Did I have a blighted ovum or missed miscarriage?
A blighted ovum is a type of pregnancy loss which happens in very early pregnancy. Your midwife or doctor might also refer to it as an anembryonic pregnancy, but it is more likely they will call it a silent or missed miscarriage. After conception, the fertilised egg (ovum) implants in your uterus (womb), but for some reason a baby does not develop. It can happen to anyone. It usually happens accidentally, and most women go on to have a successful pregnancy next time. This pregnancy can not possibly turn into a blighted ovum as thy would be no baby there to see and you have seen yours. A missed miscarriage is a baby who has developed so far and at some stage has died in the womb. This happened to me in March I was 8 weeks pregnant. I was not aware as the placenta kept producing hormones. It is devastating I know what you are going through now as I am now 10 weeks pregnant and so terrified of losing this baby. I look on the internet check my symptons every day and it is really worrying l
