Is early pregnancy embryo a "baby"?

Breizzy,

Every single thing you wrote in your last post is irrelevant. If you would just take a breath and seriously listen to what I am trying to tell you, you will understand that I was not saying anything like what you think I was saying.

First of all,

Having a miscarriage and mourning it, whenever it happens, is perfectly valid and understandable. Calling even a fertilized egg a "baby" is perfectly fine, in my opinion. I have a child, I was pregnant, and I called her a "baby" before she was even conceived.

However, those situations are valid because the woman knows she didn't really miscarry an actual infant, with arms, legs, head, face, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, capable of feeling, crying, being scared, etc. etc.

BUT, can you imagine the additional horror of having a miscarriage that was the equivalent of a STILLBORN? An actual whole, intact, living, breathing, felling, infant dying is WORLDS AWAY from an embryo dying.

SO, I just wanted to make sure this teen was not experiencing the horror of imagining the loss of an actual living, breathing, feeling, suffering infant, on top of the mourning of the loss of her pregnancy.

Now, if you are going to argue that the death of an embryo and the death of a child are the same thing, have at it. Just leave me out, because I will never agree.

Had she said anything to indicate that she thought that, or were you just being patronising?

Seriously, let's have some context. It might make you look like less of an ass!

Futureshock is saying this:

If you are sexually active, there is no way for you to know for SURE that your latest period wasn't actually a miscarriage unless you're testing for pregnancy every single day. So, since there is a chance you just miscarried, you should be sad every single month because a potential baby could have just died.

You inspired me to look up the definition of the word "miracle", Breizzy.

I found this:

1. An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin or an act of God: “Miracles are spontaneous, they cannot be summoned, but come of themselves” (Katherine Anne Porter).
2. One that excites admiring awe. See synonyms at wonder.
3. A miracle play.

I'm thinkin' conception just ain't one of 'em.

I believe that would fulfill #1.

its not a miracle... its chance. its fate.

i agree with Futureshock.

And Breizzy... you mourn the fact that you have your period, which means you arent pregnant, and means another month of TTC.
NOT becuase you are thinking to yourself. *That might have been a viable baby and my body rejected it! How sad!*

A baby isnt considered stillborn til i *believe* after 19 weeks.. prior to that it is till a miscarriage. I can understand where you are coming from though. With a heartbeat, its still a baby. But its hard to become attached to something in a months time. Try having a stillborn baby at 20 weeks, or 28 weeks.. after you have felt the baby ALIVE inside of you.. kicking, moving.. believe it or not, hiccups. THEN it becomes far more personal.

I was told that I could never have children, so to me this pregnancy is a miracle. Just my opinion. You don't have to agree.