Low dose Aspirin and Folic Acid

[ROSSLOUN]

Hi everyone, looking for some advice!

i'm ttc just now...currently im my fertile period just now. I had a m/c at 6 weeks gone back in December then a chemical pg at the end of Feb.. My doc has not been very helpful and has advised he will refer me to a gyn specialist but this may take weeks/months (still waiting for appointment).

Now that i'm ttc again I have read a lot about baby aspirin and prenatals.

I have taken the matter into my own hands and am now taking 75mg aspirin, a pre natal vitamin and Vitamin B complex (includes vit B6, B12 and fol acid). I have been taking these daily for the last month.

Anyone got any advice/ experiences. I thought the baby aspirin can't hurt (ive heard it may help with successful implantation) and it can only be a good thing taking extra folic acid/ vitamin B6 and B12?

How much is too much?

appreciate any views on this x

thanks, Lou x

 

[jennyellen13]

hey firstly sorry about your losses. iv had a loss and been told to take aspirin throughout my pregnancy but i took it the month i fell pregnant, not sure if it helped or not but its such a low dose it cant hurt, and wouldnt cause a mc because of the low dose. im not sure about the vitamins, pre natals can only be a good thing but not sure about the others. Hope you catch that eggy this month xx

 

[jezzle]

Hi Lou,
My experience seems to be very similar to yours (Miscarriage Nov 09 at 5 weeks, Chemical Feb 10) - and we seem to have taken the same approach! I'm taking baby aspirin, pregnacare and vit b complex (think 100mg ones but not sure) and have just found out I'm pregnant again, so it's very early days and I don't know if they helped but they certainly didn't hurt. I did loads of research on taking the above and couldn't find anything bad about taking them. I'm sorry for your losses and fingers crossed you will have good news soon. PM me if you want.

Jess x

 

[ROSSLOUN]

Hi Jess,

thanks very much for your reply! Yeah i'm going to keep taking what i'm taking and see how it goes, hopefully get a bfp soon!

Hope everything goes well for you xx

 

[ronshi]

I'm 5 weeks along and was told by ObGyn to take baby aspirin for the first trimestre to avoid clots on the placenta which may cause miscarriage (have a history of them). I've heard it also helps implantation. Good luck!

 

[Claire788]

same, I saw a private Gyne who told me to take aspirin too, after 2mc's had a sucessfull delivery!

 

[ROSSLOUN]

thanks for the info ladies. I'm just going to continue with what i'm taking, i've read
a lot about the baby aspirin so think its worth a shot!

When i remember back to the m/c in Dec i had a few early scans when i had been bleeding and the nurse said she could see a few clots/pockets of blood in my uterus which was causing the bleeding, shortly after that i miscarried.

I have never been tested for blood clotting disorders (awaiting my appointment with a specialist gyn to run tests). But because of the things the nurse said back then i believe that this may be an issue so the baby aspirin can only help can't it?

anyway thanks for the advice and fx'd for a bfp this month!!

Ps. just got a VERY positive opk this afternoon so we'll be busy the next few days! he he xx