Covid, Zika and conception

[jam85]

Hi, I was trying to find some information about the impact of the coronavirus on conception. It looks like there are not yet enough research at this stage. My main fear is that it could lead to abnormalities like the Zika virus.
I live in one of the most affected areas in the UK, so I will likely get the coronavirus. Do you think that it's better to postpone conception at this stage?

Yes, I think it is better to postpone. Better safe than sorry.

It's probably best to wait for practical reasons. They don't know whether birth abnormalities are caused by coronavirus, but it's unlikely given what we know about other coronaviruses likes SARS and MERS and common colds.

There is also the possiblity that it mutates. I was reading that the first wave of the Spanish flu was mild. After one year it mutated and came back much more deadly!
In this case the NHS would be even more strained, I don't think that it's responsible to bring at child in such conditions.

I’m 5+4 and if I’d known this was coming Id have waited. Feels like bringing a baby into the apocalypse. Nothing at the moment suggests there will be similar issues to Zika and Zika isn’t a Coronavirus, but we just don’t know really. If I were you I’d wait, unless you’re 40 or something

It's highly unlikely to cause issues like zika, it is a variant of other coronaviruses like SARS and MERS and neither of them cause issues like zika. It really is a variation of influenza but a more serious one

I'm not waiting because of my age. It's a long and boring story but I've had delay after delay for various reasons and I just can't afford to delay any longer. I am 1DPO and hoping this will be my month finally.