Pandemic pauses pregnancy plans

Embargoed until: Publicly released: 2021-09-16 01:00

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A survey of New York women has found nearly half of those who were actively trying to conceive before the pandemic have stopped trying. Meanwhile more than a third who were planning to become pregnant at some point, had put those plans on ice. The researchers say the dip in intentions to have children could have a long-term effect on fertility rates.

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conference: JAMA Network Open

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Organisation/s: New York University, US

Funder: The New York University Children’s Health and Environment Study is supported by institutional funds of NYU Grossman School of Medicine as well as the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Program in the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director (UG3/UH3OD023305). Dr Kahn acknowledges support from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (K99ES030403).

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