The mRNA COVID-19 vaccine and pregnancy: What you need to know if you're pregnant, trying to get pregnant, or breastfeeding

Synopsis: Knowing many patients have questions about whether to get the vaccine when it’s offered to them, University of Chicago Medicine reproductive health experts specializing in maternal-fetal medicine, reproductive endocrinology and infertility, high-risk pregnancies and general obstetrics answered common questions about the COVID-19 vaccine and pregnancy. Here’s what Abbe Kordik, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Joana R. Lopes Perdigao, MD, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Maryam Siddiqui, MD, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; and A. Musa Zamah, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology had to say.

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The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology