What are the chances of getting pregnant with blighted ovum?
Patient: im married 2yr 8months ago.. i conceived in nov2010 but got natural abortion.. again i conceived in oct 2011 but unfortunately it is blighted ovum. doc gave me MT pil and misogol tablets i have discharge large mass of tissue.After 10 days she did MTP.. yesterday she did MTP. AND gave me feminol, polka-oz omee-d, etc .. tablets.. why blighted ovum happens? and when r the chances to get pregnant again? feminol is contraceptive pills but y doctor suggested that tablets as im eagrly waiting for next pregnancy? and how long we need to use this contraceptive pills? i want to get pregnant? please reply me Doctor: Hi ,How are you doing ?I understand your concern. Let me assure you that you will surely get pregnant & will deliver a healthy baby.You get a good baby only when a healthy sperm meets a healthy egg at the right time , at right place & sits at right place in uterus. Accidents like these do occur , but not always.In blighted ovum, either the egg or the sperm was not healthy. We always try to avoid pregnancy for 3 mths after any abortions, so that the underlying facts for the abortions disappears. Don't bother to find the cause, as many are not recurrent. So that's why your doc has advised Oral pills. Folic acid will reduce the chances of abortions. Do have the following tests to rule out few treatable causesHusband - Blood sugars - fasting & post-prandial                Semen analysis- preferably at any infertility centerWife - Blood sugars - fasting & post-prandial         Serum Prolactin & Thyroid profile         aPTT,          Lupus Anticoagulant ( LA)         Anticardiolipin antibobody ( ACA- IgG & IgM)All these can be causes but treatable .Hope I have clarified your queries, do write back if any more queriesAll the bestDr.Balakrishnan