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From: marie@harvard.ARPA (Marie Desjardins)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Miscarriages
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Date: Wed, 14-Nov-84 16:10:09 EST
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Jerry Aguirre says concerning miscarriages (in response to a discussion
in net.kids):

> Before you say it won't happen to me: The statistics I hear are 1 out
> of 4 pregnancies.  I would say that a 25% chance of loosing the baby is
> pretty bad odds.  It seems to be one of those things that "isn't
> discussed".

This seems ridiculously high to me, at least based on the number of
people I have known who have been pregnant and miscarried.  Does anybody
know the correct figures?

	Marie desJardins
	marie@harvard