Some data from studies indicate that low dose aspirin (LDA) may favorably affect conception, implantation, miscarriage, premature birth and other complications of pregnancy.

Aspirin has been shown to have several beneficial effects in humans including its effect on blood platelet aggregation (blood clot formation) and decreasing inflammation. Because of aspirin’s ability to decrease the formation of clots, blood may flow better. As such, aspirin may be helpful in many pregnancy outcomes through its effect on blood flow and reducing clots. Better blood flow at the time of conception and implantation may lead to improved pregnancy outcomes. A medication that improves blood flow to reproductive organs (uterus and ovaries) and throughout the body and may have a role in improving pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes. We want to test whether these known effects of low-dose aspirin may aid women in becoming pregnant and delivering a full-term baby.

There have been some studies of aspirin use and pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes. Available data suggest that low dose aspirin (LDA) may have the potential to favorably impact several aspects of reproduction including:
Conception (getting pregnant)
Implantation of the fertilized egg into the uterus
Miscarriage
Late fetal death (stillbirth)
Preeclampsia (a condition during pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure, swelling in the legs and protein in the urine)
Small for gestational age fetus (SGA; weight of the baby at a given number of weeks of pregnancy)
Placental insufficiency (a complication of pregnancy in which the structures that help bring oxygen and nutrients to an unborn baby develop abnormally affecting the growth of the baby)
Preterm birth (before 37 weeks of pregnancy)
 
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