Hey mama, go ahead and breathe that huge sigh of relief. A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine has found no link between COVID-19 vaccinations and an increased risk of first-trimester miscarriages. This is further evidence of the safety of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy.
To explore the potential risk, researchers analyzed national health registries in Norway to compare the proportion of vaccinated women who experienced a miscarriage during the first trimester and women who were still pregnant at the end of the first trimester.
“Our study found no evidence of an increased risk for early pregnancy loss after COVID-19 vaccination and adds to the findings from other reports supporting COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy,” said Dr. Deshayne Fell, an associate professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health in the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine and a Scientist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute.
“The findings are reassuring for women who were vaccinated early in pregnancy and support the growing evidence that COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy is safe.”
Furthermore, the study team didn’t see a difference or a relationship to the type of vaccine—whether a mom received Pfizer, Moderna or the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
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