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Anyone here been diagnosed with a Blighted Ovum? From what I'm reading, its when the baby stops developing usually because a chromosonal defect?

Lynn

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  • MAtoNCMAtoNC member

    I am very sorry for your loss.  

    I have not experienced a blighted ovum. My understanding is that it occurs when a fertilized egg implants in the uterus, but no embryo develops. My friend who had a blighted ovum said that her doctor told her that she had a gestational sac, but it was empty. :-( 

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  • ReeceFamilyReeceFamily member
    From what I have heard, blighted ovum is a vastly over-used term that is supposed to refer to a non-successful pregnancy that terminates in the first early weeks of pregnancy (like week 5), but is applied to far broader range of miscarriages. I had a m/c after I developed a gestational sac (it developed up through week 7) with no actual fetus.  My body kept acting like I was pregnant through week 11.  The doctor diagnosed it as Blighted Ovum, but after I researched it later, it didn't technically meet the criteria.  And yep, it is just a "normal" chromosomal miscombination, it doesn't necessarily indicate there is anything wrong with either partner. 
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