Ibroprofen delays ovulation?

[studentvera]

This month I have ovulated on cd19 according to opks and cbfm. Normally it's cd14/15. I've been taking ibuprofen for a bad head cold this week and have just googled that it delays ovulation or can stop it. Just wanted to warn!!

That's a new one on me.
However it is well known that being ill (eg having a headcold) can delay ovulation!

I read that today too as currently taking ibuprofen until my dental appt on Wednesday. I'm currently cd2 however so hopefully wot be taking it by ovu time.

Maybe being ill just delayed it. However all over Internet is how ibuprofen delays ov! Last 6 months I've ovulated cd12 to cd16...
Fingers crossed for a bfp. Am on cycle 8

Good luck!

Cycle 7 for me.

I was warned by my doctor not to take ibuprofen when I first saw him about TTC. There is also anecdotal evidence of IVF egg donors with lots of follicles, but no eggs to harvest from them because the donors had taken ibuprofen to cope with the period-type pain they were having. Many ivf/egg donation clinics now routinely advise against ibuprofen. There are differing reports as to why though - some say it delays or prevents ovulation, others that it prompts the follicle to release the immature egg early.

My clinic (Create) uses a form of ibruprofen to delay ov to time egg collection if necessary, so yes it is true.

Yes I've read that ibuprofen has an effect on ovulation but that it doesn't persist, so as soon as the pain killer effect wears off it is out of your system. So I still take it for period pain but not during the rest of the month for any aches and pains. Having said that, I'm still not pregnant after 12m, so feel free to ignore me...

Yes, it's true :-( Found it out the hard way. It applies to any NSAID.

The worst part is that sometimes it can seem like you've ovulated - you get the temp rise and everything as hormones carry on as normal, but the follicle remains unburst and the egg in situ. It's called LUF if you want to Google it. So you never stood a chance that cycle.

I think that is what happened to me last cycle because I took ibuprofen and later naproxen for seriously bad neck pain - only one or two - and I ovulated a few days later right on schedule. Except my temps were not steady like they normally were and my LP was two days shorter. The only thing different was the NSAIDs taken just before ovulation.

That was cycle 6 so yeah, I'm getting annoyed now. Still, alcohol at Christmas right?

How come this knowledge re ibuprofen is not more commonly known? Feel like I've really wasted a cycle. Am so cross!! Does everyone else know? Maybe it's just me

It's not just you. I've been charting since 2005 (when not pregnant or not having a period post baby) and not really come across it before.. and I'm pretty obsessive about this stuff.

There should be more information out there. On the packet for starters!

I think it is in the packet insert! you know, that thing we never read...

I have been reading around a little, and it seems that it can delay ovulation by up to a couple of days IF you are taking ibuprofen or NSAID around the time of ovulation. I didn't read anything that concluded it could stop you ovulating entirely. Also, the delay doesn't happen in every woman who takes an NSAID around ovulation. Some see absolutely no effect.

Ahhh, the insert! I can't imagine anyone reads it for stuff like paracetamol or ibuprofen! Maybe if it was written on the packet in the same way it is for aspirin, people would start to take notice. Then again for all I know there are probably dozens of little things that wouldn't bother or affect 99% of the population, so where would you draw the line?

Here's a load of stuff (proper research) about them causing failure to ovulate (as in LUF, rather than no symptoms of ovulation at all) www.fertilityplus.com/faq/nsaids.html

To clarify - on packets of aspirin when they say pregnant women are not to take aspirin, rather than anything related to TTC. But I guess that's because it's actually dangerous rather than causing issues with conception.