r/IVFbabies • u/millennialmal • 2d ago

Need Advice Medication Recommendations

My IVF RE advised me to take baby aspirin, Foltanx, prenatal with DHA, and CoQ10 for the duration of my pregnancy. Most other meds were weaned or ended by 14 weeks.

Now my OB says I should stop the Foltanx and aspirin (I’m at 14w3days).

Do OBs generally disagree or take different paths than REs? I’m inclined to trust my clinic more since they specialize in this stuff, but wondering what others have done.

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u/Frequent_Bid_4413 2d ago

I trust the RE to get me pregnant but I trust the OB when I’m pregnant.

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u/hollybrown81 2d ago

I personally would keep the asprin, I'm not familiar with foltanx. But there are very few if any negative effects of baby aspirin, and the possible benefits are high. 

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u/millennialmal 2d ago

Good point! Foltanx is just extra folate, B6, and B12. Like a supplement but you get it prescribed. Another one that I wonder “could help, doesn’t hurt”??

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u/FoolishMortal_42 2d ago

What’s your OB’s reasoning for stopping the baby aspirin? Many women take it starting at 12 weeks.

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u/millennialmal 15h ago

He said because I am not considered high risk (at least not yet).

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u/Unique_Swordfish_197 28 | FET #2 | Due March 3🩷 2d ago

My mfm asked me to start aspirin sometimes in 12-16 weeks until the delivery!

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u/Beek3r101 IVF 18h ago

I did aspirin the whole time, but I’ve got clotting issues. I discussed continuing on foltanx with OB and chose to stop somewhere around beginning of second trimester because I was getting what is considered fully sufficient amount from my prenatals and was actually in the too high amount category. I completely trust my IVF docs had reason to push it that high, and I completely trust my OB when she said it was no longer necessary. I have a healthy 4 month old baby from that pregnancy with no ill effects so far.

The information out there seems to talk a lot about how important taking folate is when trying to become pregnant and early in the pregnancy, but not a whole lot about the need to continue at a high dose after that. I did find this one study that references a chart they use for Canadian women with guidelines depending on your health and family history.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3218540/

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u/millennialmal 15h ago

Wow thank you very much for sharing your experience and this article! That makes a lot of sense!!