Is this true or is she talking rubbish?

[Babylady]

A lady I work with has just told me that only 25% of viable pregnancies (i.e. once a heartbeat has been detected) are carried to term.....

Now apart from the fact that I do not want to be hearing such negative 'facts' at any stage of my pregnancy, I just wondered can this actually be true??

Sounds like total cr@p to me but now she's got me all worried and paranoid. She's a right know-it-all and I'm going to avoid her as much as possible in future but just want to hear from other people that she's talking rubbish

 

[Star7890]

I think shes exaggerated a bit! xx

 

[firsttimer1]

what a thing to say!!!! and no i dont think thats true. after week 14 the risk of things going wrong drops to 1% doesnt it???

 

[LorettaClaire]

what utter crap! Christ there wouldn't be many people in the world if that were true would there!

Some people..... Ugh

Don't listen to the silly woman.

That is my rant over

 

[SabrinaKat]

What a bitch!!!! It's overall pregnancies that can result in 15% m/c under age 30; 20% under age 40; and 30-40% of 40s ladies (I'm 43 and am 16wks+5). Having had an m/c myself at 7-8 wks two years ago, I am particularly 'sensititive' about m/c and no, no, no! Once the heartbeat is heard, the rate of m/c is less than 5% and as the weeks go on, it gets lower and lower; e.g. we're both at less than 1% and usually, but not always, there is some indication that there is a problem...

oh, you poor baby! please go punch that cow!

best wishes

 

[miss_divine]

Ugh, the silly bitch. So if she knew four pregnant women with 'viable pregnancies' then only one of them would carry to term, by her logic?
Say to her that if she wants to quote statistics then she could at least get her facts right, and if she enjoys scaring pregnant women then she's a bit touched in the head.
Sorry you have to put up with her!
xx

 

[VintageEnvy]

I haven't read that startling number anywhere or heard it from anyone thankfully! But even if it was true (its not) what type of socially backwards person works that into the conversation with a pregnant women.

It's like quoting the statistic of low survival rates to a cancer patient, just bizarre and Im embarrassed at her lack of social skills...she probably has problems relating to people or making friends

 

[CAM]

ignore Ignore Ignore. Say do you think I really need to hear that see what she has to say then!

 

[Willo]

I think she has got her statistic a bit mixed up there. There is a 1 in 5 chance of miscarriage in the early stages of pregnancy. Once a heartbeat is detected those numbers drop dramatically to about 5%, even if the heartbeat is detected at an early scan.

 

[v2007]

That's total crap.

Statistics mean nothing when pregnant.

She probably got her fact from the Daily Mail

V xxx

 

[Mellybelle]

It is thought that about 25% of pregnancies end in miscarriage but the majority of these are before 6 weeks. Its possible that this percentage is as high as 33% but many of these end before the woman even knew she was pregnant. Many miscarriages are undetected and the woman may just think that she is having a slightly late, heavier than usual period. Once the pregnancy is deemed viable chances of mc are hugely reduced, the next big mile stone is 10weeks when baby goes from embryo to fetus, and after that magical number 12 the chance of miscarriage is very small, i've read 1-2%. (Unfortunately not the case with me)
I'm unsure what that lady was trying to do when she quoted those figures at you. Tell her to get her 'facts' straight. What a nasty piece of work she is. Sounds like she wanted to frighten you.

 

[animalcracker]

She's talking out of her a$$. I can't believe she would actually say that to you knowing that you are probably worried. In your shoes I would rip her to pieces verbally. How dare she!

Anyhoo - so according to TWO of my doctors (one of which is a 30+ year highly regarded fertility specialist) the risk of a mc occuring after you hear the heartbeat reduces DRASTICALLY. This was the first question I asked him after I heard the heartbeat! (Especially because I suffered a mc last year and did NOT hear the heart beat then).

The next time Miss know-it-all throws something asinine at you, tell her to keep her mouth shut - her opinions are not wanted. That should (hopefully) shut her up.

Your baby will be fine love. Try not to worry

 

[Peyre]

She's probably jealous. But don't worry: I've been told even worst statistics by people who love being a wet blanket.

I know a girl who is a midwife (not my midwife). Not long ago, she told me that a pregnancy is considered "out of danger" only after 16 weeks before the baby is due, as this is the date in which the baby is able to live in an incubator. As you can see, a very optimistic message...

An acquittance of mine also told me something similar. She said that fetal death is not uncommon until the 7 month, and that this is the reason explaining why pregnant women can only get state support after this date (as if government didn't want to incurr in overpayments because it is quite normal to lose bebies before delivery date !! ).


I answered to both that yes: nothing is sure and there are small possibilities. For instance you can have a beautiful and healthy baby and get run by a bus at any moment, break your skull with a follen branch in a windy day, or be cuaght in a fire whilst shopping at Debenhams.

Others have been recently quite happy about remembering me what happened to Lily Allen or Kelly Brooks.

Send them to f*** off !!

 

[romeo.juliet]

Not to defend her, but maybe she meant they aren't carried to 40 weeks, like a friend of mine had both her boys at 38 weeks. I thought the same think at first and was shocked and a aggrevated someone would even say that until my friend stated it the other way. Maybe it wasn't meant for the horrible way it seems.

 

[tiggerz]

So for instance average wks pg to hear a hb would be 14 wks - so that would mean 75% of pregnant women lose there babies in the 2nd trimester - load of rubbish!!! The odds go down significantly after 12 wks and the odds of mc before 12 wks isnt even that high x

((hugs))

 

[Mindy_mini]

She's talking shit.

Once HB present, the chances of a mc falls drastically then as someone else says once you reach 14wks it's like 1%

 

[Mindy_mini]

Here's a table that explains it better

https://www.pregnancycharts.org/miscarriage.php

 

[ttcbaby4us]

What a load of crap!! That would totally frustrate me to listen to. For me her credibility would be totally out the window. I would have out and out told her she doesn't know what the hell she's talking about.

Don't even remotely listen to her!

 

[Trying4ababy]

She got a bit mixed up.

It's a 1/5 chance you'll have a miscarriage so it's a 4/5 chance you won't.

 

[addie140910]

I think that is crap. I was told that there is a 25% miscarriage rate between weeks 1 and 12, but after week 2 it drops to like 1 or 2 %. And that 98% of babies are carried to term, Husband looked it up because I am more than paranoid and then we asked doctor and she said same thing