D&C and Abortion are two totally different things! What you did was NOT abortion! There was no hope, or else the Dr. wouldn't have suggested it! Please don't beat yourself up over this! You had to do the D&C for your own health and the future health of your babies :)
According to my doctor my HCG levels put me at 14 weeks, but the u/s measured the sac at 8 weeks. I understand the blighted ovum and the doctor told me it was a fluke thing and it doesn't mean it will happen next time. Just there was a chromosome mix-up. I wanted to wait because my HCG levels were still increasing, but not at the rate they were supposed to. My doctor wanted to go ahead and have the D&C done. I just have regrets about it...and the "what ifs". Thanks for the responses. I appreciate it.
Hi sorry to hear of what happened. I think from wat ur saying there was no real choice. The baby wasnt growing did he say there was no heart beat or anything? Im not sure what a blighted ovum is but maybe it was dangerous for you? I know D&c is used in abortions but Ive read ladies on here who have had it because of natural miscarriage etc. Dont beat urself up about it, some things happen for a reason, and like I said it seems u had no choice. Before trying again try and ask your dr about what the chances are of this happening again etc, maybe its a slim chance.
Hopefully ul get some better answers soon but please dont blame urself, u didnt do this diliberately it couldnt be helped. (HUGS)
If you had a blighted ovum, the embryo did not develop. A blighted ovum is when cells develop to form the pregnancy sac, but not the embryo itself.
Doctors often recommend a D&C after blighted ovum is confirmed, to clean out the remaining tissue. Another option is to let the body pass the tissues naturally, but there is concern about retained tissue causing infections.
What makes something an abortion is the presence or absence of a viable embryo. If it was a definite diagnosis of blighted ovum, confirmed by hCG numbers and ultrasounds, your D&C was not an abortion because you had no embryo.