CHI Health doctors want pregnant women to get vaccinated

When Kayla Tripp got pregnant during the pandemic, she had one goal.”I wanted to do what was best for him,” Tripp said.Her doctor assured her getting the COVID-19 vaccine was the best decision for her and baby Oliver, who was born in September. “I think it’s normal to be nervous,” Tripp said. “Of course, you’re gonna be nervous about anything you do when you’re pregnant. But the benefits for sure outweigh the risk.” Doctors at CHI Health said those risks are real. “I have had some pregnant women in the ICU,” said Dr David Quimby, an infectious disease expert. “My most recent one, the mom lived, the baby was stillborn.” A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study shows two Doses of an mRNA vaccine does not merely protect a pregnant mom. The data leads scientists to believe the shot can also help protect the baby up to six months after birth.Quimby said the vaccine does not affect fertility. “Vaccines are safe for pregnancy, and they can help prevent you from getting severely ill, which is all kinds of good for the little baby you’re carrying,” Quimby said. Quimby explained the virus can attack the placenta, which is how the baby gets its oxygen and food.”So the baby is basically not getting oxygen and starving to death,” said Quimby. “That’s obviously not a good thing.”Dr. Traci Lynn Hirai, at OB-GYN, practices what she preaches. “I think this is a very simple way to protect yourself from the pandemic that we’re in right now,” Hirai said. She was vaccinated and then got pregnant. She said she didn’t have fertility issues. She got her booster right before little Enzo was born.”Now I have a healthy baby that hopefully has some antibodies as well,” Hirai said. Fellow new-mom Kayla Tripp says her decision gives her peace of mind, and she had no side effects. Tripp said she was 33 weeks pregnant when she decided to get the shot. Her motherly instinct was right on target. The new data from the CDC shows vaccines are more effective in protecting the baby from hospitalization when its mom gets her shot later in the pregnancy. “He came out, he’s perfect, happy, healthy and no issues,” Tripp smiling while smiling.

OMAHA, Neb —

When Kayla Tripp got pregnant during the pandemic, she had one goal.

“I wanted to do what was best for him,” Tripp said.

Her doctor assured her getting the COVID-19 vaccine was the best decision for her and baby Oliver, who was born in September.

“I think it’s normal to be nervous,” Tripp said. “Of course, you’re gonna be nervous about anything you do when you’re pregnant. But the benefits for sure outweigh the risk.”

Doctors at CHI Health said those risks are real.

“I have had some pregnant women in the ICU,” said Dr. David Quimby, an infectious disease expert. “My most recent one, the mom lived, the baby was stillborn.”

A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study shows two doses of an mRNA vaccine does not merely protect a pregnant mom. The data leads scientists to believe the shot can also help protect the baby up to six months after birth.

Quimby said the vaccine does not affect fertility.

“Vaccines are safe for pregnancy, and they can help prevent you from getting severely ill, which is all kinds of good for the little baby you’re carrying,” Quimby said.

Quimby explained the virus can attack the placenta, which is how the baby gets its oxygen and food.

“So the baby is basically not getting oxygen and starving to death,” said Quimby. “That’s obviously not a good thing.”

dr Traci Lynn Hirai, at OB-GYN, practices what she preaches.

“I think this is a very simple way to protect yourself from the pandemic that we’re in right now,” Hirai said.

She was vaccinated and then got pregnant. She said she didn’t have fertility issues. She got her booster right before little Enzo was born.

“Now I have a healthy baby that hopefully has some antibodies as well,” Hirai said.

Fellow new-mom Kayla Tripp says her decision gives her peace of mind, and she had no side effects. Tripp said she was 33 weeks pregnant when she decided to get the shot. Her motherly instinct was right on target. The new data from the CDC shows vaccines are more effective in protecting the baby from hospitalization when its mom gets her shot later in the pregnancy.

“He came out, he’s perfect, happy, healthy and no issues,” Tripp smiling while smiling.

source https://www.bisayanews.com/2022/02/16/chi-health-doctors-want-pregnant-women-to-get-vaccinated/