KCTV: Expecting? This vaccine advice is for you

COVID-19 has been affecting more unvaccinated pregnant women, who can face potentially devastating consequences. Doctors say getting the COVID vaccine is the safest way to protect both mother and baby.

KCTV talked to Dr. Rebecca Hamel, OB-GYN with Saint Luke’s Health System, to get answers to common questions and concerns about the vaccine for women who are pregnant or wanting to become pregnant.

Watch the full interview below.

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