This may seem like a silly question, but what is the benefit of baby aspirin. I have read somewhere, but I can't recall. Also, what is a good brand to take, and is it always ONLY in liquid form?
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Hi there,
I once saw on Oprah when she had a doctor on one of her shows that baby aspirin was good to take I think it was for your heart. I think he said to take 2 pills a day. I am not positive but pretty sure maybe some of the other ladies recall her show on that, they were showing the different organs and telling about them and the ones that were bad and the ones that were good and then also about food to eat and what different things to take to help us out. This was on adults now not for the kids, I hope that is what you meant for us adults to take baby aspirin. let me know!
I answered my own question (sort of ). Baby aspirin is good for your heart, however, I know it also benefits PCOS or infertility somehow. I do know that St. Josephs chewables 81mg is good to take daily (thnx mom)!
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I take baby aspirin every day due to a blood clotting problem. Baby aspirin thins out your blood (which helps it get to your heart). It's also believed to increase blood flow to your uterus.
I think baby aspirin is what allowed my current baby to implant and hang in there till I got a BFP and was able to start my heparin (blood thinner) shots twice daily...I didn't take it in my 3 previous pregnancies and lost them all - the 2nd and 3rd were lost at only 18 DPO! So needless to say, I'm a huge baby aspirin fan.
My RE told me not to take the chewable kind because they have more sugar in them, which can harm your teeth...they aren't as bad as candy, but still...I actually bought a Bayer "baby aspirin for women" with a small calcium supplement in it. I've used St. Joseph's in the past as well.
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FYI...if you take aspirin for heart therapy...if you have to take any regular pain med, it's best to take Tylenol. Other stuff like Motrin and Aleve can interfere with the effectiveness or cause an allergic reaction.
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I recently read an article (and I wish I could find it now) that said some women have a high level of SOMETHING in their uterus that causes the baby to not be able to implant or causes early miscarriage. Women who had this problem and then began taking baby aspirin before their next cycle or next IVF, etc. had a much higher success rate.
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Baby aspirin is often prescribed for women undergoing IVF. Although early studies seem to suggest a benefit to its use, these studies have not yet been confirmed in larger, well-designed trials.
One common use is for women with recurrent pregnancy loss. One possible cause of pregnancy loss involves immune-system abnormalities; in particular, the body may develop antibodies to components of the blood-vessel wall called phospholipids. We don't really know why the body makes these antibodies, but they can block blood flow through small blood vessels in the placenta. Some physicians have suggested that these antibodies may also interfere with the embryo's attachment to the uterine wall.
In such a case, baby aspirin may help keep placental blood vessels open. It is already frequently prescribed for this purpose much later in pregnancy, for women with preeclampsia -- a pregnancy disorder associated with high blood pressure and protein in the urine. It is thought that this condition occurs when the blood vessels constrict too much because of an imbalance between two compounds in the body -- one that causes blood vessels to constrict, and another that causes blood vessels to dilate. The use of a single baby aspirin daily blocks the vascular-constricting compound, while not interfering with the compound that promotes placental blood flow. It is important to note that while a single baby aspirin gets the job done, in this case, more is not better. Taking a higher dose of aspirin or ibuprofen product can block both of the compounds, so these medicines should be avoided.
In addition to maintaining normal blood vessel dilation in early pregnancy, baby aspirin may also block clumping of blood platelets in the smaller blood vessels in the placenta. Normally these platelet clumps function to repair small tears or breaks in blood vessels. But for unknown reasons, excessive clumping may occur, resulting in decreased placental blood flow.
So, if you have had recurrent pregnancy loss, your doctor may recommend the use of both heparin injection twice daily and one baby aspirin daily along with your IVF cycle, to help keep open the blood vessels in the placenta. While many physicians have suggested a possible benefit from heparin injections and aspirin for all women undergoing IVF when antiphospholipids are present, several recent studies have failed to find a benefit with this treatment.
Another possible reason to use baby aspirin is even more theoretical. Study findings presented at a recent IVF meeting in Vancouver, Canada, addressed the question of why some healthy-appearing eggs make embryos that implant and continue to term, while others do not. Data from this study suggest that one important factor is the blood flow to the ovarian follicles in which the eggs develop. Such factors as age and the presence of PCOS may lower the blood flow to the follicles. Some researchers have theorized that just as baby aspirin can improve blood flow to the placenta, it may also improve blood flow to the ovary, giving us healthier eggs and embryos.
Have these benefits been proven? No. Is this safe? We believe so, if the aspirin is stopped by 36 weeks of pregnancy. When baby aspirin is taken before that point, the risk of it causing abnormal bleeding for mother or baby is quite low.
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One common use is for women with recurrent pregnancy loss. One possible cause of pregnancy loss involves immune-system abnormalities; in particular, the body may develop antibodies to components of the blood-vessel wall called phospholipids.
This is what I have! I will take a baby aspirin every day for the rest of my life.
A friend also told me in the past that it's an old wive's tale that taking a baby aspirin a day thins the mucus in your body and the sperm can get through it easier (or something like that). I don't know if it's true or not. But, she said that she & her sister both had problems with ttc, and once they started taking St. Josepsh's the got bfp. I took it for a while, I never got bfp, so I stopped. I'll ask my RE about it next time.
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Great info!! I didn't ask the question myself, but you answered MY questions as well
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Baby Aspirin? 
