https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:44:38 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-967621 Fri, 26 Jul 2013 16:13:27 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 967621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say early miscarriage but I think pregnancy loss really describes it well too -- as other bees have said it's really a loss of a future baby/hopes we had. </p> <p>I didn't even know what a chemical pregnancy was until it happened and I started reading up on HB. Although it's been as awful experience I'm really grateful to have found a compassionate community who can relate and stay positive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-967583 Fri, 26 Jul 2013 15:57:46 +0000 allison 967583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a chemical pregnancy and I call it that. Also, when I was pregnant and the docs would ask if I'd had any previous miscarriages, the first time I said, "well, I had a chemical pregnancy". That doc looked at me kind of funny and didn't write/type anything down. So after that, when I was asked, I just said "no".</p> <p>That CP was a surprise pregnancy, though, and I was able to get pregnant the first time we actually tried to, 2 months later. I'm sure if my circumstances were different, I'd feel differently about the situation and the terminology. For me, "chemical pregnancy" is fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-967572 Fri, 26 Jul 2013 15:50:49 +0000 Sunshine1810 967572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsmenow: I completely agree with you. I was reading over the doctor's note from my first visit with my RE and it referred to my miscarriage as a "spontaneous abortion" and it really disturbed me. I understand that's the medical term for it, but it bothered me.</p> <p>I call it a miscarriage as well. I agree and don't like the "chemical pregnancy" term either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-967509 Fri, 26 Jul 2013 15:23:11 +0000 2PeasinaPod 967509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I call it a miscarriage. I had a missed miscarriage where I lost the baby at 6 weeks and had a D&amp;C at 10 weeks. And then I had a chemical pregnancy...which I also consider a miscarriage. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-967505 Fri, 26 Jul 2013 15:17:21 +0000 Mrsbells 967505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I havent really had to use this term in real life conversation but I would say pregnancy loss </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-967346 Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:26:01 +0000 ShootingStar 967346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The "chemical" part just refers to the fact that it can only be detected at that point via chemical methods, not by ultrasound. But most people don't know that, so I just say an early miscarriage. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-967246 Fri, 26 Jul 2013 13:50:17 +0000 LovelyPlum 967246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@girlinred: I'm so glad to hear you say this, even though I hate that you are now in the club. A loss is a loss, period . Hugs, lady. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-966468 Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:55:44 +0000 girlinred 966468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I prefer to say an early miscarriage or lost pregnancy. Chemical pregnancy makes it sound like everything is all in your head and not real, but losing a pregnancy, whether there was a baby or not, is a real loss. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-944953 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 07:46:29 +0000 Ash 944953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: I had a blighted ovum too (I think)... and even though I grieved as if I lost a baby, I didn't. But I lost the idea that we were pregnant with a baby we would meet in 9 months... That's the part that killed me. I still say I miscarried... because I did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-944853 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 07:06:53 +0000 Mrsk 944853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: I really like how you put it, that you lost a pregnancy, I'm finding it hard to say we lost a baby, we didn't get to see it on an U/S or see a heart beat, I didn't feel a connection to a baby, and so it makes more sense to me that I lost a pregnancy....if that makes any sense, thanks, I feel as tho things make more sense in my head.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-944787 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 06:23:09 +0000 T.H.O.U. 944787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: Sorry. I think we all know how your feeling. I guess technically I had a blighted ovum. But its not something anyone really would know if I said when walking around. Its hard because I don't feel like we really lost a baby, there was no baby there like with a miscarriage. But I do feel like we lost the chance at a baby and we lost a pregnancy that we thought we were going to have. Just my personal experience and opinion but I know everyone deals with this a bit differently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-944773 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 06:10:00 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 944773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This thread really makes me sad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-944769 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 06:07:12 +0000 LovelyPlum 944769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say early miscarriage, or early loss. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-944651 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 01:00:32 +0000 Cherrybee 944651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't like the term chemical pregnancy either. It makes it sound like you weren't really pregnant, like a phantom pregnancy. I refer to mine as a miscarriage or an early loss. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-944578 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 23:48:50 +0000 Running Elley 944578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say miscarriage. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-944574 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 23:45:47 +0000 Mrs.Someone 944574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say miscarriage. I agree, not a fan of the term "chemical pregnancy", makes it sound insignificant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-944545 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 23:15:18 +0000 808love 944545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually say early m/c. But I don't even like that term because of the connotation of the prefix 'mis'- like there was some kind of fault involved. Pregnancy loss sounds a bit more accurate. From experience, there was deep grieving to be had. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-944439 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 22:14:59 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 944439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kentuckygirl: yes! Totally sensitive. Love that. Much better than "chemical" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-944429 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 22:11:34 +0000 mrsmenow 944429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate the term spontaneous abortion for a miscarriage:(</p> <p>I guess I don't really think there is anything negative related to either one of those terms though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-944380 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:52:30 +0000 Weagle 944380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I still consider it a miscarriage. When we talk about ours we say miscarriage. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-944377 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:51:22 +0000 kentuckygirl 944377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My IF therapist uses "pregnancy loss" for any &amp; all losses. I like that it includes the word loss. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-942421 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:24:44 +0000 HabesBabe 942421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think those terms describe it perfectly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-better-term-for-chemical-pregnancyearly-miscarriage#post-942411 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:22:47 +0000 T.H.O.U. 942411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really don't like the clinical term of "chemical pregnancy" but I do see how there is difference between that and a later miscarriage. I just can't think of what would be a better term. </p>