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. 2021 Mar 23;2(1):71–77. doi: 10.1089/whr.2021.0005

Table 2.

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women Planning Pregnancy

Question Total responders, Na Response No. of responding % 95% CI
Since filling out the Tommy's online tool are you still planning a pregnancy? 504 No 39 7.7 5.7–10.4
  Yes 465 92.3 89.6–94.3
Has COVID-19 affected your plans? 504 No 237 47 42.7–51.4
  Yes 267 53 48.6–57.3
How has COVID-19 affected your plans? 263 I am no longer planning a pregnancy at all 3 1.1 0.4–3.3
  I have brought forward my plans for pregnancy 71 27 22–32.7
  I have postponed pregnancy 189 71.9 66.1–77.0
When do you plan to start trying again? 191b        
  2–6 months 51 26.7 20.2–34.6
  6+ months 42 22 14.6–27.8
  Not until a vaccine 8 4.2 0–3.9
  Within 2 months 90 47.1 43.9–60.2
a

Number of individuals who completed the question. Not all individuals completed all the questions, which they were eligible to, based on their previous responses.

b

All the 189 individuals who responded to the question “How has COVID 19 affected your plans?” answered the question “When do you plan to start trying again?.” In addition, two individuals indicated that COVID-19 had affected their plans but did not respond as to why in the previous question. Their results are included in the responses to this question, as their free text responses indicate that COVID-19 had impacted on fertility/medical investigations and consequently they had postponed pregnancy.

CI, confidence interval; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.