Table 2.
Self-reported pregnancy outcomes for Twitter users who received COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy or the periconception period (N=45).
| Self-reported outcome | Outcomes, n (%)a | Sample tweet | |
| Adverse outcomes | |||
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Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) | 5 (11) | I made a small human. So that’s pretty cool. Now for a few weeks of NICU time. |
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Preterm birth (<37 weeks) | 4 (9) | She was born Jan. 11th...3 months early...stayed in the hospital until about 2.5 weeks ago... |
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Low birth weight (<5 pounds, 8 ounces) | 1 (2) | He weighed 3 lbs 9 ounces @ birth & we didn’t have 1 thing that came close to fitting him. |
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Miscarriage | 1 (2) | In the last 4 weeks, I’ve had a miscarriage...family death...pet death...my car broke down...finals... |
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Stillbirth | 0 (0) | N/Ab |
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Birth defect | 0 (0) | N/A |
| Normal outcomes | |||
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Term (≥37 weeks)c | 39 (87) | He made his debut at #37weeks. We got to the hospital by 6:15am, fully dilated by 7:45am, and he was here at 8:22am! |
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Normal birth weight (≥5 pounds, 8 ounces) | 7 (16) | He arrived via c/section last night at 8:49pm. He was 7 lbs 11 oz. I can’t believe he’s mine! |
aMultiple outcomes were identified for some pregnancies; therefore, the sum and percentage of the total outcomes are greater than 45 and 100%, respectively.
bN/A: not applicable.
cPregnancies were included for which we did not find subsequent tweets explicitly indicating live birth.