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How dangerous to become pregnant while on wafarin? how effective condoms? i am recently married. my wife has antiphospholipid syndrome for which she takes wafarin daily. she is 46 years old and a bit overweight. how dangerous would it be for her to becom

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Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

Agree with Dr. F.: Your wife could get an IUD, IUD with condoms would be nearly fully effective in preventing pregnancy. If you want to get pregnant, your wife could switch to Lovanox from Warfarin. You may read this technical article on this topic: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3664954/

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A member asked:

How dangerous to become pregnant while on wafarin? how effective condoms? i am recently married. my wife has antiphospholipid syndrome for which she takes wafarin daily. she is 46 years old and a bit overweight. how dangerous would it be for her to becom

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

Dr Kuitems and 5 doctors agreed

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