COVID Increases Risk of Pregnancy Complications, Study Says

February 10, 2022

(Medscape) – Women infected with COVID-19 have a higher chance of complications during pregnancy than women who are not infected, a study funded by the National Institutes of Health says. The researchers found women with severe to moderate infection were more likely to require a cesarean delivery, deliver preterm, die during childbirth, or experience postpartum hemorrhaging or an infection other than COVID-19, according to an NIH news release. They’re also more likely to lose the pregnancy or have a baby die during the newborn period.  Women with mild or asymptomatic infection didn’t experience these pregnancy risks. Five women in the study died and had tested positive for COVID. (Read More)