, but itâs not required before vaccination. While studies have not yet been done, experts believe mRNA vaccines like COVID-19 vaccines are unlikely to pose a risk for #pregnant people. More: https://t.co/pBVlI6STf8. pic.twitter.com/N2o76U4L4T