The babies of mothers vaccinated with either the two-dose Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy had a 61% reduced risk of being hospitalized with the virus up to 6 months after birth, the research determined.
The findings were encouraging to Bähr, who gave birth in December amid a winter surge in COVID-19 cases, propelled in part by the highly infectious omicron variant.
“It is so comforting to know she is more protected,” Bähr said. “I was not nervous at all . I strongly believe in science and all the good it does for our bodies, longevity of life and, as a whole, for our community.”showed that antibodies spurred by COVID-19 vaccination are conferred to fetuses during pregnancy, this most recent study indicated those antibodies are likely to prove protective after birth, according to the CDC.
“When people receive an mRNA COVID vaccine, during pregnancy, their bodies build antibodies to protect against COVID-19 and these antibodies pass from the mother to the developing baby,” said CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky on. “We know that COVID-19 illness can have serious effects during pregnancy and we want both mothers and babies to be protected. This latest report provides additional evidence of the protective benefit of maternal vaccination.
The study looked at 176 babies under 6 months who were treated for COVID-19 at hospitals in 17 states from July 2021 to mid-January. The vast majority were born to unvaccinated mothers.Bähr said she was gratified by the findings in part because her baby, as well as her other children, are too young to get vaccinated against the virus.
She also has a 3-year-old and 4-year-old who are aren’t eligible for the shots, which have only been cleared for children 5 and up so far. Bähr said she’s grateful she could at least give her youngest child some protection during the earliest months of life.
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