Low Dose Aspirin during IVF

[Lucia]

I remember a few on here who were put on low dose aspirin during their IVF treatments.

Baby aspirin was mentioned but I have been asking around and it seems that don't make baby aspirin anymore - the lowest dosage I have found is 100 mg.

How much is the low dose aspirin used?

[deni]

Hi Lucia,
It's important only to take aspirin if it has been prescribed by your specialist. It is used when a blood test screen comes up as positive for ANA (Anti Nuclear Antibodies). Aspirin acts as a slight anti-inflammatory in a way that might help prevent an auto-immune response which might stop an embryo implanting or from blood passing properly through the placenta.

If you take it and it hasn't been prescribed, you run the risk of other complications becuase what it actually does is thin your blood. So taking any kind of aspirin on an ongoing basis should be discussed with your doc. (I cut myself shaving while on it and took ages to stop bleeding).

If it is prescribed, usually they recommend Cardiprin, which is 100mg of Aspirin, and you take one a day during the luteal phase.

In saying all that, many people fall pregnant without screening for ANA and many have ANA anyway so there isn't any definate knowledge about what it can do, but it has been linked to recurrant miscarriage, so if you are someone who has had multiple unexplained miscarriage, you should request an ANA screen.

For any medical people out there i hope I've explained correctly - if not feel free to correct me!

Hope that helps!

[Lucia]

This is actually for a blood condition (which they treat with aspirin as well) not AHA but I found out yesterday that 100mg is what is recommended.