What is known as a blighted ovum?
A blighted ovum is known as an implanted egg that embeds itself in the uterus but doesn’t convert into an embryo. The embryonic sac and placenta form, but stays empty. There’s no developing baby. It’s also known as anembryonic pregnancy or anembryonic gestation. Even though there is no fetus, the placenta still produces hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin). This is a hormone that supports a pregnancy. Urine and blood reproduction analyses look for hCG, therefore blighted ovum can exhibit a positive pregnancy even though the pregnancy is not proceeding. One may also experience symptoms such as nausea, sore breast, vomiting, etc. A blighted ovum finally leads to a natural miscarriage and It’s not capable to develop into a viable pregnancy.
