Publications & Clinical Guidance

SMFM issues a statement on Updated COVID-19 Vaccines in Pregnancy (September 14, 2023)

SMFM issues a statement on SARS-CoV-2 Bivalent Vaccination in Pregnancy (September 22, 2022)

COVID-19 Outpatient Treatment for Pregnant Patients (June 21, 2022)

Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Pregnancy: What Maternal-Fetal Medicine Subspecialists Need to Know (June 21, 2022; updated from earlier versions on March 1 and January 3, 2022; and November 23, October 26, July 23, June 26, June 16, April 11, and March 17, 2020). As we make updates to this document, we will highlight new/different content in yellow. 

Provider Considerations for Engaging in COVID-19 Vaccine Counseling With Pregnant and Lactating Patients (Jan 11, 2022; updated from earlier versions on Dec 20, Dec 3, October 26, October 1, September 24, August 23, August 13, August 11, July 30, April 30, April 1 and March 3, 2021; and Dec 21 and Dec 15, 2020) As we make updates to this document, we will highlight new/different content in yellow. 

SMFM Supports the Use of Paxlovid in Pregnant Patients (December 22, 2021)

SMFM Responds to the FDA and CDC Recommendation to Pause Administration of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) Vaccine (April 19, 2021; updated from an earlier version on April 13, 2021)

ACOG and SMFM Issue Statement on WHO Recommendations Regarding COVID-19 Vaccines and Pregnant Individuals

Physicians, Midwives, and Nurses Encourage Health Care Workers to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine 

SMFM Responds to the FDA’s Decision to Offer the Newly Approved COVID-19 Vaccine to Pregnant and Lactating People (December 11, 2020)

SMFM issues a statement on SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination in Pregnancy (December 1, 2020)

SMFM revises COVID-19 Ultrasound Practice Suggestions (October 20, 2020; first issued March 24, 2020). As we make updates to this document, we will highlight new/different content in yellow.

SMFM and the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) revise Labor and Delivery COVID-19 Considerations (October 9, 2020; first issued June 16, 2020). As we make updates to this document, we will highlight new/different content in yellow.

SMFM and ACOG update the algorithm Outpatient Assessment and Management for Pregnant Women With Suspected or Confirmed Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) (July 20, 2020; first issued April 22, 2020)

SMFM issues Practical Guidance for Treating Pregnant Persons With COVID-19 in Resource Limited Settings: Early Lessons From the US Epidemic (May 20, 2020)

SMFM and ACOG issued a joint statement regarding the CDC's recent removal of pregnant people from their web page that outlines “people who are at higher risk for severe illness” from COVID-19." (April 6, 2020) 

SMFM and ACOG wrote a letter to the CDC as a follow-up to a phone conversation regarding PPE for obstetric care personnel in the labor and delivery unit. On the call, SMFM and ACOG expressed concern that CDC guidance is being interpreted to suggest that OB care clinicians need not wear N95 masks and face shields when attending to patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 during the second stage of labor. The CDC clarified its recommendation for the use of such PPE. (March 31, 2020)

SMFM, ACOG, AAFP, and ACNM issued a statement on the safety of birth in hospitals and birth centers (March 30, 2020)

SMFM joined ACOG, the Society for Family Planning, and other national organizations to issue a statement discouraging hospitals from classifying pregnancy termination as an elective procedure in their COVID-19 planning (March 18, 2020)

SMFM joined ACOG, ASRM, and other national organizations to provide recommendations for obstetrician-gynecologists regarding the American College of Surgeons’ statement on elective surgery and the U.S. Surgeon General’s recommendation that hospitals suspend elective surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic. (March 16, 2020)