When talking about our mums, those of us in the 30's age group - I still am doubtful at how accurate the m/c figures are from those times.....there were no first response or easy methods of finding out if they were pregnant. I am a firm believer that m/c was almost as common, but most of those were early m/c and missed because the women had not had pregnancies confirmed yet. It was a matter of missing one (or even 2) periods before you went to the doctor for a blood test. So how many m/c could have been missed by 10 weeks?