Aspirin Increases Egg Counts!?

Aspirin & Infertility

Damn, last month after we did our IUI I took prophylatctic baby aspirin (81mg a day) just in case I did get pregnant. Right after that my AF came and I went to Dr. S to have my antral follicle count done on CD5. I had SIXTEEN antrals: 9 on the left, 7 on the right. Dr. S said that was "high normal" for my age. I was intrigued, and elated. But then just last night I found this article and read the following:

Some IVF patients are treated with aspirin and heparin or immunoglobulin to prevent pregnancy loss. Aspirin and heparin therapy is used for some women who have had repeated spontaneous abortions, even without APA problems. Doctors at the CER Medical Institute in Buenos Aires compared 149 women undergoing IVF treatment and who took 100 milligrams of aspirin daily with 149 also undergoing IVF, but who did not take aspirin. Study results showed that 45 percent of the women who took aspirin became pregnant compared with 28 percent of the women not taking aspirin. The study also showed aspirin appeared to contribute to increased egg production. Researchers retrieved an average of 16.2 eggs from the women taking aspirin compared with an average of 8.6 eggs from women not taking aspirin.

So I should have stayed ON the baby aspirin throughout my cycle to ensure a higher egg count. Drats. Why did I just find this right now? Why isn't this advertised EVERYWHERE? I probably should have stayed on the DHEA, too, but I was fearful that it was the reason my E2 levels doubled last month.

Sigh.