Pregnancy after blighted ovum

[Peachi82]

I am so anxious at the moment. I am 6 weeks pregnant again after being diagnosed with a blighted ovum in March this year (the consultant never said the words blighted ovum but there was no embryo at 10 weeks, just a sac).

I really struggle to look after myself and be happy about the new pregnancy. We were delighted to find out in February and the news that I didn't even carry a baby were absolutely devastating and I felt like a fraud as I had all the pregnancy symptoms and took time for myself to rest and eat well, etc..

I am pregnant again and I feel so tired and exhausted, but on the other hand I feel bad if I take some time out to rest as I think it will just happen again. Why should I take extra care when I don't even carry a baby. My mind is so skewed.

My support midwive has scheduled and early scan for me this week when I should come up to 7 weeks. So it's not much of a long wait now.

But my anxiety is so high.

I’m also pregnant after a blighted ovum at 10w. Mine was last year and I had a very long drawn out miscarriage.

I’m now 7 weeks and had a scan today which showed a beautiful little heartbeat.

Up until today I was so scared, nervous, anxious but it’s all melted away after my scan.

I’m still a bit anxious but feeling more positive than I was x

you are not a fraud - you were pregnant and then lost the pregnancy. It happens to one in four women. the blighted ovum thing is just a description of a type of miscarriage.

I also miscarried with a blighted ovum. After I lost that pregnancy, I got pregnant again and it went brilliantly (she is now 21 actually).

there is every chance that this pregnancy will go really well - and I wish you every good wish that it does. take it easy and don't let the medical phrase "blighted ovum" rob you of your previous experience of being pregnant.

Thanks, Ladies!
Yes, the miscarriage went on for very long, in the end I was offered medical management and this sorted it.
This is one of my worries, that I will have to be pregnant for so long again and not being able to look after my older child properly.

I know blighted ovum is just an expression, but it feels so weird that I wasn't even carrying a baby.

Everything looked well today. Still cautious, but relieved for the moment that there actually is an embryo.

It's a horrible wait. I too had the blighted ovum back in March. It went on fir weeks of re scans, just in case but it was an awful process when I just knew it wasn't working.
I am now pregnant again and went for an early scan. Too early I know as was only every just 6 weeks but I just needed to know there was a yolk sac.
This time there is a yolk sac but they dated me at under 6 weeks so still can't say if it's viable. I've now got a 2 week wait until I book another scan. I don't feel like I overly have symptoms so I'm just worried it could not be progressing. I'd just love to go for a scan and it to be good news.

Good luck to everyone

@Peachi82 you are certainly not a fraud. It's just a horrible feeling to have this happen to your body. There's still all the hormones etc. All we can do though is look after ourselves and make sure our bodies are getting the rest. This is the longest 2 week wait now. Trying to think of anything but this.