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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 15, 2021 14:48:21 GMT -5
Why all the interest. We have given vaccinations to pregnant women for ages. Flu vaccines are given during pregnancy. The dose will be a fraction of the adult dose as it needs to get across the placenta, after it has circulated through a women's entire blood volume and has been taken up by many of the cells in her body. So, even if it crosses the placenta, the dose is lower. More importantly, pregnant women have an increased risk of severe disease, which can lead to miscarriage, fetal demise, stillbirth, premature birth, and maternal death. If a women gets admitted with severe COVID, oxygen delivery to the fetus can be compromised. In addition, medications can get into the fetal circulation, and we may need to avoid using some medications to treat the mother. All in all, the risk/benefit calculation in pregnancy is in favor of the vaccine. Why all the interest? Quite frankly I know pregnant women who have questions about. Neighbors with pregnant daughters, two Grandkidsof mine, now adults wondering if she is pregnant is it ok? I did not have the answer and suggested talking to their primary doctor as well as the Obstetrition (sp) for guidance. I am an advocate of being vaccinated, I am not the problem, just asked the question here to further the dicussion. I believe there is enough data to say with reasonable certainty that there is no impact on infants.
I would base that on a number of factors, including our history with vaccinations on pregnant women for the last 100 years.
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