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Women Should Wait 3 Weeks After Birth Before Going Back on the Pill

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The CDC recommends women wait at least 3 weeks after they give birth to restart taking the birth control pill because of blood clot risks.

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" To avoid potentially deadly blood -- public health officials say women should wait at least three weeks after giving birth to go back on birth control -- that recommendation that from the Centers for Disease Control where experts say the risk for blood clot that elevated for about 21 days after having a baby then usually decreases. -- women are glad that He section or other risk factors like obesity or history of blood clot may need to wait at least six weeks before returning to the hill the estrogen and progestin in birth control pills are associated with a slightly increased risk for clot."

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Women Should Wait 3 Weeks After Birth Before Going Back on the Pill