FACT FINDERS: Is it okay to get the COVID-19 vaccine if I am pregnant, breastfeeding or trying to conceive? Fact Finders: Pregnancy and the vaccine By Shaley Sanders | March 16, 2021 at 6:56 PM MST - Updated March 16 at 6:56 PM TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - If you are pregnant, breastfeeding or trying to conceive, is it safe to get the COVID-19 vaccine? “We are more concerned, we lose more sleep about our pregnant patients having COVID than we are about them being vaccinated,” said Dr. Dionne Mills, an obstetrics and gynecology specialist who is working to educate women about the COVID-19 vaccine. “Our stance is that COVID-19 is devastating for pregnancy, devastating for pregnant women,” Mills said.