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	Trying to conceive: Blighted ovum
		Blighted ovum refers to an "anembryonic gestation" - a pregnancy that begins to grow in the absence of an embryo.
		A blighted ovum usually occurs within the first trimester before a woman knows she is pregnant.
		Blighted ovum is thought to be due to a chromosomal abnormality.
	www.babyart.org /trying-to-conceive/blighted-ovum.html (964 words)

	What is a blighted ovum? at StorkNet's Pregnancy Complications Center
		Blighted ovum refers to a pregnancy in which the embryo did not develop or failed earlier than six-and-a-half weeks.
		Occasionally blighted ovum are caused by a problem with the egg or sperm, so that too much genetic information from either the egg or the sperm is present in the pregnancy.
		The chance of a blighted ovum recurring are best assessed by your age since, the older you are, the higher the chance of a chromosomal abnormality.
	www.storknet.com /complications/salafia/ovum.htm (213 words)

	Blighted Ovum - Symptoms & Treatment
		The exact reason for a blighted ovum is not known but it is generally considered to be caused by fertilization of a normal ovum by an abnormal sperm.
		Blighted ovum can be diagnosed as early as the 6th week by ultrasonic scan because the early developing fetus will not be visible.
		If the theories about a blighted ovum are correct, then once it has been diagnosed, the father should be examined and any abnormality in his seminal analysis corrected.
	www.women-health-guide.com /blighted-ovum.htm (560 words)

	Q & A: Blighted Ovum
		A blighted ovum is a fertilized egg that has ceased development at a very early stage.
		A blighted ovum is an example of a spontaneous abortion.
		Although small studies suggest that enzyme deficiencies in placental tissues [2], or abnormal expression of genes on particular chromosomes may be responsible for some cases of blighted-ovum abortion [3] the causes of a blighted ovum are likely to be similar to the causes of spontaneous abortion in general.
	www.obfocus.com /questions/qanda6.htm (228 words)

	MISCARRIAGE ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		If you are diagnosed as having blighted ovum, this means that your doctor saw the tissue which would have formed the afterbirth in your womb and the pregnancy fluid but no embryo.
		Blighted ovum is typically detected between 8 and 11 weeks into your pregnancy.
		It is quite all right to grieve about a blighted ovum pregnancy as much as the loss of a baby in any other miscarriage and you will need time to come to terms with it.
	www.coombe.ie /mai/factsheets/fact3.html (270 words)

	Understanding the Diagnosis of 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.
		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.
	blightedovum.kokopuff.net /blightedovum.html (1596 words)

	Blighted Ovum - Pregnancy Encyclopedia
		A Blighted Ovum, or anembryonic pregnancy, is a pregnancy that stops developing very early on.
		Blighted Ovum is the cause of about 50% of first trimester miscarriages and is usually the result of chromosomal problems.
		A blighted ovum is often a one time occurrence and rarely will a women experience more than one.
	www.i-am-pregnant.com /encyclopedia/B/Blighted-Ovum (822 words)

	Pregnancy Loss and Miscarriage: Blighted Ovum
		Also known as an embryonic pregnancy, a blighted ovum refers to the failure of the fetus to develop despite the fact that normal conception, implantation and growth of the placenta having taken place.
		Unforutnately, the exact cause of a blighted ovum is unknown.
		Symptoms of a blighted ovum pregnancy include spotting, cramps, vaginal bleeding as your hCG levels begin to fall, and/or failure to detect a fetal heartbeat by the 12th week of pregnancy.
	sharedjourney.com /articles/blightedovum.html (767 words)

	The Misdiagnosed Miscarriage Site
		General concensus seems to indicate that a blighted ovum is due to a chromosomal abnormality possibly related to trisomies 16 and 22***.
		Some research seems to indicate that a blighted ovum may be more common in older mothers and is usually a problem with the egg rather the sperm.
		We've seen women who were diagnosed with a blighted ovum who only had to wait a week or two before miscarrying or finding their babies and others who needed to wait three or more weeks.
	www.misdiagnosedmiscarriage.com /blightedovum.html (1486 words)

	Blighted ovum definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
		Blighted ovum: A fertilized ovum (egg) that did not develop or whose development ceased at an early stage, before 6 or 7 weeks of gestation.
		On the ultrasound examination of a blighted ovum, only the gestational sac that normally surrounds the embryo can be seen.
		A blighted ovum is a form of early spontaneous abortion (miscarriage).
	www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=30956 (164 words)

	Blighted Ovum
		A blighted ovum is considered to be a form of spontaneous miscarriage and is characterized through ultrasound by the absence of an embryo (anembryonic pregnancy).
		Blighted ovum, like other first trimester miscarriages, are associated with a high incidence of chromosomal abnormalities.
		In blighted ova pregnancy, specific proteins, such as alpha feta protein and pregnancy-specific protein beta 1 glycoprotein are not produced in normal quantities.
	parenting.ivillage.com /pregnancy/pmiscarriage/0,,47rq,00.html?... (163 words)

	Discovery Health :: Diseases & Conditions :: blighted ovum
		A blighted ovum refers to a miscarriage that occurs in the first few weeks of pregnancy.
		A blighted ovum usually occurs before a woman even knows she is pregnant.
		A blighted ovum often causes no symptoms at all.
	health.discovery.com /encyclopedias/illnesses.html?article=1980 (373 words)

	Ovum - Josh Wink Profound Sounds Vol. 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Ovum is an award winning creative studio focused on interactive Outside of Ovum, Jason paints, produces music and produces a local arts magazine.
		The term ovule is used for the ovum of seed plants and for the young ovum of an animal.
		Blighted ovum refers to a pregnancy in which the embryo did not develop or The vast majority of blighted ovum are caused by wrong chromosome number in
	surfform.com /?q=ovum (445 words)

	PregnancyCrawler - Here’s why your pregnancy test may be wrong
		Blighted ovum refers to an “anembryonic gestation” — a pregnancy that begins to grow in the absence of an embryo.
		The ultrasound picture of a blighted ovum appears as an empty gestational sac — a round area within the uterus that is filled with clear fluid and nothing else.
		Blighted ovum is usually unique to a particular pregnancy.
	www.pregnancycrawler.com /modules.php?name=Headlines&file=article&sid=261 (850 words)

	What is a blighted ovum? - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		The doctor said it was due to a blighted ovum.
		A blighted ovum is an abnormal pregnancy in which the embryo degenerates or is absent.
		The risk of a blighted ovum increases with maternal and paternal age and is significant over the age of 40 years.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /magazines/AllWoman/html/20060219T200000-0500_99093_OBS_WHAT_IS_A_BLIGHTED_OVUM_.asp (400 words)

	Blighted Ovum - what is it?
		A friend of mine recently told me that she had a miscarriage due to a blighted ovum.
		The term blighted ovum has come to be synonymous with miscarriage, but generally it refers to the absence of fetal tissue detected in the pathology exam of any specimen following a miscarriage.
		While in the past many women miscarried blighted ovum pregnancies without knowing what had happened, today, technologies such as ultrasound can examine exactly what is going on inside the womb so the diagnosis is becoming more common.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/pregnancy_after_miscarriage/72914 (504 words)

	Blighted ovum
		A blighted ovum is a common type of miscarriage.
		I was at 13 weeks and started to spot then bleed, had a blighted ovum and now i am wondering how long is normal to bleed after somthing like this.
		I discovered that I had a blighted ovum on Jan. 12 and had my d&c on the 13th because I couldn't amagine waiting for it to pass.
	www.babycenter.com /refcap/pregnancy/pregcomplications/1355753.html (1037 words)

	Possible blighted ovum
		I have had a blighted ovum and they did not determine this until I was 8 weeks.
		My second pregnancy was a blighted ovum which required a d&c, it did not feel like a proper pregnancy to me I must admit as I had no sypmtoms at all.
		Dr. advised possible blighted ovum or just bleeding from cervix or plug which he said can happen and his wife experienced the same during her pregnancy.
	www.medhelp.org /forums/Maternal/messages/33323.html (2208 words)

	Re: blighted ovum, no signs of miscarriage
		I myself have had 2 miscarrages in the past, 1 blighted ovum, and 1 with fetus.
		The thing you need to keep reminding yourself about blighted ovums is there was never a baby.
		With a blighted ovum the egg and sperm join and they produce the gestational sac, yoke sac, and fluid, however the chromosones needed to produce the baby are not there so the fetus is never even made.
	www.drspock.com /discussion/message/0,1812,94876,00.html (280 words)

	Pregnancy Information: Miscarriage
		Molar pregnancies, in which the fetus develops abnormally, or in which the placenta or amniotic membranes don’t form, are a common type of chromosomal abnormality.
		A blighted ovum is created when a pregnancy sac develops in your uterus but contains no fetus.
		Blighted ovum pregnancies are usually detected during an ultrasound, although they can sometimes go unnoticed.
	www.epigee.org /pregnancy/miscarriage.html (858 words)

	Preconception.com: Understanding Pregnancy Loss: Blighted Ovum and Chemical Pregnancy
		Linda Sherwood of Lake City, Mich., didn't hear the term "blighted ovum" until she was 29 years old and well into her third failed pregnancy.
		A blighted ovum is the cause of about 50 percent of first trimester miscarriages, says Dr. Denise Martinez, an obstetrician who specializes in high-risk pregnancies.
		A blighted ovum can be the result of chromosomal problems, Martinez says.
	www.preconception.com /resources/articles/understandingloss.htm (530 words)

	I Dream of Baby message boards - Twin Pregnancy - One is a blighted ovum
		And the other sac was in the endometrial cannal and was basically "empty", a blighted ovum.
		The doctor said that I might pass the blighted ovum or that it may be absorbed.
		So I was infact pregnant with twins, one being a "blighted ovum" and one being a pregnancy that wasn't viable.
	www.idreamofbaby.com /forum/showthread.php?s=5706b935d848455673de20a8341a2246&threadid=32744 (746 words)

	Blighted Ovum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		It can be very disturbing to be told your baby was a blighted ovum.
		A blighted ovum is normally found between 8 and 11 weeks when you have your first scan.
		The Miscarriage Association also produces a leaflet on a blighted ovum.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /c.mccloskey/miscarriage/bovum.html (105 words)

	What is a blighted Ovum: iVillage
		Studies have been made, as always in an effort to determine causes, which show that in about 60% of cases the ovum is defective and has failed to develop, or the foetus is malformed.
		As the defect affects all parts of the ovum, implantation into the wall of the womb is inadequate and foetal development is impaired.
		This condition is then termed a ‘blighted ovum’, and it is clearly visible through ultrasound examination.
	www.ivillage.co.uk /pregnancyandbaby/pregnancy/complicatepreg/qas/0,,15_161231,00.html (127 words)

	Transvaginal Ultrasound Blighted Ovum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		concerned of miscarriage, blighted ovum, or ectopic pregnancy, the...
		dilatation and curettage for diagnosis Blighted Ovum (Embryonic Resorption) Gestational Sac and...
		Gestation An anembryonic gestation (''aka'' blighted ovum) is a pregnancy in which a visible embryo...
	www.ultrasoundcentral.com /Ultrasound5/transvaginalultrasoundblightedovum (611 words)

	Blighted Ovum (Anembryonic Gestation)
		I had to have a DandC because at a term of eight weeks, I started spotting, and my OB found through vaginal ultrasound that I had "anembryonic gestation" -- a conception implanted with no growing fetus.
		The doctor said this is sometimes called "blighted ovum." The gestational sac was intact and growing at the rate it would have been if there were a fetus.
		Over 60 percent of all first-trimester pregnancy losses are due to chromosomal abnormalities unique to that pregnancy -- meaning that these are one-time events that do not raise the risk of similar future problems.
	www.ivillagehealth.com /experts/fertility/qas/0,11816,166302_175974,00.html (509 words)

	Medcyclopaedia - Blighted ovum
		or anembryonic gestation, refers to an ovum which has implanted but in which no embryo has developed.
		A blighted ovum is destined for failure, and will not lead to successful pregnancy.
		Blighted ova are common in first trimester abortions, and often demonstrate chromosomal anomalies.
	www.medcyclopaedia.com /library/topics/volume_iv_2/b/blighted_ovum.aspx (227 words)

	Blighted Ovum
		The sonogram/ultrasound was conducted and they advised me that they could not detect a heartbeat and that it was a blighted ovum.
		I found out I had a blighted ovum in September and ended up miscarrying on my own at 10 weeks without a D&C. If it is truly a blighted ovum, the ultrasound should show just a gestational sac with no yolk sac, and obviously no heartbeat.
		I was up to 12 weeks pregnant, but had been diagnosed with a blighted ovum at 7 weeks.
	www.medhelp.org /forums/Maternal/messages/35468.html (1890 words)

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