{"id":39627,"date":"2025-06-23T12:56:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T10:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urecentrogutenberg.es\/covid-19-vaccination-and-pregnancy-we-answer-your-questions\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T12:56:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T10:56:32","slug":"covid-19-vaccination-and-pregnancy-we-answer-your-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urecentrogutenberg.es\/en\/covid-19-vaccination-and-pregnancy-we-answer-your-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 vaccination and pregnancy: we answer your questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the arrival of the long\u2011awaited COVID-19 vaccination program, an important question has occurred to future moms:\u00a0<strong>Is it safe to get vaccinated while pregnant?<\/strong>\u00a0And is it safe to receive the vaccine if I\u2019m trying to conceive, whether it be naturally or with the help of assisted reproduction techniques?<\/p>\n<p>Until now, the recommendation has been to\u00a0<strong>wait for three months once the second dose of the vaccine has been administered<\/strong>\u00a0before trying to conceive. And, for pregnant women, the recommendation has been to refrain from receiving the vaccine until after giving birth. This week, however, scientific associations as well as the Spanish Ministry of Health have issued statements concerning women who find themselves in one of these situations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Tabla de contenidos<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #3f3f3f;color:#3f3f3f\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #3f3f3f;color:#3f3f3f\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/urecentrogutenberg.es\/en\/covid-19-vaccination-and-pregnancy-we-answer-your-questions\/#COVID-19_vaccine_during_pregnancy\" >COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/urecentrogutenberg.es\/en\/covid-19-vaccination-and-pregnancy-we-answer-your-questions\/#COVID-19_vaccine_in_women_trying_to_conceive\" >COVID-19 vaccine in women trying to conceive<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"COVID-19_vaccine_during_pregnancy\"><\/span>COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Previous studies on the vaccine excluded pregnant women and were only carried out in animal models. The results were favourable, but given that information is still very limited\u00a0<strong>we do not have sufficient scientific evidence\u00a0<\/strong>to recommend the use of this vaccine during pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>However, taking into consideration recent publications concerning COVID-19 and pregnancy in which pregnancy is considered a risk\u00a0<strong>factor for this serious illness (even more so if a patient presents additional risk factors such as\u00a0<\/strong>hypertension, diabetes\u2026),\u00a0<strong>administration of the vaccine can be evaluated on a case\u2011by\u2011case basis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"COVID-19_vaccine_in_women_trying_to_conceive\"><\/span>COVID-19 vaccine in women trying to conceive<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the event that you are trying to conceive, health officials believe that postponing pregnancy or delaying the start of assisted reproduction treatment is not necessary. In this regard, the Spanish Fertility Society and the Association for the Study of Reproductive Biology\u00a0<strong>recommend that all women in high\u2011risk groups receive the vaccine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The vaccines that are currently being administered are called messenger RNA (mRNA), which means that they don\u2019t contain a live-attenuated virus. Current data\u00a0<strong>does not suggest that the COVID-19 vaccine increases the risk\u00a0<\/strong>of infertility, pregnancy loss during the first or second trimester, fetal death or congenital abnormalities. Nonetheless, additional data needs to be collected on women in the clinical trial who became pregnant during the vaccination process, or women who have already been vaccinated and might now conceive.<\/p>\n<p>Two international scientific associations, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, state that there is no reason to wait a certain amount of time after the second dose of the vaccine has been administered before trying to get pregnant. Even so,\u00a0<strong>the Spanish Ministry of Health advises waiting at least two weeks\u00a0<\/strong>following administration.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, it is important that you keep one thing in mind: all of these recommendations are based on the\u00a0<strong>experience and information that are available to us at present<\/strong>. This means that this advice could change in the future as data is updated and experiences with the vaccine are recorded.<\/p>\n<p>At our fertility clinic in Spain\u00a0<strong>we\u2019ll be keeping a very close eye on all of this information<\/strong>\u00a0and we will do everything possible to keep you posted as soon as we receive any new details. In the meantime, if you\u2019re interested you can know more about\u00a0tests to detect COVID-19 that we are using at URE Centro Gutenberg. Also, in this post you can read about\u00a0emotions and fertility in times of COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the arrival of the long\u2011awaited COVID-19 vaccination program, an important question has occurred to future moms:\u00a0Is it safe to get vaccinated while pregnant?\u00a0And is it safe to receive the vaccine if I\u2019m trying to conceive, whether it be naturally or with the help of assisted reproduction techniques? 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