Blood Clot Risk Higher in Women After Delivery

A large study recently found how women's blood clot risk remains higher than normal for atleast 12 weeks after delivering a baby. The chance of a blood clot rises during pregnancy, when platelets and other blood-clotting factors increase. The risk peaks around the time of delivery, but researchers found that afterwards it remained:ulli10.8 times higher during weeks 0-6;li2.2 times higher during weeks 7-12; andli1.4 times higher (a non-significant rise) during weeks ...