I had no idea until he forced me to get up and move around."

So I reached out toDr.

The risk is that blood clots forming in the legs could potentially travel to the lungs."

People commenting who had a pulmonary embolisms and clotting while flying and on birth control pills

She said, “The risk of developing blood clots while taking birth control pills is very low.

It’s not zero, but it is low.

So people need to be aware, but not overly concerned.”

Comments like "I have literally never had a dr tell me about this; I've been on the pill for 10 years" and "I didn't know we were supposed to do this"

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