Twins? How Do They Run?

[Lollie]

Ditto what seekrit said.

No multiples in my family whatsoever but still here I am and have had 3 multiple pregnancies. Personally I think it's just the luck of the draw.

Just a random fact but did you know that it is possible and very likely to have identical twins if you have IVF even if only one was transferred? The egg is more susceptible to splitting. Interesting!

ETA - Mine were naturally conceived (ie no medical intervention at all) just something I found out about not too long ago and thought I would share.

[SpecialMumma]

We had a psychic reading done, that said we are going to have twins, plus starting IVF makes the chances higher.. Id love twins, and so would DH.

I guess its just going to be luck of the draw for us then!

Thanks so much for your help ladies!

[busymummyof4]

I've been told the more pregnancies you've had and the older you get, the higher chance you have to conceive multiples as you can release more eggs. Not sure if this happened with me, but all up I've had 5 pregnancies with 3 being successful. The twins were out of the blue for us.
Our twins are fraternal and as I don't know my biological dad or his family, I dont know if the gene thing may have been his side, ie. he's the skipped generation, like maybe his mother had twins and then he passed them on that way.

[OJandMe]

Fraternal twins run on the mothers side... as it's the release of 2 eggs at ovulation.


Idenitcal twins are a fluke... anyone can have them.

Your chances of having twins increases as you age, as an older mother is more likely to release more than one egg at ovulation.




Twins are great... except going through the terrible 2's.... then it's a nightmare and you want to
a) die
b) wake up

[SpecialMumma]

Im trying to find out off mum where in the family these twins stem from.. Shes just as hopeless as me.. Im trying to explain that they cant come from the males side, only the females.. shes not understanding