'I would sit and count my breaths because I didn't know if I would survive the night,' she said.
A recent study from Scotland found that more than 90% of pregnant people hospitalized with COVID were unvaccinated — and they faced shows pregnant women who are vaccinated pass protective antibodies to their fetus regardless of the trimester in which they got the shots.
Dr. Emily Miller, the chief of obstetrics at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, said the virus destroyed a large portion of Anadumaka's lungs. Miller has treated some unvaccinated pregnant patients with COVID who have experienced placental inflammation, which, she said, can be linked to pre-eclampsia, lower fetal growth, preterm birth and stillbirth.
"These are ultimately the clinical outcomes that are — we think there's an increased risk of in the setting of SARS-CoV-2 infection," Miller said. During her eight-week stay in the hospital, Anadumaka did get vaccinated and gave birth to a healthy baby boy. "Oh my God, what goes through my mind is I am so incredibly grateful," she said."I'm so glad that I actually get to be here to mother him and love on him and raise him. And I'm just honored that we made it."
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