What Is A Chemical Pregnancy?
What Is A Chemical Pregnancy?
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| What Are Chemical Pregnancies?
What a chemical pregnancy is NOT, is a false pregnancy or a false positive result on a pregnancy test. A chemical pregnancy is a real pregnancy but one which ends very early. In fact it ends almost before it even really begins. The egg is fertilized as normal, and begins to implant in the womb ready for a spurt of growth. But for some reason it never completes the process of implantation. Instead it is washed out of the body with the next menstrual bleed. When this happens some women may notice a slightly heavier period than normal with small clots in the blood. It is estimated that 70 percent of pregnancies are chemical - and as they typically end before a period is due, most women are not aware they were even pregnant. However with the advent of home pregnancy tests - particularly the ultra sensitive ones which can predict a pregnancy 2 or 3 days before your period is due - awareness is growing. Although the first test may be positive, once the pregnancy has been lost, the next test will be negative. This has to be one of the downside to such testing. Emotionally it can be very upsetting to women who may feel a loss which they would never have been aware of in the past.
What Causes Them? Scientists are not really sure, but they think it may be Mother Nature's way of rejecting embryos with chromosome deficiencies. In other words, the embryo may not have been viable or capable of developing into a full-grown healthy baby. So It's A Fine Line? Related Questions Issues On Fertility And Trying For A Baby Questions on Pregnancy Complications • Need more information about pregnancy? See: Pregnancy Guide and Pregnancy Complications Back To Homepage: Womens Health Advice
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