COVID Vaccine and Fertility: Expert Q and A with Dr. Blake Evans

Dr. Blake Evans has joined me a couple of times over the past weeks to talk about COVID19 and fertility. He recently published a paper entitled “COVID-19 vaccine and infertility: baseless claims and unfounded social media panic.” I know that many fertility physicians have had patients call their offices because there have been rumors on social media about false claims that the COVID vaccine is unsafe for women trying to conceive and already pregnant. These claims are untrue.

The vaccine is safe in pregnancy. It does not cause infertility, and it does not cause miscarriages. And because education and empowering you with the best information out there is part of my mission, I want to keep talking about this topic so that fertility patients can make informed decisions about getting the vaccine.

Today on the podcast, I’m airing a second conversation I had with Dr. Blake Evans about the paper, and about what he and his co-authors found to be true about  the COVID 19 vaccine and fertility, pregnancy and breastfeeding. The paper was published in "Fertility and Sterility" and is backed by ASRM (American Society for Reproductive Medicine). I hope you’ll tune in and share with your friends and family. 

Here is a direct quote from the paper:

COVID-19 vaccine truths for patients desiring conception or who are pregnant include:

• Available data indicate that COVID-19 vaccines do not cause infertility in women or men.
• In the randomized blinded Pfizer-BioNTech trial, a similar number of women conceived after receiving the vaccine as those who received the placebo.
• The coronavirus’s spike protein and syncytin-1 (protein that mediates placental cell fusion) share small stretches of the same genetic code but are otherwise completely different in structure. The vaccine does not induce an immune reaction against the syncytin-1 placental protein.
• mRNA vaccines are taken up rapidly by muscle cells at the injection site and the mRNA is degraded in the cell once the protein is made so it does not cross the placenta.
• COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for women who are contemplating pregnancy or who are pregnant in order to minimize risks to themselves and their pregnancy.

This offers reassuring information based on what they have found to be true about the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. You should speak to your own doctor about getting the vaccine if you have any concerns or questions and make a decision based on what is right for you.

Full article: https://www.fertstertdialog.com/posts/covid-19-vaccine-and-infertility-baseless-claims-and-unfounded-social-media-panic

Read the full show notes on Dr. Aimee's website

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