Grateful For My Knowledge of Factor V Leiden: Lori Preston’s Story

…hydrated, I exercise, I am not on birth control, and I don’t smoke. We were also blessed with birth of our second daughter, who was born in January 2007. Thanks…

NFL Linebacker Leon Jacobs Steps Up to Stop the Clot®

…risk factors associated with blood clots, including, for example, …

Shared Decision-Making Guide for Thrombophilia Testing

…caused by non-surgical risk factors, including pregnancy, …

National Blood Clot Alliance Joins New Women’s Coalition

…community, allowing more women to discover the unique risk …

Mamas Get Blood Clots Too: Justine’s story

…estrogen-based birth control. After this diagnosis, I was extremely cautious about blood clots moving forward, especially when I decided to start having kids at 35. Pregnant women are five times…

Blood Clot Risk and What You Can Do

…bus Active cancer/chemotherapy Bone fracture or cast …

Blood Clot Info: Risks, Symptoms, Treatment & Prevention

…know. Women and Blood Clots Help women understand the blood clot …

Back Pain was my First Symptom: Kassidy’s Story

…answers from several different doctors. It could be that I have a Protein S Deficiency, that I was on birth control pills for a few years prior to my blood…

Adjusting to the New Normal: Desirre’s Story

…considered myself very healthy. What added to my risk is that I took birth control pills to treat heavy bleeding during my periods, and as already mentioned, had just taken…

The Day Life Changed Forever: Ashleigh’s Story, As Told By Her Mother

…simple blood test to understand how this may have happened. Ashleigh had prothrombin (a genetic clotting disorder), she was on the birth control pill, and we believe that is what…