Updated Mar 09, 2021 | 16:18 IST
Uncertainties and apprehensions around the Covid-19 vaccine had led to fears and doubts over whether it is safe to consider vaccination while planning a pregnancy. Here are some common doubts cleared. COVID-19 vaccine side effects: Can any COVID shots affect fertility? Here is all you need to know | Photo Credit: iStock Images
New Delhi: The covid-19 pandemic has been challenging for everybody and has highlighted the importance of staying healthy and strengthening our immunity. This also has brought all the brilliant minds from across the world together to develop a shield against the virus. As vaccines are now made available to the public, doubts and fears pertaining to their impact on health are also rife. Uncertainties and apprehensions around the Covid-19 vaccine had led to fears and doubts over whether it is safe to consider vaccination while planning a pregnancy.
Nobody ever dreams about infertility when dreaming about their future life. You don’t daydream about what feels like to self-administer endless shots with needles as thick as Q-tips. You don’t fantasize about getting the follicles or your uterine lining measured for the 100th time. Nope, you never think of any of those things.
Since childhood, I kept journals filled with the names of my future children middle names and Jewish names included. They’d change throughout the years, getting weirder through my angsty, “alternative” phase in the late ’90s, and then softened by hippie undertones when I became convinced I was some reincarnated flower child.