What is the miscarriage rate overall

What is the miscarriage rate overall

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The overall miscarriage rate of 23.6% is in keeping wih other studies of early pregnancy loss. Cha Cha.

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Does clotting always equal in a miscarriage?

Q: I should be 7W4D pregnant. at exactly 6 weeks I had an ultrasound and the baby was fine and had a strong heart beat. Well the day before I had seen blood when I wiped I let her about it and she was not concerned and said it was normal. Well exactly a week later I had some blood when wiped again. It started Wednesday and well Friday it was still happening. I did not ned a pad or anything it was only when I wiped. So I called my doctors office and had to leave a message and no one ever responded. Saturday comes around and well at night I passed some clots, normally I have them during my period but those will fall apart and these were pretty thick and looked different. I looked at evey possible one, I didn’t even know what I was looking for I don’t know what the baby would have looked like coming out. Well during the whole process I had mild to maybe moderate cramping but not consistent. My lower back was a bit achey overall I would rate pain a 3. Also I never soaked up a pad or anything, this was only happening when I wiped. I I woke up at about 4 Am all cramping was gone and I felt completely normal just tired. I still have blood but again it is only when I wipe. Any advice, any experiences would be appreciated. If you know nothing about this and have never experienced it please don’t answer.I need concrete answers, am very worried and scared I had a miscarriage. Thanks

A: I’ve had 2 experiences with bleeding during pregnancy, first time I was 5 weeks, it was pink and light, had an ultrasound saw growing sac but no baby, was diagnosed with a blighted ovum, had a D&C done at 9 weeks. Second time again I was 5 weeks, spotting started, turned bright red with cramps, usually only when id wipe, but occasionally it was there already, needed a pantyliner. went for an u/s at 6w1d, and saw my son with heartbeat, spotting continued, had another u/s at 8 weeks and he was still great, he is 8 mths now, clots dont always mean miscarriage but it does up the risks and likely hood, you’ve still got a good chance though, best luck

Is the “Rule of Thumb” just more Ms Information?

Q: This writer believes that the “Rule of Thumb” is just one example of feminist mythology and falsehoods, which are harder to kill than vampires:http://www.aei.org/article/100695What do you think?Mind boggling quote:Feminist Berkeley law professor Nancy K. D. Lemon’s “Domestic Violence Law is organized as a conventional law-school casebook–a collection of judicial opinions, statutes, and articles selected, edited, and commented upon by the author. The first selection, written by Cheryl Ward Smith (no institutional affiliation is given), offers students a historical perspective on domestic-violence law. According to Ward:”The history of women’s abuse began over 2,700 years ago in the year 753 BC. It was during the reign of Romulus of Rome that wife abuse was accepted and condoned under the Laws of Chastisement. . . . The laws permitted a man to beat his wife with a rod or switch so long as its circumference was no greater than the girth of the base of the man’s right thumb. The law became commonly know as ‘The Rule of Thumb.’ These laws established a tradition which was perpetuated in English Common Law in most of Europe.”Where to begin? How about with the fact that Romulus of Rome never existed. He is a figure in Roman mythology–the son of Mars, nursed by a wolf. Problem 2: The phrase “rule of thumb” did not originate with any law about wife beating, nor has anyone ever been able to locate any such law. It is now widely regarded as a myth, even among feminist professors.A few pages later, in a selection by Joan Zorza, a domestic-violence expert, students read, “The March of Dimes found that women battered during pregnancy have more than twice the rate of miscarriages and give birth to more babies with more defects than women who may suffer from any immunizable illness or disease.” Not true. When I recently read Zorza’s assertion to Richard P. Leavitt, director of science information at the March of Dimes, he replied, “That is a total error on the part of the author. There was no such study.” The myth started in the early 1990s, he explained, and resurfaces every few years.Zorza also informs readers that “between 20 and 35 percent of women seeking medical care in emergency rooms in America are there because of domestic violence.” Studies by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, an agency of the U.S. Department of Justice, indicate that the figure is closer to 1 percent.Few students would guess that the Lemon book is anything less than reliable. The University of California at Berkeley’s online faculty profile of Lemon hails it as the “premiere” text of the genre. It is part of a leading casebook series, published by Thomson/West, whose board of academic advisers, prominently listed next to the title page, includes many eminent law professors.I mentioned these problems in my message to Lemon. She replied:”I have looked into your assertions and requested documentation from Joan Zorza regarding the March of Dimes study and the statistics on battered women in emergency rooms. She provided both of these promptly.”If that’s the case, Zorza and Lemon might share their documentation with Leavitt, of the March of Dimes, who is emphatic that it does not exist. They might also contact the Centers for Disease Control statistician Janey Hsiao, who wrote to me that “among ED [Emergency Department] visits made by females, the percent of having physical abuse by spouse or partner is 0.02 percent in 2003 and 0.01 percent in 2005.”Here is what Lemon says about Cheryl Ward Smith’s essay on Romulus and the rule of thumb:”I made a few minor editorial changes in the Smith piece so that it is more accurate. However, overall it appeared to be correct.”A few minor editorial changes? Students deserve better. So do women victimized by violence.Feminist misinformation is pervasive. In their eye-opening book, Professing Feminism: Education and Indoctrination in Women’s Studies (Lexington Books, 2003), the professors Daphne Patai and Noretta Koertge describe the “sea of propaganda” that overwhelms the contemporary feminist classroom. The formidable Christine Rosen (formerly Stolba), in her 2002 report on the five leading women’s-studies textbooks, found them rife with falsehoods, half-truths, and “deliberately misleading sisterly sophistries.” Are there serious scholars in women’s studies? Yes, of course. Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, an anthropologist at the University of California at Davis; Janet Zollinger Giele, a sociologist at Brandeis; and Anne Mellor, a literary scholar at UCLA, to name just three, are models of academic excellence and integrity. But they are the exception. Lemon’s book typifies the departmental mind-set.”Great answers. Thanks.

A: The “rule of thumb” is only one of many feminist myths which no one seems to want to call them on. For example, we still hear that more women are abused on Super Bowl Sunday then any other day of the year. Is it fact….far from it. It was pulled out the air by a feminist to prove their agenda. More women go to the ER then for rapes, muggings AND auto accidents combined…..well forget that one too….it is another myth by the domestic violence industry. 95% of all abuse victims are women and their abusers are men. Well not according to every unbiased research research we can find and yes, it is another myth to keep the typical women’s shelter well funded. In reality I could prove a Big Mac is the best hamburger IF I polled Ronald McDonald. There are many more of these myths but I think you get the picture now.

Brutal honesty needed! What would be the best choice for her — have a baby or not?

Q: Let’s say a girl is 26 yrs old, a responsible law abiding “goody two shoes”, and has wanted kids for a few years now since the miscarriage she had at age 23.The girl earned her Bachelors degree 3-4 yrs ago.The girl was working full-time as an assistant office manager. It was a job that had a lot of impressive responsibilities, and it paid enough to cover costs of living, although the pay wasn’t exactly huge…about $29K/yr. She recently got laid off but is receiving unemployment + still working at a parttime waitressing job she’s held on the side for extra money/back-up.Her unemployment + waitressing job provides enough money to pay the bills and still have extra spending money and some for savings too.Financially she is sound. She has very good credit and always pays bills ahead of time. She has 0 revolving debt and she paid off her car loan 3.5yrs ahead of schedule. The only debt she has is a $100/mo student loan at a fixed 3% interest rate.The girl has been living on her own(away from home) for several years now. She rents a 1bd apartment(although she might move to a place that’s bigger and cheaper soon). She is really hoping to land a new, better paying job sometime soon so that she can qualify to buy a house in the next year or two.She is law-abiding, straight edge, nonpartying. She rarely stays up past midnight, let alone parties! She is one of those “been there, done that” people that experimented and got in trouble when she was younger but is well past that.She has been in a committed relationship with a very sweet guy for 6-12 months now. Her boyfriend is a Christian, in his late 30s, has a very good career, owns a house, and is an all-around good catch. His only big flaw is that he’s “like a wall”, not very open to discuss what he wants long-term in a relationship.Although she lives in a city of a.holes(her city was literally voted #1 rudest city in a recent survey lol), she has a few close friends she can trust. Her direct family lives about an hour away but they’re compassionate and supportive of her. She has a few uncles and grandparents that live 10-20 mins away.She is overall in good health, STD free, and has an individual health insurance PPO.She is pro-life, at least for her own self. She constantly tells her friends that she wants to start having kids before she hits 30. However, she has a huge inferiority complex stemming from the time she was pregnant at 23 and many people tried to talk her into having an abortion. She wants more than anything to have people see her as a responsible, capable, accomplished adult…at times she cares too much what people think of her. She gets jealous and resentful every time she sees pregnant people that are younger and/or less responsible than her getting the support + congrats from people that she never received when she herself was pregnant. She is already pro-life for moral reasons, but peoples’ discouragement of her has made her even MORE adamant to not get an abortion, partly to prove them wrong(but that’s far from the only reason she’d want kids).If this girl unexpectantly got pregnant, would “this need an abortion”, or is it likely she’d be a capable mother?Okay people, the girl I described wants to have a baby before she’s 30, so that’s why all the hypothetical pregnancy questions are being asked. Just wondering if you think her “pregnant before 30” ambitions are a good idea or not.Slickmickeygal, her waitressing earnings aren’t too terrible. She makes (on average) $400/week from two waitressing shifts…not the best wages to raise a kid on, but she also has an extra $350/week unemployment for the next 6 months. She also has savings. Again, not the best financial situation, but not exactly deficient either.

A: If she was irresponsible enough to get pregnant before marriage, I would say she didn’t deserve to have a baby, but there is no way any child should ever be murdered before birth just because his or her mother is immature.