The method of surgically managing a miscarriage is called a SMM. You will then be admitted to hospital to have a short operation. You may have had very heavy bleeding, and have been worried about miscarryingĪn ultrasound scan and hormone blood tests will be performed to confirm the diagnosis of a mole.There may have been some vaginal bleeding, which can contain tiny watery sacs.You may have been feeling very nauseous or troubled by severe vomiting.However, in a mole, the level of pregnancy hormones released tends to be much higher. This is because the hormones released from the trophoblast cells of the molar pregnancy are the same type that is produced during a normal pregnancy. You may have experienced symptoms which you will have attributed to pregnancy. Even so, you may still feel a sense if loss for what would have been your baby. In most cases there never was an embryo or it died at a very early stage, and even in a partial mole it will not develop. It is very important that you understand that this process is not a termination of pregnancy (an abortion). This is extremely rare and needs to be treated and followed up very carefully, as it is a form of cancer. Very occasionally the molar tissue persists or spreads to other parts of the body, forming a choriocarcinoma.
There are 2 different types of molar pregnancy: complete or partial hydatidiform mole. It is a rare condition, occurring in about 1 in 600 pregnancies. It happens because there is a problem with the mixing of genetic material from the sperm and egg when they join together at fertilisation. This means a normal pregnancy cannot develop. The cells that normally become the placenta grow too quickly and fill the womb where the embryo would normally develop. What follow up is required and why is this necessary?Ĭontact details and further sources of information and adviceĪ hydatidiform mole, or molar pregnancy, is a medical term which means fluid filled mass of cells. This information leaflet aims to answer some of your questions. You will have lots of questions about this condition, and the shock of your diagnosis can make it difficult to understand and remember everything the doctors and nurses talked about at the time. We are sorry that your pregnancy will not continue as you had expected, and you are likely to feel sad and anxious. Molar pregnancies are unusual, and it is likely that you have not heard of them before.
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