ROTTERDAM – The fact that the omicron variant of the coronavirus has supplanted the delta variant also seems good news for pregnant women. While an infection with the delta variant still led to a higher risk of a stillbirth, gynecologist Sam Schoenmakers of Erasmus MC has not received any reports about this lately. “We will continue to monitor it, but it seems that omicron is also milder for pregnant women. We hear almost nothing now, not even about IC shots or emergency caesarean sections.”