Chances of NOT having an early miscarriage

yolandamunoz

Just found this post and it was very reassuring for me!!! User @DutchLucyLu posted this and I am so thankful, this is the post:

User @l4rk from the January 2016 BMB found that she only felt a little bit better after looking at statistics about this topic, and she realised why;
"...articles on miscarriage focus on the chances you're going to miscarry and all the comments share miscarriage stories--they don't focus on how many people DON'T have miscarriages and go on to have happy, healthy babies!"
So she inverted this week-by-week chart to focus on the chances of NOT having an early miscarriage. I found it very reassuring when I first read it (before I was even pregnant) and it has since been shared on a few other BMBs, where it was well-received. I hope it will ease your minds as well. Every day that we are pregnant, the chances of everything going RIGHT increase!

https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12617420/chances-of-not-having-an-early-miscarriage

tiffanyhr

This is awesome. My husband was just telling me to be more optimistic about this pregnancy, but I can't get past the numbers. Last night he said "well what's the percentage of NOT miscarrying?" Here it is! I am definitely sharing w him! Thank you @yolandamunoz

Amamamanda

This is a great way to look at it! Thanks for sharing.

yolandamunoz

Exactly the point! We should look at this the other way around, the optimistic way, the most likely way. Best wishes to you all!

julie279

Thank you for sharing!

carrieandr

I looked at this chart every day until around 7 weeks. 

cassloumy

Thank you for this! I have been looking at the opposite chart to ease my mind, but it's just so much more optimistic this way! DH is already so excited, and I am trepidatious abut getting too attached. We're in week 5.