How different is Molar Pregnancy from a Normal Pregnancy?
In a normal pregnancy, the fertilized ovum receives the same number of chromosomes (in total 23 pairs) from the father and mother. But, in a complete molar pregnancy, the fertilized ovum does not receive any chromosome from the maternal side and the 23 chromosomes that it receives from the paternal side get duplicated. As a result, it ends up having two copies of paternal chromosomes with no embryo, placental tissue or amniotic sac. The placenta assumes the shape of cluster of grapes. In a partial molar pregnancy, the fertilized ovum receives the normal 23 chromosomes from the mother’s side, but instead of receiving another 23 chromosomes from the father’s side, it receives 46 chromosomes. As a result, it gets total 69 chromosomes instead of normal 46 chromosomes from the mother and the father. Molar Pregnancy Symptoms Molar pregnancy is generally common in women who are over 40 years of age. Nearly one in every thousand women to one in fifteen hundred can have molar pregnancy. Some ge
