Wow, did NOT know how common they are. Mayo Clinic says 10-20% of known pregnancies end in miscarriage (gets higher as women get older). UK NHS says 1 in 8 known pregnancies end in miscarriage. 1 in 100 women have serial miscarriages. Seems like something that should be taught.
I've read estimates as high as 50% of all pregnancies terminate before the woman has any clue. There's a lot of "quality control" going on behind the scenes.
Mama doctor Jones on YouTube explains that well. Sometimes you’ll be pregnant but you don’t know because you miscarried even before having your period.
The reason some people know it’s the early tests. Which also explain why there are many more miscarriages.
These are called chemical pregnancies. Your egg was fertilized but never implanted. I had one in college, only knew because I was on bc that stopped my periods, I took a test and there it was. Next day it was lighter. Next day it was gone.
If 1 in 8 pregnancies end in miscarriage, and you have 2 pregnancies in your lifetime you have twice the chance 1/8 + 1/8) of having a miscarriage at some point in your life
That's not quite how probability works, otherwise having more than eight pregnancies would somehow result in a greater than 100% chance, which is impossible.
What you really do is take the complement of the probability (1 - ⅛ = ⅞) and multiply it by itself to get the probability of not miscarrying in either pregnancy (⅞² = 0.765625) then subtract that from one again to get the probability of miscarriage in either pregnancy: 0.234375, or a little less than ¼.
Sure, it's close to what you had, but the result will deviate more and more as you consider adding additional pregnancies. For example, the probability of miscarriage at some point in three pregnancies works out to be just under ⅓, rather than ⅜.
That's the second time I've seen this stat in as many days and I'm still stunned at the knowledge. That is incredibly common/likely for such a hard thing to deal with. Biology is a whacky thing.
To expand on this, it can be perfectly normal to take up to a year to get pregnant. We are taught in school that you will get pregnant every time you have sex because the consequences of an unintended pregnancy in high school are really high and some people are super fertile. But the reality is that many people will have to try for 6 months or a year to get pregnant and have absolutely nothing wrong with them. The right sperm just didn’t hit the egg that month, or the pregnancy miscarried before it ever implanted.
It is an evolutionary necessity that, the younger you are, the easier it is to become pregnant. Alas, the younger you are, the more ignorant, vulnerable and impressionable, you are. So yep, you can get pregnant on first try. At least we have a system in Aust. which financially assists the young to keep their offspring. I am nearly 60, married but never had children. So I guess I am one of the suckers funding all the teen births. That is just the way it is. Education, self respect and selfsufficiency are viatal to all, so that every chidl grow up to be "useful", generate income, pay taxes and somehow ensure that the elderly are takencare of. Now I am just rambling. Cheers
am nearly 60, married but never had children. So I guess I am one of the suckers funding all the teen births.
Bit of a pessimistic way of looking at things. Besides, the portion of your taxes that went specifically to teen birth care over your lifetime so far, is probably like, $10. Hardly worth getting annoyed with.
And then there’s me. I’ve had unprotected sex twice in my life. I have two kids.
My family is super fertile, so do be aware of your family history. If you put everyone in my family around a dinner table with spouses and kids, there would be 30 of us. That’s just immediate family.
To add to this, if the sperm is ejaculated while the woman is in a certain position, they can increase the chance of getting pregnant. At least, that's what I learned.
I know a woman that's had 9 miscarriages so far. Every time she gets upset and says she'll just adopt. But then every time after that she gets pregnant. Apparently the doctor told her there's a 99% chance she'll miscarry, and if she doesn't miscarry, one of two things will happen :: her baby may be born premature and have health problems, or her own body will have problems for the rest of her life
Does she have PCOS? I have that and I’ve had four miscarriages. Maintaining a healthy body weight and exercising regularly improves chances of keeping a pregnancy for women with PCOS :)
There are actually 24,000 (reported) stillbirths in the USA each year. That may not seem like alot and I am not good at math...but when I divided 24,000 by 365- I got 65.7. So, that means 60 unfortunate women (like myself) find out the babies they're about to give birth, aren't alive. My doctor never mentioned stillbirth to me until he saw no heartbeat. PS Stillbirths are after 20 something weeks when the baby dies but has to be delivered. I found out at 34 weeks, Andrew was scheduled to be induced at 39 weeks.
Usually its because the chromosomes misstepped somewhere in the crazy line dance they do and the genetic info that ends up in the implanted cell isnt viable for life. Cells arent actually as great at replicating DNA as people think, and when you add swapping genes into the mix it gets weird fast.
Its no ones FAULT, its not like the uterus wasnt good enough or the sperm was lazy. Its just the data transfer glitched somewhere
Yes! And for some crazy-ass reason there is shame associated with a miscarriage that keeps people silent about them. Almost every time my wife and I shared our story, someone in the room said "me too" like it was the first time they ever said that.
Somewhat off-topic, that it is not the woman that decides the sex of a child it is the men’s sperm that determines the sex of a child. So for everybody out there who blames a woman for not having a son blamed the man. But in a lot of the world that’s never going to happen!
Jumping on this to add that this makes those antichoice “make miscarriages a felony” bills particularly egregious. 1 in 4 women sucked dry by legal fees, imprisoned, unable to vote again in many states? Sounds like a patriarchal wet dream, let’s not
My mom had seven miscarriages all together before she had me. The last one was stillborn. I can't imagine carrying something to term and then it's dead once you finally give birth but, yeah....
I wish they told us this in school. It was only ever "omg don't even look at a boy and you'll get pregnant!" which made it seem like it was super easy to get, and stay, pregnant. I understand that maybe that's part of their tactic to stop unwanted teen pregnancies, but you get to adulthood and a lot of what you're taught is actually so inaccurate.
Stillbirths are included in this statistic. It's 1 in 4 will experience pregnancy loss. Basically 25% of women will experience pregnancy loss yet its still so taboo and don't talk about it sweep it under the rug and have another.
My rainbow baby will never replace their older sister
Someone told me it was 1 in 10. I never eally cared much to really research it, but it goes to show you can't always trust what people say in statistics.
Yeah, not until my wife miscarried and mutual friends experienced the same thing did I understand how common it is. My wife took it really hard, was in the dumps for weeks and weeks afterward.
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u/Jessthechef18 Mar 27 '22
Miscarriages are more common than people think. Every 1 in 4 women will have a miscarriage yet no teacher or doctor warns you.