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[aisling78]

My sister found out almost two weeks ago why Ava was born still. Annette was diagnosed with a blood clotting disorder called Factor V Leiden. It's a genetic mutation, and basically it dramatically increases the risk of developing blood clots -- due to surgery, long car rides or airplane flights, or during pregnancy. If you have this disorder, it

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[morgail]

I've heard of that - mostly in relation to people developing clots on long airplane trips. But I didn't know it could affect pregnant women too. I'm glad Annette has an answer now - it won't bring Ava back, but hopefully it won't happen again.

[aisling78]

I had heard about the risk on long flights before, too. I remember I drove the man sitting in the aisle seat batty on my flight back from Ireland, not only was I getting up periodically to walk around because I knew I should stretch my legs every so often -- I also drank an enormous bottle of water to try to avoid getting dehydrated, so I was up practically every half hour to pee. He kept doing those overly dramatic sighs every time I squeezed past him. Grumpy man.