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Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic affects nearly every aspect of life. It is unknown how it affects women’s desire to get pregnant. Thus, the goal of this study was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s desires to conceive.
Methods: We utilized an anonymous survey posted to a popular fertility and pregnancy website (babyMed.com) asking women about their fertility history. In March 2020 a question was added about their desire to get pregnant considering the COVID-19 pandemic (“Are you more likely or less likely to try to get pregnant now because of the Corona virus?”). Data of those who answered whether their desire getting pregnant despite COVID-19 was more, less, or the same between April and October 2020 was analyzed. “Not applicable” were excluded.
Results: The study included 12,014 women. The majority of respondents were < 35 years old (77.6%). During the COVID-19 pandemic (April to October 2020) there was a significant increase in women trying to conceive (35.5% in April vs 42.5% in October; p < 0.001). Additionally, fewer women answered they were not trying to get pregnant (9.7% in April 2020 vs 6.8% in October 2020; p < 0.001).
Conclusion/Implications: This is the largest study showing women’s desires to conceive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study shows that since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic there was a significant increase in women trying to get pregnant concomitant with a decrease of women not trying to get pregnant. Limitations include that this was a self-selected group of applicants on a fertility focused website.
Methods: We utilized an anonymous survey posted to a popular fertility and pregnancy website (babyMed.com) asking women about their fertility history. In March 2020 a question was added about their desire to get pregnant considering the COVID-19 pandemic (“Are you more likely or less likely to try to get pregnant now because of the Corona virus?”). Data of those who answered whether their desire getting pregnant despite COVID-19 was more, less, or the same between April and October 2020 was analyzed. “Not applicable” were excluded.
Results: The study included 12,014 women. The majority of respondents were < 35 years old (77.6%). During the COVID-19 pandemic (April to October 2020) there was a significant increase in women trying to conceive (35.5% in April vs 42.5% in October; p < 0.001). Additionally, fewer women answered they were not trying to get pregnant (9.7% in April 2020 vs 6.8% in October 2020; p < 0.001).
Conclusion/Implications: This is the largest study showing women’s desires to conceive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study shows that since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic there was a significant increase in women trying to get pregnant concomitant with a decrease of women not trying to get pregnant. Limitations include that this was a self-selected group of applicants on a fertility focused website.
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic affects nearly every aspect of life. It is unknown how it affects women’s desire to get pregnant. Thus, the goal of this study was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s desires to conceive.
Methods: We utilized an anonymous survey posted to a popular fertility and pregnancy website (babyMed.com) asking women about their fertility history. In March 2020 a question was added about their desire to get pregnant considering the COVID-19 pandemic (“Are you more likely or less likely to try to get pregnant now because of the Corona virus?”). Data of those who answered whether their desire getting pregnant despite COVID-19 was more, less, or the same between April and October 2020 was analyzed. “Not applicable” were excluded.
Results: The study included 12,014 women. The majority of respondents were < 35 years old (77.6%). During the COVID-19 pandemic (April to October 2020) there was a significant increase in women trying to conceive (35.5% in April vs 42.5% in October; p < 0.001). Additionally, fewer women answered they were not trying to get pregnant (9.7% in April 2020 vs 6.8% in October 2020; p < 0.001).
Conclusion/Implications: This is the largest study showing women’s desires to conceive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study shows that since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic there was a significant increase in women trying to get pregnant concomitant with a decrease of women not trying to get pregnant. Limitations include that this was a self-selected group of applicants on a fertility focused website.
Methods: We utilized an anonymous survey posted to a popular fertility and pregnancy website (babyMed.com) asking women about their fertility history. In March 2020 a question was added about their desire to get pregnant considering the COVID-19 pandemic (“Are you more likely or less likely to try to get pregnant now because of the Corona virus?”). Data of those who answered whether their desire getting pregnant despite COVID-19 was more, less, or the same between April and October 2020 was analyzed. “Not applicable” were excluded.
Results: The study included 12,014 women. The majority of respondents were < 35 years old (77.6%). During the COVID-19 pandemic (April to October 2020) there was a significant increase in women trying to conceive (35.5% in April vs 42.5% in October; p < 0.001). Additionally, fewer women answered they were not trying to get pregnant (9.7% in April 2020 vs 6.8% in October 2020; p < 0.001).
Conclusion/Implications: This is the largest study showing women’s desires to conceive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study shows that since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic there was a significant increase in women trying to get pregnant concomitant with a decrease of women not trying to get pregnant. Limitations include that this was a self-selected group of applicants on a fertility focused website.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s desire to conceive
Dr. Adi Katz
Affiliations:
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell
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Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic affects nearly every aspect of life. It is unknown how it affects women’s desire to get pregnant. Thus, the goal of this study was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s desires to conceive.
Methods: We utilized an anonymous survey posted to a popular fertility and pregnancy website (babyMed.com) asking women about their fertility history. In March 2020 a question was added about their desire to get pregnant considering the COVID-19 pandemic (“Are you more likely or less likely to try to get pregnant now because of the Corona virus?”). Data of those who answered whether their desire getting pregnant despite COVID-19 was more, less, or the same between April and October 2020 was analyzed. “Not applicable” were excluded.
Results: The study included 12,014 women. The majority of respondents were < 35 years old (77.6%). During the COVID-19 pandemic (April to October 2020) there was a significant increase in women trying to conceive (35.5% in April vs 42.5% in October; p < 0.001). Additionally, fewer women answered they were not trying to get pregnant (9.7% in April 2020 vs 6.8% in October 2020; p < 0.001).
Conclusion/Implications: This is the largest study showing women’s desires to conceive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study shows that since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic there was a significant increase in women trying to get pregnant concomitant with a decrease of women not trying to get pregnant. Limitations include that this was a self-selected group of applicants on a fertility focused website.
Methods: We utilized an anonymous survey posted to a popular fertility and pregnancy website (babyMed.com) asking women about their fertility history. In March 2020 a question was added about their desire to get pregnant considering the COVID-19 pandemic (“Are you more likely or less likely to try to get pregnant now because of the Corona virus?”). Data of those who answered whether their desire getting pregnant despite COVID-19 was more, less, or the same between April and October 2020 was analyzed. “Not applicable” were excluded.
Results: The study included 12,014 women. The majority of respondents were < 35 years old (77.6%). During the COVID-19 pandemic (April to October 2020) there was a significant increase in women trying to conceive (35.5% in April vs 42.5% in October; p < 0.001). Additionally, fewer women answered they were not trying to get pregnant (9.7% in April 2020 vs 6.8% in October 2020; p < 0.001).
Conclusion/Implications: This is the largest study showing women’s desires to conceive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study shows that since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic there was a significant increase in women trying to get pregnant concomitant with a decrease of women not trying to get pregnant. Limitations include that this was a self-selected group of applicants on a fertility focused website.
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic affects nearly every aspect of life. It is unknown how it affects women’s desire to get pregnant. Thus, the goal of this study was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s desires to conceive.
Methods: We utilized an anonymous survey posted to a popular fertility and pregnancy website (babyMed.com) asking women about their fertility history. In March 2020 a question was added about their desire to get pregnant considering the COVID-19 pandemic (“Are you more likely or less likely to try to get pregnant now because of the Corona virus?”). Data of those who answered whether their desire getting pregnant despite COVID-19 was more, less, or the same between April and October 2020 was analyzed. “Not applicable” were excluded.
Results: The study included 12,014 women. The majority of respondents were < 35 years old (77.6%). During the COVID-19 pandemic (April to October 2020) there was a significant increase in women trying to conceive (35.5% in April vs 42.5% in October; p < 0.001). Additionally, fewer women answered they were not trying to get pregnant (9.7% in April 2020 vs 6.8% in October 2020; p < 0.001).
Conclusion/Implications: This is the largest study showing women’s desires to conceive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study shows that since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic there was a significant increase in women trying to get pregnant concomitant with a decrease of women not trying to get pregnant. Limitations include that this was a self-selected group of applicants on a fertility focused website.
Methods: We utilized an anonymous survey posted to a popular fertility and pregnancy website (babyMed.com) asking women about their fertility history. In March 2020 a question was added about their desire to get pregnant considering the COVID-19 pandemic (“Are you more likely or less likely to try to get pregnant now because of the Corona virus?”). Data of those who answered whether their desire getting pregnant despite COVID-19 was more, less, or the same between April and October 2020 was analyzed. “Not applicable” were excluded.
Results: The study included 12,014 women. The majority of respondents were < 35 years old (77.6%). During the COVID-19 pandemic (April to October 2020) there was a significant increase in women trying to conceive (35.5% in April vs 42.5% in October; p < 0.001). Additionally, fewer women answered they were not trying to get pregnant (9.7% in April 2020 vs 6.8% in October 2020; p < 0.001).
Conclusion/Implications: This is the largest study showing women’s desires to conceive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study shows that since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic there was a significant increase in women trying to get pregnant concomitant with a decrease of women not trying to get pregnant. Limitations include that this was a self-selected group of applicants on a fertility focused website.
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