COVID-19 & Pregnancy Outcomes: Update - Is it Safe to Get Pregnant?
Is it safe to get pregnant during COVID-19? Board certified OBGYN and REI, Dr. Natalie Crawford, MD discusses the latest data. As a fertility doctor, she talks about Coronavirus every day with her patients - wanting to conceive, undergoing fertility treatments, and newly pregnant. Now she is reviewing an articles from The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (The "Grey" Journal) reviewing pregnancy outcomes after COVID-19 infection. The truth is, there is no universal answer. Pregnancy in the time of COVID is not without risks, but this does not mean you must delay your dream of a family. But more than anything, you deserve to be educated and make an informed decision. If you like journal article reviews let me know!! (and your favorite topics to cover).
RESOURCES: STUDY REVIEWED:
Della Gotta, AN, Coronavirus disease 2019 during pregnancy: a systematic review of reported cases. AJOG July, 2020 @/S0002-9378(20)30438-5/fulltext
FORA x UCSF COVID STUDY: You do not need to be a FORA or UCSF patient or have COVID to enroll. Observational study to gain more insight on COVID exposure in the first trimester and pregnancy outcomes. For more information: @vid
Other resources discussed:
Kotlyar, A et al. Vertical Transmission of COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. AJOG, July 2020. @/S0002-9378(20)30823-1/fulltext
Chen H. Clinical characteristics and intrauterine vertical transmission potential of COVID-19 infection in nine pregnant women: a retrospective review of medical records. The Lancet. March 2020. @sd/pii/S0140673620303603
Badr DA, et al. Are clinical outcomes worse for pregnant women ≥ 20 weeks’ gestation infected with COVID-19? A multicenter case-control study with propensity score matching, AJOG July 2020. @/S0002-9378(20)30776-6/fulltext
Ellington S, Strid P, Tong VT, et al. Characteristics of Women of Reproductive Age with Laboratory-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Pregnancy Status — United States, January 22–June 7, 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2020;69:769–775 @lumes/69/wr/mm6925a1.htm