Pregnant Hemophilia B Carriers Have Three Times the Risk of Postpartum Hemorrhage, Swedish Study Finds

Pregnant women who are hemophilia B carriers have more than three times the risk of bleeding following childbirth than non-carriers, a register-based study done in Sweden has found. In contrast, researchers found no differences in the risk of postpartum bleeding between hemophilia A carriers and non-carriers, or in the…

I’m a Mommy Now: Reflections on New Parenthood

On Friday, Jan. 18, my husband, Jared, and I finally had our baby girl. We named her Melanie Citrine. (Courtesy of Alliah Czarielle) Labor was perhaps the most physically challenging thing I’ve ever done. On my birth plan, I stated that I wanted a…

Doctors Treat Rare Case of Bleeding in Newborn with Hemophilia A

An infant was diagnosed with severe hemophilia A after developing splenic injury (injury to the spleen), a rare condition among newborns. For the first time, however, a newborn with these conditions was successfully treated with recombinant factor VIII replacement therapy without the need for surgical intervention, doctors reported. The report, titled…