What happens if the embryo does not develop during pregnancy?

Women must pay attention to their diet during pregnancy. If they still choose their diet randomly at this time, it will not help the development of the fetus at all and will cause diseases. Women should eat more high-calcium and blood-replenishing foods at this time, which will be of great help to all aspects of the female body. So why does the embryo not develop during pregnancy? Many women are not clear about this.

Pregnancy embryo does not develop:

What are the main causes of embryo arrest?

There are many reasons that lead to embryonic arrest. The most common ones are as follows:

(1) Genetic factors: If there are chromosomal abnormalities or genetic gene defects, the most common ones are sperm or egg chromosomal abnormalities.

(2) Insufficient hormone secretion makes it difficult to support embryonic development and causes death.

(3) Malformation of the uterine cavity prevents the embryo from growing.

(4) Viral infection during pregnancy, exposure to radioactive substances, toxic chemicals, taking medications prohibited during pregnancy, high temperature, microwaves, noise, excessive stimulation, etc.

(5) Maternal factors: such as poor physical constitution or illness, cervical incompetence, luteal insufficiency, endometriosis, immune factors, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, etc.

(6) Male factors: such as large amounts of bacteria growing in semen and high rates of sperm deformity.

What is embryo arrest?

The fertilized egg is like a seed. It has to go through a series of complex and wonderful processes before it can eventually grow into a healthy baby. If the fertilized egg does not germinate well in the initial stage, it will most likely stop growing healthily. We call this phenomenon of embryonic development stopping in early pregnancy "embryonic arrest."

If an ultrasound examination is performed, it can be found that the fetal bud or fetus in the gestational sac is irregular in shape, there is no fetal heartbeat, or the gestational sac appears to be withered. Clinically, it falls into the category of miscarriage or stillbirth. However, sometimes pregnancy hormone levels remain high and mask the fact that the fetus has already stopped moving. In this case, you may not yet have symptoms of miscarriage. Therefore, embryonic arrest is also called missed abortion.

After understanding the reasons for embryo failure during pregnancy, women need timely treatment when they encounter such a situation. In addition, to alleviate the embryo failure during pregnancy, they should follow the doctor's advice. They should not choose the treatment method at will, as this will cause harm to the fetus. Women should also pay attention to this.