Aspirin is frequently consumed during pregnancy, often without prescription or awareness by patients and doctors.
Clinicians should screen for unreported aspirin use in pregnancy; this leaves open questions on fetal risks and education needs.
Aspirin, acetylsalicylic acid, is the most frequently consumed drug in pregnancy, taken mostly without a prescription because of headache or a minor ailment. Numerous preparations containing acetylsalicylic acid are freely available over the counter under a variety of proprietary names, and in many cases pregnant women and their doctors may be unaware that aspirin is being taken.
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Bremer et al. (1992) studied this question.