Medically, a blighted ovum (also known as an “anembryonic pregnancy”) occurs when “a fertilized egg attaches itself to the uterine wall, but the embryo does not develop.
Some women will have morning sickness. Others won’t.Some will have cravings.Others won’t.Many will experience food aversions. Others won’t.Heartburn is common in some women. It’s not in others.
I would’ve known that my empty gestational sac was measuring 7 ½ weeks, and that no heartbeat, not even a yolk sac at that point in pregnancy meant that my pregnancy was VERY likely not viable.