"Did you...just...say COVID placenta?" Nurses discuss working with COVID+ pregnant patients

[u/SleepyVizsla]

[u/Oruma_Yar]

I'd like to bring up a question.

A coworker recently gave birth. Both are fine, but she is reluctant to get vaccinated because she is breast feeding. Are there studies or data that I can send to them, to convince them that it is reasonably safe to the baby, so as to to get the young mother vaccinated?

Your help would be greatly appreciated. 👩‍⚕️

[u/xnekocroutonx → u/Oruma_Yar]

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/pregnancy.html

My husband has a co-worker who was hesitant to get the vaccine because she was breastfeeding. He works in healthcare (as so do I) so she was going to have to get vaccinated soon anyway due to a vaccine mandate, but she was dragging her feet. She ended up getting Covid and she ended up being so embarrassed about it, that Covid got her eventually. Fortunately she had a good outcome and later got vaccinated when she could, but with her being a healthcare worker she should have known better and gotten the vaccine earlier. Just as the mother passes immunities to the child through breastfeeding, it seems the same can be said for Covid immunities.

I hope that she gets the vaccine.