About 30 percent of births are via C-section, said Katie Kelly, a pelvic floor physical therapist in New Brunswick, Canada. That’s “a lot of women who could potentially have issues,” she said.

First weeks post-birth Ilestedt did pelvic-floor work in preparation for a vaginal birth but ends up having a C-section. She gives birth to a daughter, Mila, on August 30, 2024.

Rather than going home to my 2-year-old, I was hooked up to an IV blood thinner. These meds don't break up the clot, but they prevent it from getting bigger and stop new clots from forming.

A first-time mum says she almost died from massive blood loss after a traumatic C-section at a regional hospital — and now she’s breaking her silence. Natasha Emeck 2 min read June 1, 2025 - 5 ...

Hospitals across the U.S. have been adopting the recommendation—aimed at preventing fatal blood clots—since it was published in the medical journal Obstetrics & Gynecology in 2016.

A 2014 study found that out of 466,000 women who delivered through C-section and received the standard nondrug therapy of pneumatic compression devices applied to the legs to reduce clotting risk ...