Update: Blighted Ovum

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Update: Blighted Ovum

Here is the update. I went back to the Drs and he told me that my hcg levels went from in the 28,000'sto the 23,000's from Monday to Wednesday. So the Dr. confirmed that this was a miscarriage. He said that at 28,000 when he did the first ultrasound he would expect to see a heartbeat. He did another ultrasound just to make me feel more comfortable with his diagnosis and once again, there was just an empty sac. He said this is called a blighted ovum or now commonly called a early pregnancy failure. That is can cause you to have all of the symptoms of a regular pregnancy and your hcg levels will rise and then taper off before falling. When they start falling then usually the miscarriage process will begin which is what my body will most likely go through in the next couple of days. However, I went ahead and scheduled the D&C because I don't want to wait for that. Knowing that my baby didn't even being to form and grow at all is hard enough. I have waited 11 weeks and just want to be able to move on. If anyone is curious about a blighted ovum this is the site I found that best describes what happened to me. http://www.babycenter.com/0_blighted-ovum-early-pregnancy-failure_1355753.bc?articleId=1355753&page=1
Thanks everyone for all your support!