Took Diclofenac when TTC - have I damaged my chances

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I have a trapped nerve in my back and have been applying Voltarol containing Diclofenac in it as the active ingredient. I've applied it 4 times before googling online and reading "Not recommended in women attempting to conceive as may impair female fertility."

It's an anti inflammatory so I'm guessing it may impact ovulation? Today is CD26, the day before AF should show up. I've done a pregnancy test and I'm not pregnant, so really my next chance is next month. To what extent could it impact my efforts of TTC in the coming months?

Not a doctor but...negligible I would guess.

Thank you, I hope so!

You should be okay, I had been taking naproxen for arthritis in the last few weeks (in the same group of drugs as diclofenac) and found out I was pregnant on Christmas Eve. It’s not worth bearing being in pain when you don’t know whether you’re pregnant or not, it just made TTC so much harder! Obviously stopped once I found out.

Good luck!

In case reassuring I took diclofenac for pain relief for a mc and got pg very soon after

Also not an hcp