This is very difficult for me. On March 26th I went into labor very unexpectedly at 28 weeks pregnant. Up until that point we thought we were having a normal, healthy baby. Our daughter, Kara, was born with multiple congenital anomalies and died after an hour and a half. She was out second daughter. We already have a completely healthy 4 year old.
We have recently been told the preliminary findings of the autopsy report. Kara had a severe cleft palate, a small jaw, ears that were off-set, a small right lung and the right side of her heart was also small. None of these things were detected in our ultrasounds which we don't understand. We are waiting for more test results that will hopefully tell us more about Kara's birth defects.
One thing that is extremely hard for me is I don't understand how this could happen after we already had a healthy child. My husband and I are going to get genetic testing done. I want another child so badly. I lost all my hopes and dreams of bringing home another child. I never thought that there was a possibility that I would only have one child. I can't go through this again. Has anyone had a child born with birth defects and gone on to have a healthy child? Has anyone had a similar experience? I feel so lost.
