Aspirin in Pregnancy
Q & A: Does thinning your blood by
taking an aspirin a day make it easier to conceive?
Recent information has implicated
certain antibodies in infertility and recurrent miscarriage. Anti-nuclear
antibodies, anticardiolipin antibodies, and lupus antibodies have been
implicated. Aspirin is an old anti-inflammatory that has been used
to "cool" this antibody response down to protect a conception. Therefore,
it's the anti-inflammation properties of aspirin, not necessarily it's
"blood thinning" properties, which have been used WHEN SUCH AN INDICATION
is proven with blood tests.
You're confusing the anti-inflammatory
properties of aspirin with all of the attention given to it's anti-coagulant
properties, which has been bantered about on TV as helping in heart attacks
and strokes. Aspirin will alter platelet functioning, which is a
blood element necessary for clotting. (So will the non-steroidal
anti-inflammatories, like Advil, Nuprin, Motrin, etc.)In fact, aspirin
over-doseage will manifest as easy bruising, nose bleeds, etc., along with
the famous ringing in the ears (tinnitis)Aspirin has also been
suggested for Pregancy Induced Hypertension (Pre-eclampsia), but so far
routine use of aspirin has not been recommended.
And I certainly wouldn't recommend
it unless advised by an infertility doctor or your obstetrician.