Friday, April 10, 2009

Just Curious...

Hey Ladies! I've had this on my mind lately. I am wondering how many of you have mis-carried a baby. If so, where were you in your pregnancy? Also, how many have you had?

I am wondering if mis-carriages are more genetic than we think. So if you'd take this poll, I'd love it.

8 comments:

Liz said...

I have not had a miscarriage. I've had two girls and two pregnancies. I have wondered the same thing though because my mother didn't have any miscarriages either.

stacibee said...

I miscarried with my first pregnancy at 8 weeks. My mom miscarried between me and my younger sister.

The Schacher Family said...

I miscarried between my first and second child. I was 8 weeks along but the baby hadn't grown past 3 weeks. My Mom had a miscarriage but was a lot further along and one of my sisters had a miscarriage a lot further along too. My Dr. said miscarriages are actually really common and that even woman who say they haven't had one ever have probably had one. But I don't know how they would prove that.

Stephanie said...

I've had one healthy child, and one miscarriage, at around 7 weeks. Susan is right. Miscarriages are actually really common, I think something like one out of every four or five pregnancies. But I wouldn't be surprised if they run more strongly in certain families either. Among my extended family, I was only the second known miscarriage out of over thirty pregnancies. So obviously in our family, we aren't meeting normal statistics!

Claire said...

I have not had a miscarriage that I know of... I did have one cycle that I feel I might have miscarried, but I hadn't taken a test to know for sure. My Mum had 3 miscarriages, and after each one she conceived a boy soon after... I always tell her that her body didn't like carrying boys.

The Stump Clan said...

I had a miscarriage between my 2 kids- I was around 8-9 weeks along. My doctor told me only 1 or 2 of the nurses in her huge practice had not had one. She said really common.

Jen L said...

Yeah, super common, but unfortunately knowing that doesn't help.

I've had 3, possibly 4. The first one I was 10 weeks, the second I was 5 and the 3rd I was 5-6.

My mom had one miscarriage before me... but she was 41.

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Chantel said...

I have had one, but I was less than 5 weeks. I wouldn't probably have even know if I didn't get so sick before I miss my period with each pregnancy. My mom had two within a couple of months of each other.