Dead Babies getting birth certificates

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Originally Posted by Rudey

Plus I also have heard most women have miscarriages so going around referring to them as your dead babies is even stranger than if it was a stillborn.

I believe the most commonly used number is 1 in 4, but that does not figure in those women who miscarry before they even know they're pregnant. The number could be as high as 1 in 2 with those.

I personally don't call my miscarriages "my dead babies" but for my son's birth (and any subsequent children I have, I assume) I had to list the number of pregnancies and number of live births resulting from those pregnancies. So someone, somewhere, wanted that information.

Also, miscarriages are losses that happen prior to 20 weeks. Anything past that point is medically considered a pre-term loss.