152 COVID-19 in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

On Health for Women

Aviva Romm

Alternative Health, Arts, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Pregnancy is already a time of heightened concern and sense of responsibility – after all, we know that what we do has an impact on our own health – and our baby’s development, growth, and health. Certainly, for women around the globe, COVID-19 has added multiple new layers of concern, worry, and questions on so many aspects of healthcare and mothering: whether it’s safe to get pregnant during this time, where to have your baby (i.e., home vs. hospital), whether to get the vaccine, how much should you worry, should you be around friends and family while you’re pregnant, what about after baby is born? Making such significant decisions – and one that neither midwives and medical doctors nor pregnant women have had to deal with before – is a tough position to be in, and I know it can be scary. Compared to last year this time, we know a whole lot more about this virus, how to protect ourselves, and about how to navigate pandemic life while pregnant. So let’s take a close look at what we’ve learned so far about COVID-19 in relation to childbearing and breastfeeding. We'll also some of your questions about vaccines for pregnant and nursing mamas. For an accompanying article, visit avivaromm.com/152

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0:00.0	Welcome to NaturalMD Radio, your place to hear the whole truth on health and medicine for
0:11.5	women and children and get the tools you need to take back your health naturally starting
0:17.1	now.
0:18.1	I'm Dr. Aviva Wrong.
0:28.8	Pregnancy is already a time of heightened concern and sense of responsibility.
0:34.3	After all, we know that what we do has an impact on our own health and our baby's development
0:39.6	growth and health.
0:41.6	Certainly for women around the globe, COVID-19 has added multiple new layers of concern,
0:48.0	worry and questions on so many aspects of healthcare and mothering, whether it's safe
0:52.8	to get pregnant during this time, where to have your baby, for example, home or hospital,
0:58.0	whether to get the vaccine, how much should you worry?
1:01.6	Should you be around your friends and family while you're pregnant?
1:04.8	What about after the baby is born?
1:07.2	During pregnancy, we're also fiercely protective of our health and naturally seek answers.
1:13.1	It's not easy to gain clarity when you're inundated with an overwhelming number of opinions
1:17.9	about what you should or shouldn't do, and information about variants, long haul COVID-19
1:24.4	symptoms, the vaccine, rumors about fertility or whether you can have a miscarriage just
1:28.8	from standing near someone who got vaccinated.
1:31.4	I'll put that one to rest right now, no, you can't, is all really overwhelming.
1:37.2	And the data is constantly changing as new information emerges.
1:41.5	In fact, this is why I'm now updating the popular article and podcast I wrote on COVID-19
1:48.8	and did on COVID-19 in pregnancy early in the pandemic.
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