Pregnancy And Vaccines

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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With the authorization of two Covid-19 vaccines, pregnant women around the country are wondering if they should get the shot when their time comes. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta speaks with Dr. Emily S. Miller, an obstetrician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago and a member of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s COVID-19 task force to answer listener questions. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi Sanjay.
0:02.0	Hi Sanjay.
0:03.0	I am a fourth grade teacher in Lexington, Kentucky, and we have been given priority status
0:08.7	for the new coronavirus vaccine, which at any other time in my life I would be super excited
0:14.2	about.
0:15.2	However, I am 14 weeks pregnant now, and by the time that they will have them available
0:20.6	for us, I will be fully into my second trimester.
0:24.0	And I'm just wondering how safe it is for pregnant people to get this coronavirus vaccine.
0:29.8	This is Kristen from Colorado.
0:32.0	I just found out I'm pregnant.
0:33.7	I was looking forward to getting my vaccine sometime this summer.
0:37.7	And now I'm not so sure if that's a good idea.
0:40.2	And no, we don't have much information on what the vaccine does to unborn babies.
0:46.2	But I'm wondering if they're studying it, if we might know, and if there is any recommendations
0:52.0	for pregnant women.
0:53.8	I get a lot of questions from listeners all over the country about the safety of getting
0:58.4	the COVID-19 vaccine while pregnant.
1:01.8	So today I decided to enlist the help of Dr. Emily S. Miller, an obstetrician at Northwestern
1:07.8	Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
1:09.8	Dr. Miller is also an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, maternal fetal
1:14.8	medicine, and psychiatry and behavioral sciences.
1:18.4	All of it at Northwestern Medicine's Fineberg School of Medicine.
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