Reassurance (Stolen)

[carolinaheart]

This is stolen from May '16 but I find these numbers pretty comforting so I figured I would share with you guys!

"It's still very early days for this BMB, which means most of us have only found out we were pregnant in the last few days and many more people will join us over the next couple of weeks. Though it isn't something we like to think about, I'm sure we all have that little voice in the back of our minds going. "What if something goes wrong?". (Especially if you've experienced a loss before.) We're not the first ones to think about this, and not the first to want to research this. 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!



Wishing everyone a happy and healthy nine months and I look forward to getting to know you all!



Progress Probability of NOT having a miscarriage

3W, 0D 67%

3W, 1D 67.10%

3W, 2D 67.40%

3W, 3D 68%

3W, 4D 68.70%

3W, 5D 69.70%

3W, 6D 70.80%

4W, 0D 72%

4W, 1D 73.50%

4W, 2D 74.80%

4W, 3D 76.40%

4W, 4D 77.90%

4W, 5D 79.50%

4W, 6D 81.10%

5W, 0D 82.70%

5W, 1D 84.20%

5W, 2D 85.60%

5W, 3D 87%

5W, 4D 88.30%

5W, 5D 89.50%

5W, 6D 90.60%

6W, 0D 91.60%

6W, 1D 92.50%

6W, 2D 93.40%

6W, 3D 94.10%

6W, 4D 94.70%

6W, 5D 95.30%

6W, 6D 95.70%

7W, 0D 96.10%

7W, 1D 96.50%

7W, 2D 96.80%

7W, 3D 97%

7W, 4D 97.20%

7W, 5D 97.40%

7W, 6D 97.50%

8W, 0D 97.60%

8W, 1D 97.70%

8W, 2D 97.80%

8W, 3D 97.80%

8W, 4D 97.90%

8W, 5D 97.90%

8W, 6D 97.90%

9W, 0D 97.90%

9W, 1D (and on) 98%+"