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Women

Get answers on how bleeding disorders, including von Willebrand disease, affect women and girls.

Women's Bleeding Disorders

Woman upset on bed with man's back turned away from her

Because sexual problems are not often discussed in public, women with bleeding disorders can feel isolated and unsure where to turn.

Girls on the track team

For many girls with bleeding disorders, physical education class, exercise and sports are complicated by menstrual cycles that are long, heavy and painful.

Danielle Schwager at the 2010 World Hemophilia Congress

Susan Skinner Memorial Fund Scholarship winners Danielle Schwager and Mallory O’Connor attended the 2010 World Hemophilia Congress.

Carriers

Young woman who is a hemophilia carrier

Identification and diagnosis of their hemophilia mutation can help women make better health decisions for themselves and their families.

Mom with newborn with hemophilia

Pregnant women expecting a baby with hemophilia now have a stronger case for choosing a scheduled cesarean delivery rather than a vaginal birth.