Pregnancy intentions lowered during early pandemic, study saysAlmost half of New York women who had been trying to become pregnant before COVID-19 stopped trying during the first few months of the pandemic, according to survey results published in JAMA Network Open yesterday.From Apr 20 to Aug 21, 2020, 1,179 women (mean age, 32.2 years) in New York City with at least one child responded to the survey.
Before the pandemic began, about 16.2% had been thinking about becoming pregnant and 5.2% had been trying to become pregnant.
By the time of the survey, 37.2% and 49.2% of each subgroup, respectively, said they had changed their mind (total, 101). Of the 30 who had stopped actively trying to become pregnant, 43.3% said they would resume after