COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy and postpartum and human milk feeding non-initiation and discontinuation.

Publication date: May 13, 2026

Empirical evidence on COVID-19 vaccination and lactation-related outcomes remains limited. We used electronic health record data from four US healthcare systems to assess the association between COVID-19 vaccination and milk feeding outcomes. We included pregnant persons with a live birth between December 2020-September 2022 with infant linkage. We assessed two COVID-19 vaccination exposure windows-during pregnancy (≥20 weeks gestation vs no vaccination during pregnancy) or postpartum (

Concepts Keywords
20weeks breastfeeding
Discontinuation COVID-19 vaccine
Milk human milk
Postpartum lactation
Vaccination postpartum
pregnancy

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH COVID-19
disease MESH included

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