Jen 435- I was in a very similar situation this past February. We got our bfp on Halloween 2011 and we were SO excited to be adding to our little family but unfortunately things didn't turn out as we had always hoped. At around 11 weeks I got a call from my doc's office telling me my prenatal screening was coming up with a really high ratio for trisomy, of course I freaked out but kept an open mind that further testing would prove everything was fine. They sent me for an amniocentesis at 18 weeks and the Rapid results initially came back completely clear but there was still the need to do the full chromosomes to be totally sure. When the full chromosomes came back at 23 weeks we found out our sweet little girl had trisomy 16-mosaicism, they gave her a very poor prognosis. She had an atrioventricular septal defect with a coarctation of the aorta as well as severe growth ******ation, it was questionable at that point whether there were any other internal anomalies. It was recommended by genetics at the Children's Hospital that we terminate, it was horrible. I gave birth to her and she passed in her father's arms after three hours.
We named her Laura Madeline and losing her broke our hearts.
I am so thankful to have my other little girl who is 2 to get me through this, she has been my comfort and my joy.
I ended up bleeding for 5 weeks, until the end of March before my OB would consider RPOC. Sure enough I did have a retained piece of placenta and the D&C was done on April 13th, seven days later I got a positive opk.....14 days after that I was bleeding again. I was elated, I thought my cycle had just gotten right back on track and we could ttc as soon as we were ready. That first period on May 5th was awful and lasted 10 days but it had come on schedule so I couldn't have been happier. I started using the CBEFM and got 8 days of highs after having it drop off to low again, thought I was out for this month with no peak. I usually have 30-32 day cycles so I was expecting my period, nothing came and on day 37 I decided to do a pregnancy test, it was negative but an opk was blaringly positive. How could I ovulate on day 37 and 38 of my cycle? I am super confused and am wondering what my chance of actually conceiving is.
I hope for the best for you and lot's of baby dust. Hang in there, the pain never goes away but you learn to live with it. Laura and Liam are in a good place.