Yes, with the studies conducted to date, we have sufficient evidence of the effectiveness and safety of these vaccines for pregnant women. As a reminder, the recommended vaccines are Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna. These vaccines do not contain live virus and cannot infect a pregnant woman or her baby. On the other hand, pregnant women are advised to get vaccinated as early as possible to protect themselves and their baby, as the risk of serious diseases increases during pregnancy.
What's new on COVID-19 vaccine, fertility and pregnancy?
Two years after the start of the pandemic, science continues to gather information on the side effects of both SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination. What about the impact of COVID-19 on male or female fertility, pregnancy and the COVID-19 vaccine? Here we answer these questions and give you the latest published scientific evidence.
What's new about female fertility and the COVID-19 vaccine? What about male fertility?
One of the most important developments is a recent study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology involving 2,000 couples. This research found that the COVID-19 vaccine did not affect couples who were seeking pregnancy. However, it did find that couples were slightly less likely to conceive if the male partner had been infected with SARS-CoV-2 within 60 days prior to the menstrual cycle, which could temporarily decrease male fertility.
On the other hand, no new evidence has emerged to conclude that there is an impact on the endometrium or ovarian reserve in women related to COVID-19 vaccination or SARS-CoV-2 infection. So, in summary, the vaccine does not appear to interfere with human fertility, but infection with the virus does affect male fertility.
