by Jzeec » Thu May 26, 2016 12:38 pm
I'm 42 years old and 12 weeks pregnant. I conceived after having unprotected sex one time with my partner of 21 years. Yes, ONE TIME! Both my partner and I have been vegans for 20 years and we take our B12 and D3 regularly. And now I'm pregnant I take other supplements as well. We eat mostly a whole food plant based diet. I have never been pregnant before. I don't drink alcohol, caffeine or smoke and am not overweight. I don't have any medical issues. So far I've had an easy pregnancy with no morning sickness.
My midwife who has yet to meet me or know anything about my medical history other than that this is my first pregnancy and my age, suggested on the phone that I should start taking baby aspirin everyday to help implantation of my placenta. I did a little research online and found that other women who were prescribed this had previous miscarriages, blood clotting disorders, diabetes, high blood pressure or are obese. I on the other hand am super healthy, probably not going to get gestational diabetes (they say this happens with older moms) because I hardly eat any sugars or refined carbs and have had a super easy time conceiving and carrying this pregnancy so far. I have not put aspirin in my body for over 10 years and am not about to start now without any risk factors other than my age. I also feel like other older moms have more complications because most people on a SAD diet have lots of health problems in their middle age. Anyway, I have not heard of healthy younger women being prescribed aspirin for their pregnancy, so I don't know why I should be.
Am I being unreasonable? Should I just do as she says even though she is only prescribing aspirin based on my age and no other information?
Thanks in advance for any help with this!