Alex Rowan Foundation

10/14/2026

Looking for women-centered information about blood clot risk?

The Rowan Foundation offers resources about contraception, pregnancy, postpartum recovery, menopause treatment, prevention, symptoms and risk factors, including downloadable guides designed to support informed conversations with healthcare providers.

Visit our women’s health and clotting resource page to learn more:
https://tinyurl.com/rowanresources

10/13/2026

One day of global focus. A lifetime of decisions.

Today, World Thrombosis Day placed women’s health at the center of a global conversation about blood clots. For the women living those decisions, from a first prescription through fertility care, pregnancy and childbirth, and menopause, the conversation doesn’t end when the day does.

Neither does ours. Since 2013, the Rowan Foundation has worked alongside survivors, bereaved families, and advocates to help women understand blood clot risk and make informed decisions at every stage of life. That work continues tomorrow, and every day after.

Continue the conversation: www.alexrowanfoundation.org

10/13/2026

The goal is not fear. It is informed choice, earlier recognition, and safer care.

Blood clot risk can change across a woman’s life: with birth control, fertility treatment, pregnancy and the months after birth, and hormone therapy later in life. Understanding that risk, and how it fits with your own health history, helps you make informed decisions with your healthcare team.

Recognizing the signs and symptoms of a blood clot matters just as much. When they occur, signs of a blood clot in an arm or leg may include swelling, pain or tenderness, skin that is warm to the touch, or skin that is red or discolored. Signs of a blood clot in the lung may include difficulty breathing or shortness of breath, a faster than normal or irregular heartbeat, chest pain that may worsen with a deep breath, or an unexplained cough or coughing up blood.

Seek medical care as soon as possible for arm or leg symptoms. Call 911 or seek emergency care for lung symptoms.

These ideas are at the heart of Voices to Practice, a report shaped by blood clot survivors and families. Read it: www.alexrowanfoundation.org/voices-to-practice

10/13/2026

Women's health decisions happen across a lifetime.

Birth control and family planning. Infertility treatment and IVF. Pregnancy and the months after birth. Perimenopause and menopause. Each stage brings different benefits, different risks, and different personal priorities, and blood clot risk can change along the way. What shouldn't change is the standard of care: clear information, attention to the individual, room for questions, and an understandable next step.

This World Thrombosis Day, the global focus is women's health, and we're grateful to see it. Helping women understand blood clot risk at every stage of life has been at the heart of the Rowan Foundation's mission-driven work since 2013.

Swipe through the stages, then learn more, including discussion guides on birth control, pregnancy, and menopause: tinyurl.com/women-and-clotting

10/12/2026

Ahead of World Thrombosis Day tomorrow, October 13, the Rowan Foundation has teamed up with to share a new article by our Medical Advisor, Vian Nguyen, MD, FACOG.

Dr. Nguyen explains which birth control methods carry estrogen-related clot risk, what that risk looks like in perspective, and what to ask your healthcare provider.

Read the article on HerHealth101: tinyurl.com/herhealth-101

10/09/2026

Women should not have to arrive with the correct diagnosis to have possible blood clot symptoms taken seriously.

Care teams may be less likely to consider a clot when a woman is young or appears healthy. Priority 04 of "Voices to Practice" calls for better recognition and response when symptoms emerge.

Watch for the most common signs of a blood clot in an arm, leg or lung, and know when to act. Call 911 or seek emergency care for the symptoms of a blood clot in your lung.

From Voices to Practice: www.alexrowanfoundation.org/voices-to-practice/

10/08/2026

Words matter.

Blood clots linked to combined hormonal birth control are often described as rare, and across a population, that can be accurate. But when it’s your daughter, wife, sister or mother, that word can land very differently.

Megan, a PCAG founding member and mother, raised this during conversations with our Patient & Community Advisory Group, and her perspective helped shape "Voices to Practice."

Swipe for Megan’s words, along with two more voices from the report: Angella, blood clot survivor and patient advocate, on being heard and taken seriously; and Sara Wyen, blood clot survivor and community advocate, on self-advocacy and safe care.

The report isn’t an argument against hormonal contraception. It’s an argument for decisions that are fully informed.

Read the full report: tinyurl.com/voices-to-practice

10/07/2026

Women need information and care they can use in real life.

"Voices to Practice," a new report from the Rowan Foundation, is shaped by blood clot survivors, people navigating recovery, family members, and bereaved parents, and was developed through the work of the Foundation's Patient & Community Advisory Group (PCAG). It names six priorities for clearer blood clot risk communication, informed decision-making, symptom recognition, and care. Swipe to see them.

The report doesn't promote one choice for every woman. It calls for information and care women can understand, evaluate, and use before a possible risk becomes a crisis.

Read the report: www.alexrowanfoundation.org/voices-to-practice/
Read the press release: tinyurl.com/voices-release

10/06/2026

Women’s health gaps don’t begin and end with any one condition.

A new $20 billion national strategy aims to strengthen women’s health research, clinician education, data collection and health literacy, addressing some of the gaps that can leave women searching too long for answers.

For us, one point especially resonates: better information should lead to better conversations, earlier recognition of concerns, and more informed healthcare decisions.

Read more from CBS News:

Women live longer than men, but they also spend more time being sick. The Society for Women's Health Research is trying to change that.

10/05/2026

Every story matters.

By sharing your experience with blood clots, you can help another woman feel less alone, recognize a warning sign, ask a question, or seek care sooner.

Sometimes, one story is exactly what someone else needs to hear.

Submit your story today: tinyurl.com/jvze4pp9