Pregnancy happens after an egg is fertilized and burrows into the womb. Sometimes, though, these delicate beginning stages can get mixed up. When this happens, a pregnancy may not go the way it should ...

If you have a molar pregnancy, it is impossible for a fetus to survive. That's because, during fertilization, something goes wrong that you can neither control or prevent. Normally, after ...

April 21, 2003 -- Following evacuation of molar pregnancies, current recommendations are to follow human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) levels every two months after levels are undetectable. However, ...

A 39-year-old woman, G5P2, initially presented for a routine prenatal visit at 12 weeks gestational age. Serum thyroid function tests obtained as part of her evaluation were thyroid stimulating ...

Gestational trophoblastic disease encompasses a spectrum of disorders arising from abnormal trophoblastic proliferation during pregnancy. Molar pregnancy, a key manifestation of this spectrum, is ...

Complications can arise in pregnancies for many reasons. Sometimes a woman’s existing health conditions contribute to problems. Other times, new conditions arise because of hormonal and body changes ...

Staring expectantly at the screen my husband Simon and I waited with baited breath to hear our baby’s heartbeat. Instead, once again we were told something was wrong. ‘You were pregnant at some point, ...

A news anchor from Las Vegas is reporting on her own heartbreaking story. Michelle Velez revealed on Thursday that she has a rare form of cancer that was caused by a pregnancy complication. “When I ...

A molar pregnancy is an abnormal form of pregnancy in which the uterus is filled with a mass of vesicles (small whitish cysts appearing like a huge cluster of pale grapes) rather than a fetus and ...

A pregnancy that results in the formation of a hydatidiform mole is referred to as a molar pregnancy. A hydatidiform mole is a rapidly growing mass of vesicular tissue inside the uterus without the ...

Researchers have used short tandem repeat (STR) genotyping and p57 immunohistochemistry to distinguish hydatidiform moles. Researchers from The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions have used short ...