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Doctors say COVID vaccine should be tested on pregnant women

Doctors say COVID vaccine should be tested on pregnant women Save Normal text size Advertisement A demand by Australian women’s health experts that pregnant and breastfeeding women be included in clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines was ignored, and doctors say leaving them out is discriminatory. Representatives of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Breastfeeding Association of Australia, and midwifery expert associate professor Karleen Gribble said pregnant women should have been allowed to volunteer for vaccine trials and the fact they were not means “many more women are at risk”. Pregnant and breastfeeding women were not included in vaccine trials for COVID-19 but some women’s health experts argue it was discriminatory not to have included them.

COVID restrictions see more WA mothers turn to home births in 2020

COVID restrictions see more WA mothers turn to home births in 2020 We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Just as the coronavirus pandemic forced cultural hygiene shifts in society, it has also changed how some West Australian mothers choose to give birth. WA Health statistics reveal the number of women giving birth at home in WA jumped by 62.6 per cent to 304 in 2020. While most still gave birth at hospital – 6965 in private hospitals, 23,773 in public hospitals – those numbers were down from previous years. Births at private hospitals fell by about 15 per cent, down by 1224, while births at the state’s 16 public hospitals decreased by 5 per cent, down by 1220.

Pregnant women warned of COVID-19 vaccines risk

Health by Katy Hall Premium Content   Tens of thousands of Australian women are still in the dark about how safe the COVID-19 vaccine will be after the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists said there was insufficient evidence to determine its safety for at risk groups. Chief among these groups are people who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning to fall pregnant in the near future. Here s everything we know so far about the COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant and breastfeeding women, and those planning to fall pregnant in the near future. Data collected from similar vaccines suggest there is no risk, but pregnant and breastfeeding women have not yet been included in COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials. Picture: iStock

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