A family history of blood clotting problems also increases your chances of blood clots.
Having certain health conditions, like a thrombophilia, high blood pressure, diabetes or being overweight or obese. Talk to your provider about what you can do to help reduce your risk. Having a risk factor doesn’t mean for sure that you’ll have a blood clot. What are other reasons people may be at risk for having blood clots?Ĭertain things make you more likely than others to have a blood clot. When you’re pregnant you may experience less movement or immobility (not moving a lot) like when you’re on bed rest or recovering from giving birth. In pregnant women, the blood may flow less to the legs later in pregnancy because the growing baby presses upon blood vessels around your pelvis. When you’re pregnant, your blood clots more easily to lessen blood loss during labor and delivery. Pregnant women are 5 times more likely to experience a blood clot compared to women who are not pregnant. Why are pregnant women at greater risk for blood clots? They stop clots from getting bigger and prevent new clots from forming. Some pregnant women with thrombophilias need treatment with medicines called blood thinners. This is a health condition that increases your chances of making abnormal blood clots. You may also talk to your provider about getting a blood test to see if you have a thrombophilia. 
If you or someone in your family like your parent, brother or sister has had problems with blood clots, talk to your provider. If you’re pregnant or trying to get pregnant and have had problems with blood clots in the past, tell your health care provider at a preconception checkup (before pregnancy) or at your first prenatal care checkup. But testing and treatment can help protect and save both you and your baby.
In severe cases, they can cause death for both mom and baby. But these conditions may cause problems for some pregnant women. Most women with blood clotting conditions have healthy pregnancies. But sometimes blood clots can partly or completely block the flow of blood in a blood vessel, like a vein or artery.Īnyone can develop a blood clot, but you are at higher risk for a blood clot during pregnancy and up to 3 months after giving birth to your baby. The body normally makes blood clots to stop the bleeding after a scrape or cut. A blood clot (also called a thrombosis) is a mass or clump of blood that forms when blood changes from a liquid to a solid.
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