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From: susan@vaxwaller.UUCP (Susan Finkelman)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Miscarriages
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Date: Wed, 21-Nov-84 15:47:20 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 21 15:47:20 1984
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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

That's about right according to what I was told when I 1st realized I was
pregnant.  However, my physician did say that those statistics included a
great many early miscarriages in women who may not have even realized they
were pregnant.  I guess that means that it's a guess.