Should I get the vaccine if I’m pregnant?

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Written By Lora Shahine, MD

Should I get the vaccine if I’m pregnant?

The short answer: Yes. Currently, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), and the CDC all recommend that pregnant women get vaccinated.

“The data is overwhelming that COVID-19 vaccination is safe for women who are planning to get pregnant or who are pregnant,” says Lora Shahine, MD, FACOG at Pacific NW Fertility.

And you really don’t want to contract COVID-19 while you’re pregnant. “Women who are pregnant have a higher risk of getting very sick from COVID-19,” warns Dr. Shahine. “They have a higher risk of ICU admission, hospitalization, intubation, and death from contracting the COVID-19 virus. Vaccination from COVID-19 decreases all of these risks for pregnant women.”

Read More here from Cosmopolitan

Lora Shahine, MD

Dr. Lora Shahine, reproductive endocrinologist at Pacific NW Fertility and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, completed her residency in OBGYN at the University of California in San Francisco and fellowship in reproductive endocrinology at Stanford University. She is dedicated to educating and advocating for increased awareness of infertility, miscarriage, and the impact on environmental toxins on health through an active social media presence, teaching, clinical research, and authoring multiple blogs and books including best selling, ‘Not Broken: An Approachable Guide to Miscarriage and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss.’

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