twins.........

**ashleerose** · 02-06-2007 16:13

Okay a question for people that have had twins..

Did you have twins due to having ivf?

**Lirael** · 02-06-2007 16:18

do you mean from the fertility drugs or from getting more than one embryo implanted?

**A Party of Five** · 02-06-2007 16:20

No 100% natural!

But I do have three other kidlets have breastfeed all of them, I am over 30 and have a family history of twins (my mums sister has G/B twins)

**Lirael** · 02-06-2007 16:21

what is a family history? just one set or 4 or 10 etc? kwim?

**OJandMe** · 02-06-2007 16:22

Nope...

we got ours from a bottle of kaluah and some serious 'twin kind of making behaviour'

LOL... that's the stance I"m taking anyway.

We have no twins in our families at all... so we were SO SURPRISED when we heard we were having twins.... blew us away...

**A Party of Five** · 02-06-2007 16:25

Originally Posted by emevity

what is a family history? just one set or 4 or 10 etc? kwim?

If you have a family history, mostly a maternal history, then you are at an increased chance of having twins yourself. These are mostly dizygotic or fraternal twins and not monozygotic or identical twins. This comes from the ability to ovulate more than one egg at any given point in ovulation.

**Lirael** · 02-06-2007 16:27

yes but how many instances of twins is classed as 'family history'?

OM · 02-06-2007 16:28

Originally Posted by Yummy Mummy of 5

If you have a family history, mostly a maternal history, then you are at an increased chance of having twins yourself. These are mostly dizygotic or fraternal twins and not monozygotic or identical twins. This comes from the ability to ovulate more than one egg at any given point in ovulation.

Twins also are meant to skip a generation - thank goodness for that