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| Are COVID-19 vaccines safe during pregnancy? |
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| Pregnancy is not a contraindication or precaution for Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, or Janssen COVID-19 vaccines. Based on current knowledge, experts believe that COVID-19 vaccines are unlikely to pose a risk to the pregnant person or fetus because the currently authorized COVID-19 vaccines are non-replicating vaccines and cannot cause infection in either the mother or the fetus. No evidence exists of risk to the fetus from vaccinating pregnant women with non-replicating vaccines in general. |
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| There are currently few data on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant people. Limited data are available from animal developmental and reproductive toxicity studies: no safety concerns were demonstrated in these studies. Studies in pregnant people are underway and the vaccine manufacturers are following outcomes in people in the clinical trials who became pregnant. |
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| Pregnant individuals who are vaccinated are encouraged to enroll in CDC’s voluntary COVID-19 vaccine safety surveillance system, v-safe. A v-safe pregnancy registry has been established to follow outcomes among pregnant people who are vaccinated. Based on self-reported information, no specific safety signals have been observed among pregnant vaccine recipients included in the v-safe registry. However, longitudinal follow-up is needed to fully evaluate pregnancy and birth outcomes. |
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| Are COVID-19 vaccines recommended during pregnancy? |
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| Pregnant people are at increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19 compared to non-pregnant people of the same age and may choose to be vaccinated with any authorized vaccine. |
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| CDC and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommend if pregnant people are part of a group that is recommended to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, they may choose to be vaccinated. Pregnancy testing is not recommended before vaccination and individuals who are trying to become pregnant do not need to avoid pregnancy after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. |
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| Vaccination should not be withheld from a pregnant person who is otherwise eligible for vaccination and chooses to be vaccinated. |
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| For more details about COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy, visit CDC’s webpage, Vaccine Considerations for People who are Pregnant: www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/pregnancy.html. |
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| Are COVID-19 vaccines recommended if the recipient is breastfeeding? |
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| A person who is lactating and part of a group recommended to receive a COVID-19 vaccine should be offered vaccination with any available product and may choose to be vaccinated. There are no data on the effects of authorized COVID-19 vaccines on the breastfed infant or milk production/excretion. These vaccines are not thought to be a risk to the breastfeeding infant. |
