Two blighted ovums

[Jmommy]

Hi ladies,
I’ve been diagnosed today with my second blighted ovum, being what I thought was about 7 weeks pg. I had a BO also soon two years ago, but luckily also my DS in between, who I’m more grateful for today than probably ever before.

I’m surprisingly ok with the fact that my pregnancy turned out to be non viable as such. I’m a bit sad at the thought that there was a little embie, a little life really, that didn’t make it. And also sad that my DH says he’s sad. But this BFP was a total surprise and hadn’t really felt ready for another pregnancy yet with DS only 11 months.

I do worry now that having two blighted ovums indicates my eggs are crap, and I worry about my prospects of having a successful pregnancy again. I turn 38 before this baby would have been due, so time is running...

Anyone got any experience having several blighted ovums? Have u got any comments from your doctor regarding whether this may mean bigger issues?

Hello, following this, i don't really have any answers but i had a blighted ovum (mmc detected at a early 10week scan) but didn't think it had any correlation to egg quality and was not told anything like that at the early pregnancy unit? Praying it's a one off!

I'm so sorry for your loss. I had my first and only miscarriage 13 days ago due to the same problem. As I understand it, a blighted ovum can be caused by many things, and is not necessarily anything to do with egg quality - it could be the sperm or just bad luck as it were. The doctor I saw described mine as an "anembryonic" pregnancy, which means exactly the same thing as a blighted ovum. I read something about how some medical practitioners are now being trained to use the term anembryonic as it sounds less scary.. The term "blighted ovum" isn't nice, and makes it sound as though the problem was with the egg, which may not be the case.

I hope you recover well. It's such a horrible thing to go through.

Thanks! I’m not bleeding or cramping at all so far...I really wonder how long it takes before it starts. Will have a second scan still in a weeks time, supposedly to make sure it isn’t viable. But come on, totally empty sac at 7+ weeks is pretty sure thing already...Anyway, maybe get medication then.

I hope it goes as well as possible for you - I didn't initially realise I still had to have the actual miscarriage once I was told the sac was empty! If you're interested, I've written my experience here - it's super long but I found it therapeutic to type it all out! (Summary: started bleeding at 9+4, scan at 9+6 to discover pregnancy was anembryonic, miscarried naturally at 10+1 weeks so didn't need second scan, bled for 10 days after miscarriage) I thought I was past the physical side now, 13 days after the miscarriage, but I must be having some big hormonal fluctuations as I've been very emotional and have had some stonking headaches! Just to warn you, that might happen.

Look after yourself, and I hope you are able to have a good chat about your options at your second scan.

@ovener Thank you so much for sharing your story, and sorry you’ve also been through this! It’s been also good to realize that a lot of people don’t even seem to know they have blighted ovum until 9-10 weeks into pregnancy, or even more. I should be now 8 weeks and still no sign of miscarriage starting. Breast soreness has gone completely, but even hpt was still strong positive yesterday. Sigh. Isn’t it weird to be kind of pregnant and wish to see blood every time u go to the loo...I don’t like being in this limbo where miscarriage can start with heavy bleed any moment. Also still a week until my second scan. Keeping hope up that it’ll happen naturally before that.

That limbo stage is so stressful! I know exactly what you mean about the weirdness where you actually want to start bleeding. I just wanted it over with once I knew, like you. The other weird thing is taking pregnancy tests after the miscarriage and hoping for a negative. I got my negative two weeks after the miscarriage, so that's a good sign. Now waiting for my period before we try again. This whole experience has been so draining - I hope neither of us goes through it again.

Hi jmommy Thankyou for sharing your story. I had a surgical miscarriage yesterday due to a belighted ovum. I would have been 9+1 weeks. This was my first time of experiencing this but I was told it was caused by nothing more than chromosomes just not matching up and is the most common cause of early miscarriages. I only found Out I had a BO due to having some bleeding at 4 weeks, so booked an early scan around 6 weeks. However at the scan The gestational sac was measuring at 4 weeks still and with no embryo so was closely monitored with scans and blood tests at the hospital over the upcoming weeks until the decision was made Monday that this was a non viable pregnancy. I therefore had surgery yesterday as I was not miscarrying naturally. I feel okay that I can now try again and that this happened while no little life was present. I’m glad we can all share our experiences to help one another so Thankyou! I wish you all the best. X

Had my second scan and unsurprisingly still just the empty sac. They gave me two cytotec pills, very light spotting has begun. Honestly can’t wait to have this over with now. Since my first scan I’ve had increasing problems with tiredness, trouble sleeping and loss of appetite, which likely are pregnancy symptoms. How lovely to have those with a blighted ovum! But now it’s over soon and can look forward to potentially trying again...after a little break I think!

@Jmommy hi, sorry im a bit late on this thread. I am currently in the situation you were in 12 months ago. Its my 2nd BO in 2 years. Just wondering if you conceived again? If so how did it go? X

@Emmav2020 Hello! Yes, I did conceive again successfully and am currently 27 weeks. So, at least in my case two blighted ovums did not mean much. Hope same will happen to you

@Jmommy omg thats brill news. So happy for you. Did you take any supplements? Xx

@Emmav2020 yea, took coq10 for a few months before conceiving - who knows if that made a difference or not!