Anembryo pregnancy

[lynbrown]

Anyone heard of this? Where can i read about it? Tried Googling but no luck.

[B00]

I found this...

http://www.pregnancy-info.net/tv/3-5483-356775 /You_could_have_a_blighted_ovum_anembryo/

[lynbrown]

Thanks.

[Sqad]

Never heard of it, although the word "Anembryo" means without an embryo.

Are you referring to a phantom pregnancy, which is well know and well documented?

[lynbrown]

Thanks Sqad. I now know its called a blighted ovum. Its not a phantom, its a real pregnancy but there is no baby. Worth reading about. I thought I knew all about pregnancy but had never heard of this condition.

[Sqad]

lynn...thanks will do so.

[Sqad]

lyn....yeppp...been reading it up. It seems to be a type of miscarriage.

[aggiela]

Hi Lyn

Before I had my daughter I had four miscarriages and the last one was diagnosed as a Blighted ovum as I was scanned before I miscarried. Basically you concieve, the egg implants in the womb and a sac grows but there is no baby inside. I know that I never got past 7 weeks before bleeding began. My consultant contended that it was very common and although couldn't over any explanation believes that it acount for at least 50% of miscarriages.

So as squad says it does result in miscarriage but to the person living it, it is a very real confirmed and lost pregnancy.