Pregnancy and COVID Risk: Here s What We Know, According to an Expert We sat down with Dr. Kimberly Keefe Smith from the Center for Infertility and Reproductive Surgery at Brigham and Hospital to discuss the issues
Published May 6, 2021 •
Updated on May 6, 2021 at 2:44 pm
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The headlines are devastating: Hundreds of pregnant women have reportedly died in Brazil after contracting COVID-19 as that country grapples with the pandemic. But what does that mean overall in terms of risk for pregnant women, and what do you need to know?
We sat down with Dr. Kimberly Keefe Smith from the Center for Infertility and Reproductive Surgery at Brigham and Hospital to discuss COVID-19 and pregnancy, as well as the role and safety of vaccines.
The CDC data shows that women report more side effects from the COVID vaccine than men, in general. Known side effects include headache, dizziness, chills, slight fever and fatigue.
When the vaccine was approved, menstruation side effects weren t considered. Dr Keefe Smith says: The vaccine trials are really looking for safety, so things that are that are going to be life-threatening, life-altering, that s kind of the purpose. Now, do I wish that they had asked about menstrual cycles? Absolutely. Women s health is something that historically is overlooked. And so I think moving forward, I hope that it is something that s considered. But I think we re doing our best now, now that the vaccine is more widespread, to gather that information and really put that focus on women s health, reproductive health,
Increase in Fertility Clinic Demand in 2020
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It s being reported by KAMC News that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in fertility clinics seeing a sharp rise in demand.
When the pandemic first started and shelter-in-place orders were given, fertility clinics were forced to restrict their procedures, taking certain procedures off the table with the limited amount of personal protective equipment, but as soon as clinics were able to offer IVF and certain diagnostic procedures, the demand spiked.
Dr. Jennifer Phy, a fertility specialist at TTUHSC s Center for Fertility and Reproductive Surgery, says that just in the second half of 2020, she saw over 100 IVF patients and at least 100 frozen embryo transfer patients, which is more than they saw throughout all of 2019.
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BOSTON For women hoping to achieve a pregnancy using freshly retrieved donor eggs, a new retrospective study led by researchers from Brigham and Women s Hospital may provide important insight. Brigham senior author Janis H. Fox, MD, had observed that when freshly retrieved donor eggs were used, pregnancy rates were higher for fresh compared to frozen embryo transfers. Fox and her colleagues were intrigued by this observation. The team set out to scientifically determine if this observation would be replicated in a larger sample of recipients. Leveraging national data from the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART), the Brigham researchers found that, in cycles using freshly retrieved donor eggs, fresh embryo transfers were indeed associated with significantly higher live birth rates compared to frozen embryo transfers. The team s findings are published in