ST. LOUIS (AP) New restrictions caused a sharp drop in the number of women who had abortions at Missouri's only provider last year but the clinic has not stopped performing the procedure,.
KVUE also spoke with a maternal-fetal medicine specialist about getting the COVID-19 vaccine while pregnant. Author: Molly Oak Updated: 9:43 PM CST January 18, 2021
Expecting moms have enough to worry about without adding in a pandemic, but that is the reality of pregnancy in 2021. The hardest part has been being scared all the time, Dr. Ronnie Lozano said.
Lozano is a fourth-year OBGYN resident who is 36 weeks pregnant with twin boys. Being scared because this was IVF pregnancy, we obviously worked really hard to get pregnant. It took us a long time to get here, she said. And then to see all the pregnancy complications being a resident in OBGYN and then now you re adding on a pandemic. And so, you re always scared.
I m pregnant and a doctor: This is why I got the COVID-19 vaccine
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Pregnant doctor receives COVID-19 vaccine and urges others to as well
Dr. Nayeli Rodulfo-Zayas of San Antonio, TX received the COVID-19 vaccine and encourages other pregnant women to consult their health care providers to see if the vaccine is right for them. Baptist Health System, San Antonio, Texas
Dr. Nayeli Rodulfo-Zayas, an emergency medicine physician in San Antonio, Texas, was 35 weeks pregnant when she received her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine earlier this month.
Rodulfo-Zayas, also the mother of a 2-year-old, is speaking out about her decision in hopes of inspiring other pregnant women to have important, educated conversations with their health care providers about getting the vaccine.