Going through a pregnancy in the midst of a pandemic brings its own kind of extreme stress.

So the news of a baby being born with COVID-19 antibodies will be a relief to pregnant women in Spain and beyond.

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The baby, named Bruno, was born on the island of Ibiza in March.

His mother, a healthcare worker, had to be vaccinated for her job, so she decided along with her pregnant colleagues to join a study at the local hospital.

One of the doctors involved in the research, Raquel Gascon, obstetric coordinator for the Can Misses Hospital in Ibiza, said the vaccines directly influence babies in the womb. 

"Taking the vaccine during the third trimester of pregnancy does cause an immune response in the mother that creates antibodies and those are transferred directly through the placenta to the baby, causing their passive immunity," she said.

A cure for 'vaccine hesitancy?'

As a rule, pregnant women in Spain do not receive vaccination against COVID-19, which Gascon said partly explained why research is still very limited.

"There are still many unknowns, we don't know how long the baby will have antibodies, if they will disappear in two, three, four or six months. We don't know this for adults either, everything is so new and so we just keep learning as we go," she added.

The findings could also see a fall in "vaccine hesitancy" among pregnant women, with many more, such as Madrid resident Maria Urban, choosing to receive a jab to immunize both herself and her baby.

"I'm now in the third trimester of pregnancy and I wish they could call me right now to get vaccinated so I could protect myself and also the baby I carry inside, which is most important," Urban told CGTN Europe.

Babies conceived during the pandemic are now being born, giving researchers an opportunity for study.

Doctors are hopeful the results could be significant in the fight to protect children from COVID-19.