Chrystal,
unfortunately I have also experienced blighted ovum. Its a difficult concept to grasp. I was pregnant for 3 months before I knew. I started spotting at the end of the 3rd month. I thought I was home free. I told my family and a couple of friends at that time that I was pregnant. I was definitely devastated.
It took a couple of weeks to get over the initial shock. I felt a tiny bit better knowing that I did not abort a fetus. I scheduled a d&c very soon after. I didn't like the fact that I felt pregnant and looked pregnant. The sooner the better was my theory. This was in the month of february 2003. My husband and I started to try again in june 2003. I wanted to be sure that I did not try too soon. My doctor told me to wait until I had a regular cycle again before trying.
To this day I have not gotten pregnant again! But I have irregular periods. I have used the cervical mucus method, bought ovulation kits and now doing the basal temperature method. Its definitely stressful. This is not say that you won't get pregnant very soon. I have read many stories of women who had this same thing happen to them and got pregnant within 6 months.
I hope that you have a great support system. It was really hard and there were times where I felt alone because no one I knew had gone through this. In fact most of my friends had healthy pregnancies, but I think its something that most women don't talk about. That is why we have these discussion groups.
I felt that I was a failure. I was really worried that something was really wrong. But after doing research and talking to my doctor, I found that we are not alone. I hope this helps. I will keep you in my prayers!
-e2love
I wish all of you healthy pregnancies.
