Breastfeeding mother-child clinical outcomes after COVID-19 vaccination

Abstract This is a prospective cohort study of 88 lactating women in Singapore who received two doses of BNT162b2 vaccination (Pfizer/BioNTech), whereby outcomes of mother-child dyads within 28 days after the second vaccine dose were determined through a structured questionnaire. Minimal effects related to breastfeeding were reported in this cohort; 3 of 88 (3.4%) women had mastitis with 1 of 88 (1.1%) women experiencing breast engorgement. We report an incidence of lymphadenopathy in our cohort at 5 of 88 (5.7%). Reassuringly, there was no change in reported breastmilk supply after vaccination. The most common side effect was pain/redness/swelling at the injection site, which was experienced by 57 of 88 (64.8%) women. There were no serious adverse events of anaphylaxis and hospital admissions. No adverse symptoms were reported in 67 of 88 (76.1%) breastfed children.What’s known on this subject Two studies reported no serious adverse effects in both mother-child dyads after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in mothers. Up to 61.9-67% lactating women experienced minor side effects.What this study adds We report an incidence of lymphadenopathy in our cohort at 5.7% as opposed to 0.3% from the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 trial. Reassuringly, there was no change in reported milk supply after vaccination. Minimal effects related to breastfeeding were reported in this cohort; 3 (3.4%) women had mastitis with 1 person experiencing breast engorgement. The most common side effect was pain/redness/swelling at the injection site at 64.8%, which was experienced by 57 of 88 (65%) women. No adverse symptoms were reported in the breastfed children..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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bioRxiv.org - (2022) vom: 25. Mai Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Low, Jia Ming [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Le Ye [VerfasserIn]
Mei Ng, Yvonne Peng [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Youjia [VerfasserIn]
Amin, Zubair [VerfasserIn]

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10.1101/2021.06.19.21258892

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XBI032045573