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.
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I think those terms describe it perfectly.
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My IF therapist uses "pregnancy loss" for any & all losses. I like that it includes the word loss.
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I still consider it a miscarriage. When we talk about ours we say miscarriage.
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I hate the term spontaneous abortion for a miscarriage:(
I guess I don't really think there is anything negative related to either one of those terms though.
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@kentuckygirl: yes! Totally sensitive. Love that. Much better than "chemical"
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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.
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I say miscarriage. I agree, not a fan of the term "chemical pregnancy", makes it sound insignificant.
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I say miscarriage.
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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.
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I say early miscarriage, or early loss.
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This thread really makes me sad.
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@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.
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@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....
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@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.
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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.
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@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.
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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.
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I havent really had to use this term in real life conversation but I would say pregnancy loss
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I call it a miscarriage. I had a missed miscarriage where I lost the baby at 6 weeks and had a D&C at 10 weeks. And then I had a chemical pregnancy...which I also consider a miscarriage.
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@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.
I call it a miscarriage as well. I agree and don't like the "chemical pregnancy" term either.
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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".
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.
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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.
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.
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