Boca Raton, Florida – A partially vaccinated healthcare worker seems to have passed on antibodies to her newborn baby, providing her with some defense against Covid-19.

Three weeks after receiving the first dose of the Moderna vaccine, a woman gave birth to a baby that had the antibodies that can fight Covid-19.

After the baby was born, Business Insider reported that doctors tested the blood in the umbilical cord for antibodies and were pleasantly surprised to find traces.

Dr. Paul Gilbert and Dr. Chad Rudnic drafted a scientific article about the case, which they say is the first of its kind.

Given that vaccinations are relatively new, there hasn't been another mother partially, or fully vaccinated that gave birth to a child with detected antibodies in their system.

The report states, "we report the first known case of an infant with SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies", which they believe will help protect the baby against the virus.

Doctors think that the antibodies the woman developed after her first shot of the Moderna vaccine were passed through the placenta and into the baby's bloodstream.

Over the last year prior to the public release of vaccines, doctors and researchers have been studying whether pregnant women could potentially pass any antibodies they've developed onto their babies after they give birth.

There were several cases that found antibodies in newborns in March 2020. Five out of the six monitored had Covid-19 while pregnant, and passed the antibodies their bodies made onto their babies.

There was one case where a woman who never contracted Covid-19 passed antibodies onto her child, too.

Researchers continue to study the effects vaccination has on pregnancies and babies.