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FitPregnancy.com
October 2009
Leg Up-Lifts: Don't Let Varicose Veins Get Yo Down
“Heredity largely determines who will get varicose veins,” says Navarro, “but all pregnant women are at risk because the growing uterus presses on the large blood vessel called the inferior vena cava, slowing the return of blood from the legs to the heart.”