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Conception

When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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ASPRIN.....WHAT/WHEN/WHY ETC

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andi0411 · 12/09/2006 04:55

Hi everybody - check the time - I can't sleep...

I have been looking for info on the benefits of taking low dose asprin and there seems to be 2 differing opinions...does anyone know for sure it's benefits/ dose/ the full whys and wherefores? ie/ when in the cycle etc...

I most appreciate your help.

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jabberwocky · 12/09/2006 05:10

I took it until after I knew I had conceived. It is supposed to increase blood flow to the uterus and some studies have pointed to a decreased rate of m/c. I believe if you are high-risk for m/c your dr. might have you continue taking it throughout much if not all, of pregnancy, although that may be on a case by case basis.

AttilaTheMeerkat · 12/09/2006 07:36

Please do not take low dose aspirin with regards to ttc unless instructed to do so by a qualified medical person.

glittercaz · 12/09/2006 10:53

curious attila why you've said that - is it a bad thing to do? I thought to take a low dose until you knew you conceived (as jabberwocky did) was ok?

Uki · 12/09/2006 11:05

new research is saying asprin is not of that much benefit, that's what the doctor at the reccurent m/c clinic told me this morning. you normally take it if you have a blood clotting disorder.
I told her i have heard otherwise especially from women on mumsnet. maybee i should try to find this latest research....

jabberwocky · 12/09/2006 14:40

I don't know if I have missed anything in the last few months, but I mentioned this to a friend of mine who is going through fertility tx. She asked her doctor who said it was fine if she wanted to add that to her regimen.

redzuleika · 12/09/2006 14:58

I believe that aspirin taken ordinarily in pregnancy restricts the blood supply through the placenta and is therefore A Bad Thing.

However. If you have a blood clotting disorder (like antiphospholipid antibody syndrome for instance, as I do) then you take it from at least ovulation for the rest of the pregnancy. I took it in conjunction with heparin by injection. The latter was started at six weeks pregnant.

If you have apla syndrome, one of the potential effects is to impede implantation - and somehow aspirin alleviates this.

There is current research from NZ, suggesting that women with low levels of certain antiphospholipid antibodies don't need to take the heparin as well - that aspirin is sufficient. So saying that it's not of much benefit is, I suspect, dependent on the specific needs of your test group.

redzuleika · 12/09/2006 15:02

Sorry - correction - didn't mean "low levels of certain antiphospholipid antibodies" - I meant 'only slightly raised levels'.

Apla syndrome is supposed to be the biggest single cause of recurrent miscarriage, btw.

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andi0411 · 12/09/2006 16:16

Thanks for these responses ladies - i appreciate it. I think I'll wait until I get my appointment and have the tests then talk through the options.

Thanks alot.

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