Aspirin May Boost Female Fertility

Aspirin may boost fertility in women, according to a new study.

New research reveals that aspirin could help want-to-be mothers conceive. However, aspirin may not lower the risk of miscarriage.

According to the National Institutes of Health, many doctors prescribe low doses of aspirin to women who've experienced a miscarriage or stillbirth and want to get pregnant. However, aspirin's effectiveness on preventing miscarriages has not been confirmed.

The latest study involved more than 1,000 women with a history of pregnancy loss. Participants were given either a low dose of aspirin or placebo everyday for six months while they tried to get pregnant.

The findings revealed that the aspirin group and the placebo group did not differ in terms of pregnancy loss rates. However, the study showed that women who had experienced a single, recent pregnancy loss had an increased rate of pregnancy and live birth while taking daily aspirin. Participants in this group were defined as women who had lost a baby before four and a half months gestation within the past year. Researchers said that 78 percent of women in this group and 66 percent of women in the placebo group successfully conceived during the study.

The study also showed that 62 percent of the women who had a single recent pregnancy loss and were taking aspirin had a live birth compared to 53 percent of participants in the placebo group.

"Preconception-initiated low-dose aspirin was not significantly associated with live birth or pregnancy loss in women with one to two previous losses. However, higher live birth rates were seen in women with a single documented loss at less than 20 weeks' gestation during the previous year. Low-dose aspirin is not recommended for the prevention of pregnancy loss," researchers concluded.

Researchers believe aspirin boosts fertility by increasing blood flow to the womb, according to the Daily Mail.

The findings are published in the journal The Lancet.