Pregnant women may not get COVID vaccine in first trimester – Health Min

The Ministry of Health on Thursday announced its recommendations on vaccinating women who are pregnant or nursing, saying that women in their first trimester should not receive the coronavirus vaccine. In it, the ministry notes that the most serious complications for pregnant women who contract COVID-19 occur when they are in their third trimester. As such, the recommendation for pregnant women in their first trimester is to wait until the second one is vaccinated. It is not directly related to the effects of the vaccine, but is rather due to the sensitive developmental stages of the fetus and the possibility of a miscarriage. The ministry recommends “to avoid the suspicion, even accidental, of a link between the vaccine and these possible conditions and consequences, according to the guidelines. The ministry also stressed that there is no evidence that mother or fetus harm or danger women who plan to become pregnant should preferably be vaccinated before starting the procedure, while women who have already taken the first dose and become pregnant should continue with the second. women who are in high-risk categories, or have their second or third pregnancies, are also vaccinated.

Health experts have praised Israeli health authorities for their prompt initiative to continue vaccinations for pregnant women, despite doubts. “Let’s look at some facts: women who are pregnant are more likely to develop a serious form of the disease than their peers who are not,” said Yariv Yogev, director of the obstetrics and gynecology department at the Ichilov Hospital in Sourasky, said. The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. These comments come in response to the WHO’s announcement on Tuesday that they do not recommend the Moderna vaccine for pregnant women. The WHO continues to recommend that pregnant women who fall into high-risk categories should be vaccinated. “This means they still believe the vaccine is safe,” said Yoav Yinon, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer. The Jerusalem Post in the same interview. Sheba currently has 12 pregnant women who are in a critical condition. Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said on Tuesday: “I would say I am not a medical doctor. If I look at these horrific cases of a number of pregnant women who are in a serious condition with the coronavirus,” me for myself, probably it’s worse to take the little risk of taking the vaccine instead of getting into the hospital in a terrible situation. “This is because the conditions of three different women who tested positive for the new coronavirus while pregnant deteriorated, according to the reports of their respective a 34-year-old pregnant woman who tested positive for coronavirus was transferred to Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer on Thursday when her condition worsened. She is currently connected to an ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) machine. The same fate was suffered earlier Thursday by two women, also pregnant, also with COVID-19. They are both connected to ECMO machines at Beilinson. Beilison’s dr. Ilya Kagan, who heads the hospital’s coronavirus emergency department, said “their condition is very serious and not stable at all.” They will stay connected to the ECMO machines ‘until they get better.’ The ECMO machine facilitates the breathing requirements for the heart and lungs by pumping the patient’s blood outwards. Last week, the Ministry of Health approved the coronavirus vaccine for pregnant women. Pfizer had previously published studies that included pregnant women, although at the time they did not know they were pregnant. Both their pregnancies and their births were normal. Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman and Rossella Tercatin contributed to this report.