- fetal pole

[Guest guest]

Hi : Good question you posted and you are very brave to ask it.

Please don't feel guilty. I agree with entirely. It is my

understanding that the term " blighted ovum " is really kind of

a " catch-all " term that may in fact be over-used and really describes

a number of situations. Those in which there is an attachment problem

and the ovum doesn't get enough oxygen and/or nutrients from the

placenta and those in which the placental development is fine but

there is a genetic " error " in the ovum itself that causes it to fail

or cease to develop.

If the placental development is good then the HCG numbers may very

well continue to rise despite lack of normal ovum development. This

is sometimes called " missed abortion " . A very good friend of mine

experienced this....was experiencing PG symtoms and getting bigger

and everything else and then, at 12 weeks they discovered that the

ovum had " died " at approximately 8 weeks and yet her betas had

continued to rise.

Please dont' worry, I am sure such was your case.....

Gwen