Pregnancy & COVID (Update)

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Did you know that pregnant and recently pregnant people with COVID-19 are at increased risk for severe illness when compared with non-pregnant people? Severe illness includes illness that requires hospitalization, intensive care unit admission, mechanical ventilation, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; or illness that results in death, although the absolute risk for these outcomes is low. 

Additionally, pregnant people with COVID-19 are at increased risk for preterm birth and might be at increased risk for other adverse pregnancy complications and outcomes, such as preeclampsia, coagulopathy, and stillbirth. COVID-19 vaccines do not give you COVID-19 because none of the vaccines contain the live virus. 

If you haven’t already, please call (808) 293-9231 to schedule an appointment for your vaccine.

Learn more at https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/clinical-considerations/covid-19-vaccines-us.html#pregnant

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