Okay - I’ve seen about 50 versions of this.
1 in 4 of your friends has lost a baby. 1 in 8 of your friends struggles to get pregnant. Pregnancy isn’t an April Fool’s joke. Totally get it. Totally on board. Totally agree. BUT, you know what stat is MISSING in all these that I have seen? 1 in ~160 of your friends will experience a STILLBIRTH. Why is this statistic seemingly forgotten? Is stillbirth too tough to be included? Too sad to think about? Well, yes… but too bad, right? Because it happens. So include it. All the more reason pregnancy isn’t an #aprilfoolsjoke. Also… let’s not try to say we are lumping it in with the 1 in 4. It’s not the same as the 1 in 4… 1 in 4 women have NOT birthed a dead baby. In fact, it's not 1 in 4 women... its is 1 in 4 PREGNANCIES that have ended in miscarriage. Phrasing it as 1 in 4 women/friends is the wrong data. And since we are talking about accuracy, 1 in 8 COUPLES struggle with infertility. It’s not just the women… it may be the man, the woman, the combo of them both, or unknown. Promise, I like your intentions… but let’s capture it all, and correctly.
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