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Quick Googling shows that the cold and flu can impact ovulation. So it is not a surprise that Covid or its vaccines can as well, since it often presents as more

Quick Googling shows that the cold and flu can impact ovulation. So it is not a surprise that Covid or its vaccines can as well, since it often presents as more severe. It was still the correct choice of action for you to get the vaccine and potentially delay conception. It is safer for you and the baby if you are vaccinated. This study is just providing confirmation to something that all medical professionals likely assumed is true, based on the common knowledge that the flu and cold and other illnesses can also affect fertility.

junofan 4y ago
> correct choice of action Correct? To… delay conception? According to… you? I am not comfortable leaving decisions like that to others.
- Nextgrid 4y ago
  There’s an argument for forcing this decision if it affects others. The prevailing theory, at least at the time, was that widespread vaccination would reduce spread and protect everyone including the unvaccinated. In that case, it could make sense to force people to delay if it means everyone ends up better off overall.
  - OrangeMonkey 4y ago
    My wife and I are at the end of our child-capable years. A delay, even of a year or two, is likely to leave us without. I know you didn't mean this the way it sounded. I know you are probably well educated and think your choices are obvious. I will only state that I have very strong feelings towards someone who tries to force a decision like this on someone else.
    - greenthrow 4y ago
      We are not talking about a delay of a year or two.
      - OrangeMonkey 4y ago
        With all due respect, at the time the vax were being pushed on everyone as 'safe' and 'trust the science' - we were not sure what impact it would have at all.
    - Nextgrid 4y ago
      > I know you didn't mean this the way it sounded. I did - nothing personal obviously, but the problem is that ultimately no matter which side you pick you will have tradeoffs that some people will agree with and some who'd suffer disastrously as a result - just like the flip-side (assuming the initial theory is correct) could potentially involve a lot more deaths and cause just as much grief to families/etc. Of course in retrospect the point is moot because in practice the majority of countries mismanaged their Covid response and we ended up with the worst of both worlds - the negative effects of lockdowns/mandates/etc without them being followed/enforced enough to actually have any significant effect at eradicating the disease. Again, no offense intended (and you have the right to be angry), just trying to explain the other side of the debate; there's a tradeoff to be made and either side will have downsides (though IMO in retrospect neither was enforced well enough and as a result we ended up with the worst of both sides without any of the benefits). Ideally there would just never have been a virus and then we wouldn't have to think about these trade-offs at all, but now that it appeared, those decisions had to be made, rightly or wrongly.
- greenthrow 4y ago
  I wasn't talking about forced vaccination. You know that. I explained myself very clearly. So you're coming off like a troll.
peteradio 4y ago
> It is safer for you and the baby if you are vaccinated. Do you actually know this to be true?
- hnfong 4y ago
  Could have added a qualification like "according to best available data", but that would sound scary. But then, they probably thinks it's true regardless.

junofan 4y ago

> correct choice of action Correct? To… delay conception? According to… you? I am not comfortable leaving decisions like that to others.

Nextgrid 4y ago
There’s an argument for forcing this decision if it affects others. The prevailing theory, at least at the time, was that widespread vaccination would reduce spread and protect everyone including the unvaccinated. In that case, it could make sense to force people to delay if it means everyone ends up better off overall.
- OrangeMonkey 4y ago
  My wife and I are at the end of our child-capable years. A delay, even of a year or two, is likely to leave us without. I know you didn't mean this the way it sounded. I know you are probably well educated and think your choices are obvious. I will only state that I have very strong feelings towards someone who tries to force a decision like this on someone else.
  - greenthrow 4y ago
    We are not talking about a delay of a year or two.
    - OrangeMonkey 4y ago
      With all due respect, at the time the vax were being pushed on everyone as 'safe' and 'trust the science' - we were not sure what impact it would have at all.
  - Nextgrid 4y ago
    > I know you didn't mean this the way it sounded. I did - nothing personal obviously, but the problem is that ultimately no matter which side you pick you will have tradeoffs that some people will agree with and some who'd suffer disastrously as a result - just like the flip-side (assuming the initial theory is correct) could potentially involve a lot more deaths and cause just as much grief to families/etc. Of course in retrospect the point is moot because in practice the majority of countries mismanaged their Covid response and we ended up with the worst of both worlds - the negative effects of lockdowns/mandates/etc without them being followed/enforced enough to actually have any significant effect at eradicating the disease. Again, no offense intended (and you have the right to be angry), just trying to explain the other side of the debate; there's a tradeoff to be made and either side will have downsides (though IMO in retrospect neither was enforced well enough and as a result we ended up with the worst of both sides without any of the benefits). Ideally there would just never have been a virus and then we wouldn't have to think about these trade-offs at all, but now that it appeared, those decisions had to be made, rightly or wrongly.
greenthrow 4y ago
I wasn't talking about forced vaccination. You know that. I explained myself very clearly. So you're coming off like a troll.

peteradio 4y ago

> It is safer for you and the baby if you are vaccinated. Do you actually know this to be true?

hnfong 4y ago
Could have added a qualification like "according to best available data", but that would sound scary. But then, they probably thinks it's true regardless.