Originally Posted by
atomic sagebrush
Just to clarify it is 2% in any given MONTH and not 2% overall - so in each month that goes by, 2 out of 100 ladies trying will get pg at that age. since most of us try longer than 1 month, by the time a year goes by, if they all tried every month, something like 1/3 will get pg and then half of those will be lost. So not cheery odds for sure but not quite as low as it seems at first glance.
Compare to someone in 30's where 20 out of 100 get pg every month and 85% are pregnant in a year and much lower odds of miscarriage