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One important thing to remember is that miscarriage is no one's fault. It doesn't matter if you didn't take the folic acid that was suggested, maybe you drank before you knew you were pregnant, or ate sushi--it is so very unklikely that you could have done anything that would have changed what happened. Babies are born to drug addicted parents, or those who neglect themselves all the time. NEVER BLAME YOURSELF! It is a sad and unfair fact of life that miscarriges happen. It does not mean you will not go on to have a healthy and happy child.

It's so hard to feel like there are no concrete answers leading to "why" this has happened--and so we reach out to try to determine this. However, even the statistics don't tell us "why". For instance, those who smoke may have a slightly higher rate of loss...yet so many who do not smoke and have no increased factors for loss also lose babies. All we can do is pickup from the here and now, and do what we can to find success in the future. We cannot blame ourselves for the past. There is enough grief without assigning blame.

Blame serves no positive purpose.

What is a Blighted Ovum?

A blighted ovum, also called an "anembryonic pregnancy", is a fertilized egg which implants in the uterus, and begins to devlop a gestational sac. The fertilized egg, however, fails to form beyond the sixth week and is absorbed back into the uterus.

The placenta continues to grow, and the body is usually slow to catch on that the pregnancy is gone. There may be no bleeding to signal a problem; later, the woman may notice a brown discharge. Sometimes a woman will have a loss without ever knowing she was pregnant. Others will discover the pregnancy and all will appear well throughout much if not all of the first trimester. She may not realize she has a blighted ovum until her healthcare provider fails to detect a heartbeat or an ultrasound reveals an empty gestational sac. Since the placental tissue generates the making of pregnancy hormones, many women with a blighted ovum "feel pregnant" but are destined to lose the pregnancy.

In past decades, many women miscarried blighted ovum pregnancies without knowing what had happened. Today, however, technology has improved to the point that an ultrasound can examine exactly what is going on inside the womb. Due to this technology, the diagnosis of a Blighted Ovum is becoming more common. In the case of a blighted ovum the results would exclude the yolk and fetal pole that would normally be found.
 

Our Support Group is active, and full of kind and caring women that truly want to help. Many individuals have suffered multiple losses. We offer concentrated support for those who have suffered from a blighted ovum, but anyone who has suffered a loss--or knows of someone who has--is welcome to join.

We have very few rules, simply that those who post be respectful of others. We have a variety of categories that include:
Pregnancy Loss Support
Pregnancy after a Loss
Family
General Chat

To view the ongoing discussions, you must be a member and Join us. However, many people just read the ongoing discussions, and that is completely welcome. We want to offer support, and that can come in any form that works for each individual.
 

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