Pregnant women across the world were told to get vaccinated against COVID-19 because their risk of severe illness was greater than non-pregnant ‘persons’ – at least in the US, based off of a November 2, 2020 CDC MMWR. . Yet they always reiterated the further down in the text that the risk was “low“.
On January 7, 2021 the CDC’s advisory group ACIP had recommended the vaccine to pregnant healthcare workers should they “choose”. By March 11, 2021 the CDC stated “[a]ny of the currently authorized COVID-19 vaccines can be offered to people who are pregnant or breastfeeding.”. By April 28, 2021 they CDC made the literal bold statement on their web page, that: “If you are pregnant, you can receive a COVID-19 vaccine. ” – on all occasions pointing out there was limited data to support such a claim…it’s all based on a higher risk of complications from COVID-19 relative to not being pregnant, and that risk was low.
If a woman (sorry post “pregnant person” according to the CDC) was breastfeeding then by March 11, 2021 the CDC considered that “[a]ny of the currently authorized COVID-19 vaccines can be offered to people who are pregnant or breastfeeding.” A few days later they tried to justify that all “authorized” COVID-19 vaccines “pose no risk” for breastfeeding mothers or their infants, because they products are classified as “non-replicating vaccines” therefore by default they are safe – even though “there are no data available” for breastfeeding.
But on August 11, 2021 the CDC claimed there was no bad time to get a COVID-19 vaccine!
Breastfed infant adverse events, deaths and more
This page will attempt to capture and organise information on the topic of infant mortality and adverse events occurring in babies who are breastfed by mothers vaccinated either during pregnancy or during breastfeeding stage of a babies life.
What was officially known, what was not investigated by the manufactures, and by what dates did officials know unintended adverse safety signal was occurring? These are but some of the leads this page will attempt to capture.
- Topics may include references to blue-green breast milk
- VAERS data safety signals
- CDC: COVID-19 Vaccines While Pregnant or Breastfeeding – ARCHIVE
Be sure to also explore other COVID-19 ‘vaccine’ related relevant topics on this website:
- Revelations from the Pfizer FOIA documents – HERE
- Pregnancy loss – HERE
- Infertility – HERE
- All COVID-19 vaccine topics – HERE
Links in reverse chronological order
This page will be continuously updated
2025
2025 – CDC’s website is being modified to comply with President Trump’s Executive Orders – ARCHIVE
2024
January 12, 2024 – Aust. Dept Health: COVID-19 vaccination – Shared decision making guide for women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or planning pregnancy – READ, ARCHIVE
2023
May 15, 2023 – Geoff Pain Substack: Blue Green Mother’s Milk after mRNA Jabs most likely due to Lactoperoxidase or Myeloperoxidase increased by Endotoxin – Many women have suffered the trauma of discoloured Milk and their Babies gagging on it or refusing to be fed altogether. Here I point to the likely cause, Endotoxin. – READ
May 15, 2023 – Dr Jessica Rose via Twitter: As of this date there are 1,836 reports to VAERS involving exposure via breast milk – TWEET
May 14, 2023 – Josh Guetzkow Substack | Jackanapes Junktion: Wake Up And Smell The Glitch in The Matrix – What a FOIA slip-up reveals about the CDC’s cavalier attitude to VAERS – READ
- FOIA’d email that was supposed to be redacted dated Dec. 7, 2021:
April 2023 – COMIRNATY- covid-19 vaccine, mrna injection, suspension Pfizer Laboratories Div Pfizer Inc ARCHIVE, Current Label – READ
2022
October 20, 2022 – CDC: COVID-19 Vaccines While Pregnant or Breastfeeding (this page is full of references) [viewed May 27, 2023 no further updates] – People who are breastfeeding” – READ, ARCHIVE
- CDC recommend those breastfeeding to get vaccinated event thought there is “limited data” and has been since 2020.
October 3, 2022 – Rebel News: COVID-19: Dr. Byram Bridle discusses mRNA in breast milk and how the study leaves him with more questions than answers – COVID-19 vaccines are not benign entities that stay in the shoulder, as we’ve been led to believe. Evidence in breast milk shows that he was right – READ
September 27, 2022 – Sense Receptor News:Review of BLUE-GREEN BREAST MILK Reports in VAERS in Light of New Evidence of Presence of mRNA ‘Vaccines’ in Breast Milk – READ, CREDIT
September 26, 2022 – JAMA Pediatrics: Detection of Messenger RNA COVID-19 Vaccines in Human Breast Milk – Nanna et al READ
September 20, 2022 – Real-Time Magazine Israel: 648 cases of side effects were reported to the VAERS system on breastfed infants whose mothers received the Covid-19 vaccine – READ, CREDIT -“the issue of vaccine safety for breastfed infants is hardly discussed”
- “…a concerning issue almost no one talks about: serious side effects and deaths of breastfed infants whose mothers received the COVID-19 vaccine
- “Despite the lack of clinical studies, and even animal safety studies, health authorities did not hesitate to give the green light to the administration of Pfizer’s and Moderna’s mRNA vaccines to pregnant and lactating women a few weeks after they themselves stated that they did not have such studies.”
- at least 648 cases of side effects in infants vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccines – most of them with the mRNA vaccines, including deaths and life-threatening side effects, have been reported to the US VAERS system.
- “The most common serious events were life-threatening bleeding; anticholinergic syndrome; Liver problems; anaphylactic shock; neuroleptic syndrome; neurological side-effects such as convulsions or encephalitis; and Hypoglycemia.” Many babies had multiple adverse events.
May 2, 2022 – CDC: V-safe COVID-19 Vaccine Pregnancy Registry – ARCHIVE [they can’t state “women”]
- “COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for all people who are pregnant, breastfeeding, trying to get pregnant now, or might become pregnant in the future. The growing body of evidence about the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy suggests that the benefits of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine outweigh any known or potential risks of vaccination during pregnancy. CDC established the v-safe COVID-19 Vaccine Pregnancy Registry to continue to increase our knowledge on this issue.”
- Vaccine Safety Monitoring in People Who Are Breastfeeding –
“Based on how these vaccines work in the body, the authorized COVID-19 vaccines are not thought to be a risk to lactating people or their breastfeeding babies. Although this project is not looking at potential effects during breastfeeding, other researchers across the nation are working to better understand the effects of COVID-19 vaccination in people who are breastfeeding.”
2021
December 24, 2021 – REG 174 INFORMATION FOR UK HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS – COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine BNT162b2 – updated December 2021 – PDF, ARCHIVE, CREDIT
- “in the British government’s official guidelines document regarding the COVID-19 vaccine, it was explicitly stated that the studies on the toxicity of the vaccine in animals were not completed at the time the vaccine received the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), and that it is not known whether the mRNA vaccine has an effect on fertility, pregnancy or breastfeeding.” – REF
November 2, 2021 – 100 Percent Fed Up: BREAKING: Researchers In Peer-Reviewed Study Call For “IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL of mRNA COVID Vaccines For Use in Pregnancy, Those Breastfeeding, Those Of Childbearing Age and Children” – READ
- Novmeber 2021 – Science, Public Health Policy and the Law | Rapid Communication: Spontaneous Abortions and Policies on COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Use During Pregnancy by Aleisha R. Brock, Simon Thornley – PDF
- “Considering the evidence presented here, we suggest the immediate withdrawal of mRNA vaccine use in pregnancy… and those breastfeeding, alongside the withdrawal of mRNA vaccines to children or those of child-bearing age in the general population, until more convincing data relating to the safety” and long-term impacts on fertility, pregnancy and reproduction are established in these groups.
August 14, 2021 – Dr Jessica Rose Substack: A brief analysis of VAERS-reported Adverse Events in the context of COVID-19 products in breast-feeding mothers, infants and pregnant women in the United States – READ
August 11, 2021 – CDC PRESS RELEASE – New CDC Data: COVID-19 Vaccination Safe for Pregnant People – READ, ARCHIVE, CREDIT
CDC encourages all pregnant people or people who are thinking about becoming pregnant and those breastfeeding to get vaccinated to protect themselves from COVID-19…
The vaccines are safe and effective, and it has never been more urgent to increase vaccinations as we face the highly transmissible Delta variant and see severe outcomes from COVID-19 among unvaccinated pregnant people
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, CDC Director
- “Evidence about the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy, although limited, has been growing. These data suggest that the benefits of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine outweigh any known or potential risks of vaccination during pregnancy.”
- And they did not present any updated information on breastfeeding – still no evidence, just “belief”.
August 2021 – FDA granted BLA – COMIRNATY- covid-19 vaccine, mrna injection, suspension – Pfizer Laboratories Div Pfizer Inc – READ, ARCHIVES, Comirnaty fact sheet – READ, ARCHIVE
- It is not known whether COMIRNATY is excreted in human milk. Data are not available to assess the effects of COMIRNATY on the breastfed infant or on milk production/excretion.
June 29, 2021 – CDC: COVID-19 Vaccines While Pregnant or Breastfeeding – ARCHIVE, All ARCHIVEs, CREDIT
- “If you are pregnant, you can receive a COVID-19 vaccine.”
May 11, 2021 – CDC: COVID-19 Vaccine Monitoring Systems for Pregnant People – ARCHIVE
- “Pregnant and recently pregnant people are at an increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19 —including illness that requires hospitalization, intensive care, or a ventilator or special equipment to breath, or illness that results in death compared with non-pregnant people.”
April 28, 2021 – CDC: Information about COVID-19 Vaccines for People who Are Pregnant or Breastfeeding – ARCHIVE
- If you are pregnant, you can receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
- [but] Limited data are available about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines for people who are pregnant
- “These data did not identify any safety concerns for pregnant people who were vaccinated or for their babies.”
- Although the overall risk of severe illness is low, pregnant people are at an increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19 when compared with non-pregnant people.” [THUS!] “Pregnant people are at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19” – [marketing]
- “Additionally, pregnant people with COVID-19 might be at increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as preterm birth, compared with pregnant women without COVID-19.”
- “Based on how these vaccines work in the body, experts believe they are unlikely to pose a risk for people who are pregnant. However, there are currently limited data on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant people.”!!!
- Clinical trials are currently underway or planned. Animal studies “reveal no concerns”found no safety concerns in pregnant animals or their babies.” No citation provided
- Data from safety monitoring systems “did not identify any safety concerns for pregnant people who were vaccinated or for their babies.” But “Most of the pregnancies reported in these systems are ongoing” –
Monitoring COVID-19 Vaccine Safety during Pregnancy – ARCHIVE
April 13, 2021 – USA Today: Fact check: Nursing newborns are not having reactions to COVID-19 vaccine[!!] – READ, CREDIT
April 2021 – Simone Matthews – mRNA COVID Vaccine – Impacts on Menstruation, Fertility, Pregnancy & Breast Milk – for more information – READ
March 18, 2021 – CDC: Information about COVID-19 Vaccines for People who Are Pregnant or Breastfeeding – ARCHIVE
- Lactating people may choose to get vaccinated [people not mothers or women!]
- CDC claimed (until next update April 28, 2021) that the autorized COVID-19 vaccines are “non-replicating vaccines” and therefore because of this classification they by defult “pose no risk for lactating people or their infants”. [WOW!]
March 11, 2021 – CDC: Information about COVID-19 Vaccines for People who Are Pregnant or Breastfeeding – ARCHIVE
- “Any of the currently authorized COVID-19 vaccines can be offered to people who are pregnant or breastfeeding.”
March 5, 2021 – CDC: Pregnant People – At increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19 – but “overall risk of severe illness is low” – this page first ARCHIVED (see Nov 2, 2020 below)
March 4, 2021 – CDC: v-safe COVID-19 Vaccine Pregnancy Registry – ARCHIVE
- Vaccine safety monitoring in people who are breastfeeding – “
Breastfeeding is rarely a safety concern with vaccines, and the three authorized COVID-19 vaccines are not thought to be a risk to a breastfeeding infant. Although this project is not looking at potential effects during breastfeeding, other researchers across the nation are working to better understand the effects of COVID-19 vaccination in people who are breastfeeding.”
March 3, 2021 – CDC: COVID-19 Vaccine Monitoring Systems for Pregnant People – ARCHIVE, All ARCHIVES (page no longer live)
- “If you are pregnant, you might choose to be vaccinated when a vaccine is available to you. Currently, there is no evidence that COVID-19 vaccination causes any problems with pregnancy, including the development of the placenta. However, data are limited…”
- Safety monitoring systems in place to capture information about vaccination during pregnancy
- CDC and FDA: Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
- CDC: v-safe COVID-19 Vaccine Pregnancy Registry
- CDC: Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD)
- CDC: Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment (CISA) Project
- CDC: Birth Defects Study to Evaluate Pregnancy Exposures (BD-STEPS)
- Safety monitoring systems in place to capture information about vaccination during pregnancy
February 12, 2021 – Aust. Dept Health: COVID-19 vaccination decision guide for women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or planning pregnancy – ARCHIVE, PDF
February 12, 2021 – CDC: Vaccination Considerations for People who are Pregnant or Breastfeeding – ARCHIVE
- “There are neither data on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines in lactating women nor on the effects of mRNA vaccines on the breastfed infant or on milk production/excretion. mRNA vaccines are not thought to be a risk to the breastfeeding infant. People who are breastfeeding and are part of a group recommended to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, such as healthcare personnel, may choose to be vaccinated.”
January 1, 2021 – Clinical Infectious Diseases | Case Report: Detectable Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Human Breast Milk of a Mildly Symptomatic Patient With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) – Tam, Nicola Spurrier et al – READ
- “This case report describes an actively breastfeeding patient with COVID-19 infection with detectable viral RNA in human milk.”
- [What this shows is that labs could easily have reported Ct numbers for every PCR test they done – FYI!]
2020
December 28, 2020 – CDC: Vaccination Considerations for People who are Pregnant or Breastfeeding – ARCHIVE
- January 7, 2021 – ARCHIVE – ACIP advise healthcare providers may choose to get vaccinated
- February 12, 2021 – ARCHIVE
- March 11, 2021 – ARCHIVE – Any authorized COVID-19 vaccines can be offered to people who are pregnant or breastfeeding
- ***March 18, 2021 – ARCHIVE – COVID-19 vaccines are classified by CDC as “non-replicating” vaccines therefore based on this reason they “pose no risk for lactating people or their infant”
- ***April 28, 2021 – ARCHIVE – If you are pregnant, you can receive a COVID-19 vaccine
- May 11, 2021 – ARCHIVE
- May 14, 2021 – ARCHIVE
- ***August 11, 2021 – ARCHIVE – Pregnant, getting pregnant, breastfeeding, there’s not bad time to get vaccinated!
- See more – ARCHIVES
December 15, 2020 – CDC: Vaccination Considerations for People who are Pregnant or Breastfeeding – Page first ARCHIVE, All ARCHIVES [These talking points carry throught the next few years]
- “Currently, there are limited data available on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines for people who are pregnant. Animal developmental and reproductive toxicity (DART) studies are ongoing and studies in people who are pregnant are planned.
- CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have safety monitoring systems in place to capture information about vaccination during pregnancy and will closely monitor reports. [did they? – READ]
- While studies have not yet been done, based on how mRNA vaccines work, experts believe [faith!] they are unlikely to pose a risk for people who are pregnant.
- [mRNA “vaccines” are a brand new technology product never reaching Phase 3 trials in humans prior to 2020!!!, and they just stated “studies have not yet been done” – but they “believe”.]
- Observational data demonstrate that, while the chances for these severe health effects are infrequent, pregnant people with COVID-19 have an increased risk of severe illness, including illness that results in ICU admission, mechanical ventilation, and death. Additionally, pregnant people with COVID-19 might be at increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as preterm births.” [Observational data tended to be removed in
- “There are no data on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines in lactating women or on the effects of mRNA vaccines on the breastfed infant or on milk production/excretion. mRNA vaccines are not thought to be a risk to the breastfeeding infant. People who are breastfeeding and are part of a group recommended to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, such as healthcare personnel, may choose to be vaccinated.”
December 13, 2020 – The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) | Practice Advisory: Vaccinating Pregnant and Lactating Patients Against COVID-19 – ARCHIVE – [with disclaimers!]
- “ACOG recommends that COVID-19 vaccines should not be withheld from pregnant individuals who meet criteria for vaccination based on ACIP-recommended priority groups” [WOW! the day after ACIP review]
- “COVID-19 vaccines should be offered to lactating individuals … [Umm women!] There is no need to avoid initiation or discontinue breastfeeding in patients who receive a COVID-19 vaccine.”
- “The EUA Fact Sheet for Recipients and Caregivers states “If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, discuss your options with your healthcare provider”.”
December 11, 2020 – CNN: US FDA likely to recommend against Pfizer vaccine for pregnant women, committee member says – ARCHIVE, CREDIT
“I think the recommendation will be that pregnant women not receive this vaccine until we know more,” …
So, there were about two dozen women in this trial that were pregnant and there doesn’t appear to be any harmful effects on them, but their babies haven’t been born yet to find out
Dr Paul Offit (FDA’s VRBPAC member) told CNN’s Wolf Blitze
- This initial decision “was based on the fact that pregnant and breastfeeding women were not included in the Pfizer and Moderna clinical studies,” – so there was not safety data
- Shortly after the FDA granted Pfizer Emergency Use permit for its COVID-19 mRNA vaccine, the world’s health authorities reversed this decision, and started recommending pregnant women receive the vaccine! – REF
November 3, 2020 – CDC: Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, and Caring for Newborns in relation to COVID-19 – ARCHIVE
[This appears to be the source for why there was a push for getting pregnant women vaccinated, even though there was not safety data]
- “Much is still unknown about the risks of COVID-19 to newborns born to mothers with COVID-19″
- COVID-19 and Breastfeeding: “Breast milk provides protection against many illnesses and is the best source of nutrition for most babies. We don’t know for sure if mothers with COVID-19 can spread the virus to babies in breast milk, but the current evidence suggests that this isn’t likely.” [This is in relation to the virus SARS-CoV-2, but important for CDC’s future “thinking”.]
November 2, 2020 – CDC MMWR: Update: Characteristics of Symptomatic Women of Reproductive Age with Laboratory-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Pregnancy Status — United States, January 22–October 3, 2020 – ARCHIVE , SOURCE
- [This is the publication that “justifies” the CDC to recommend vaccination pregnant women, oops sorry “pregnant people” ]
- “Limited information suggests that pregnant women with COVID-19 might be at increased risk for severe illness compared with nonpregnant women.”
- “Although the overall risk of severe illness is low, pregnant people are at an increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19 when compared to non-pregnant people” – REF
July 27, 2020 – BioNTech-Pfizer Phase 1/2 clinical trial rolled into Phase 3, double blind placebo controlled clinical trial – READ, Clinical trial number NCT04368728 (roll over of phase 1/2 trial) – ARCHIVE, Phase 3 trial Protocol C4591001 – PDF
- Exclusion Criteria: includes “Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding”
July 14, 2020 – Moderna/BARDA/NIAID Phase 3 clinical trial NCT04470427 – “A Study to Evaluate Efficacy, Safety, and Immunogenicity of mRNA-1273 Vaccine in Adults Aged 18 Years and Older to Prevent COVID-19” – READ, ARCHIVE
- Exclusion critiera : “Is pregnant or breastfeeding”
- Inclusion criteria:
April 30, 2020 – BioNTech’s COVID-19 mRNA vaccine Phase 1 & 2 clinical trial NCT04368728, sponsored by Pfizer “Study to Describe the Safety, Tolerability, Immunogenicity, and Potential Efficacy of RNA Vaccine Candidates Against COVID-19 in Healthy Adults” – READ, ARCHIVE, Rolled into Phase 3 July 2020 – ARCHIVE
- Exclusion Criteria: includes “Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding”
February 25, 2020 – Moderna Phase 1 clinical trial NCT04283461 – “Safety and Immunogenicity Study of 2019-nCov Vaccine (mRNA-1273) to Treat Novel Coronavirus” – ARCHIVE, more on Moderna HERE
- Exclusion Criteria:
- Positive pregnancy test either at screening or just prior to each vaccine administration.
- Female subject who is breastfeeding or plans to breastfeed from the time of the first vaccination through 60 days after the last vaccination.
2015
November 3, 20215 – Science Daily | Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health: Anti-vaccination websites use ‘science’ and stories to support claims, study finds – Anti-vaccine positions are frequently embedded with information about positive behaviors like eating healthy, breastfeeding – READ
- “”The biggest global takeaway is that we need to communicate to the vaccine-hesitant parent in a way that resonates with them and is sensitive to their concerns,” says Meghan Moran, PhD, associate professor in the Bloomberg School’s Department of Health, Behavior and Society and lead author of the study.”
