article_snippet: Pregnant women are 13 times more likely to have a stroke than non-pregnant women of the same age.
article_snippet: However the risk of stroke in young women is small and strokes caused by pregnancy and childbirth are rare.
article_snippet: It has been estimated that a stroke during pregnancy affects eight out of every 100,000 women.
article_snippet: Research has shown that the risk of stroke is increased in the last three months of pregnancy and in the six weeks following birth.
article_snippet: Strokes that happen during pregnancy should be treated in the same way as any other stroke.
article_snippet: The risk of another stroke occurring in future pregnancies is unknown.
article_snippet: My doctors tell me pregnancy-related strokes are extremely rare.