In this special episode, I'm giving you an update on the COVID vaccine in relation to fertility,

pregnancy, and lactation.

Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth Podcast.

I'm Dr. Nicole Calloway Rankins, a board certified OBGYN who's been in practice

for nearly 15 years. I've had the privilege of helping over 1,000 babies into this world, and I'm

here to help you be calm, confident, and empowered to have a beautiful pregnancy in birth.

Quick note, this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice.

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Now let's get to it.

Hello, hello, welcome to this special episode of the podcast.

Thank you for being here with me today.

It's been almost four months since I did a COVID update, and I figured that it is time to do another one.

I'm getting lots and lots of questions about the COVID vaccine. So today we're

going to dive in and you're going to learn all about the most recent evidence as of the date of

this podcast. I'm recording it on April 12th. You're going to learn the evidence about the COVID

vaccine in relation to fertility, pregnancy, and lactation. So I'm going to cover again

all the available data that we have so far, including what I get the most questions about,

and that's that CDC-V-Safe COVID-19 vaccine pregnancy registry. Ooh, that was a bit of a mouthful.

And as always, I will present the information.

I'll give my thoughts where I think it may be helpful. And then you can make conclusions for yourself

about what you think works best for you. So let's go ahead and dive right in. So the first thing

we're going to talk about is the COVID vaccines

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