A blighted ovum is when someone is pregnant, gets all the symptoms and has a confirmation with blood or scan, and then the embryo never develops as the pregnancy progresses. So all the pregnancy stuff is there in the body but the embryo is not developing as it shoud be.
Blighted ovum is a miscarriage. This is when a pregnancy occurs but for some reason the fetus never develops, so all is seen on an ultrasound is an empty sack.
A blighted ovum is when a fertilized egg doesn't develop beyond the sixth week and is reabsorbed into the uterus. They are common and often found during routine testing.
Blighted ovums, often called missed pregnancies, occur when an egg is fertilized and attaches to the uterine wall, but no fetus develops. They are responsible for 50% of early miscarriages.
A blighted ovum is basically when an egg gets fertilized and implants in the uterus, but for whatever reason an embryo never starts to develop. It has all the signs of pregnancy, yet no actual baby growing in the womb.
