Q: Is it safe for pregnant women to get vaccinated for COVID-19? What if you’re breastfeeding?
Dr. Jennifer Mathieu, OB/GYN, Maui Lani Physicians & Surgeons: The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention both say that pregnant women may be vaccinated for COVID-19. They also say it is safe for breastfeeding mothers to get the COVID-19 vaccine and continue to breastfeed after being vaccinated.
It’s important to know that while large studies have found no safety problems with the vaccines currently available, neither was tested in pregnant women. However, the type of vaccine being used against COVID-19 is generally known to be safe, and animal studies found no harmful effects on pregnancy.