Did you guess you might have twins / family history of twins ?

alloyd519 · Apr 28th, 2009, 21:29 PM

I don't have twins in my family, DH's grandpa had twin brothers but thats it. I think ours are fraternal, bad that I don't know huh!, but sometimes they do look identicle!, anyways I heard on a doctor's show that with fraternal twins the dad has nothing to do with it, it's all on the mother's side, which I find so shocking because I have no twins whatsoever in my family.

And then they say women at an older age are more likely to have twins, and women that have had fertility treatments, well I had no fertility treatments, weren't even trying for a baby, and was 17 at the time!!

I still find it so crazy how I ever got these two!! But I wouldn't change it for anything!!

LMH · Apr 29th, 2009, 06:22 AM

Mine were conceived using fertility drugs, the drug I took gave us a 1 in 10 chance of having a multiple pg. Although I have no history of twins on my side my OH has a history of twins through both his Dad and his Mum's families.

FsMummy · Apr 29th, 2009, 16:00 PM

fraternal twins supposedly run in families but only on the woman's side as it is the woman releasing 2 eggs. identical twins do not run in families they are just a random occurance, something like 0.4% chance, as the egg is fertilised as usually and the egg splits a few day to a week or so later. there are twins in my family but i did not expect to have them myself, either way, mine are identical so it was just a random thing lol

twinmom07 · Apr 29th, 2009, 16:18 PM

I agree with what everyone else said, Discovery Health had an interesting (or was it National Geographic?-not sure now), but on twins, in the womb. It was really great, we watched it whilst I was PG with J&E.

We do have twins in the womens line on both sides of our family.
From what the show said, dh could pass that to our dd thru his genes that his Moms mom could have given to her.

In my case, it is possible I had mine thru my grandmotehr, who had b/g twins- but lost her b a few days after birth.

hopeandpray · May 1st, 2009, 12:07 PM

My brother and sister are twins so would this give me a higher chance? i would love twins some day. my brother and sister get on sooo well

itsmelou1984 · May 1st, 2009, 13:51 PM

i was shocked as to why i got given the lovely suprise of twins...although im not sure why i was so shocked!! my mum and uncle are twins, my dad and uncle are twins, and my dads twin had b/g twins....so mine are the first g/g twins in the family

x x

vineyard · May 1st, 2009, 20:08 PM

Mine are from fertility treatments. I had a 25% chance of getting twins so I wasn't surprised when the ultrasound showed 2!

alice&bump · May 4th, 2009, 02:56 AM

i was suprised when i was told i wasnt having twins!!

my mum's got 13 sets of twins on her side, and she's a twin! her and my aunty are the only identical ones, it usually skips a generation, so it was due to be me!! i only had katie tho!

Busy_Mummy · May 19th, 2009, 08:00 AM

Twins run in my mum's side of the family in my nan's generation and my mum had always said there was a possibility that I could be carrying twins. I never thought it would actually happen!

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Apr 28th, 2009, 21:29 PM	#2
alloyd519 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 1,455	I don't have twins in my family, DH's grandpa had twin brothers but thats it. I think ours are fraternal, bad that I don't know huh!, but sometimes they do look identicle!, anyways I heard on a doctor's show that with fraternal twins the dad has nothing to do with it, it's all on the mother's side, which I find so shocking because I have no twins whatsoever in my family. And then they say women at an older age are more likely to have twins, and women that have had fertility treatments, well I had no fertility treatments, weren't even trying for a baby, and was 17 at the time!! I still find it so crazy how I ever got these two!! But I wouldn't change it for anything!!

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Apr 29th, 2009, 06:22 AM	#3
LMH Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Cheshire Posts: 116	Mine were conceived using fertility drugs, the drug I took gave us a 1 in 10 chance of having a multiple pg. Although I have no history of twins on my side my OH has a history of twins through both his Dad and his Mum's families.

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FsMummy Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,055	fraternal twins supposedly run in families but only on the woman's side as it is the woman releasing 2 eggs. identical twins do not run in families they are just a random occurance, something like 0.4% chance, as the egg is fertilised as usually and the egg splits a few day to a week or so later. there are twins in my family but i did not expect to have them myself, either way, mine are identical so it was just a random thing lol

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Apr 29th, 2009, 16:18 PM	#5
twinmom07 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: WI Posts: 74	I agree with what everyone else said, Discovery Health had an interesting (or was it National Geographic?-not sure now), but on twins, in the womb. It was really great, we watched it whilst I was PG with J&E. We do have twins in the womens line on both sides of our family. From what the show said, dh could pass that to our dd thru his genes that his Moms mom could have given to her. In my case, it is possible I had mine thru my grandmotehr, who had b/g twins- but lost her b a few days after birth.

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hopeandpray Waiting To Try (WTT) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 3,847	My brother and sister are twins so would this give me a higher chance? i would love twins some day. my brother and sister get on sooo well

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May 1st, 2009, 13:51 PM	#7
itsmelou1984 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: west yorkshire england Posts: 407	i was shocked as to why i got given the lovely suprise of twins...although im not sure why i was so shocked!! my mum and uncle are twins, my dad and uncle are twins, and my dads twin had b/g twins....so mine are the first g/g twins in the family x x

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May 1st, 2009, 20:08 PM	#8
vineyard Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Boise Idaho Posts: 2,379	Mine are from fertility treatments. I had a 25% chance of getting twins so I wasn't surprised when the ultrasound showed 2!

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May 4th, 2009, 02:56 AM	#9
alice&bump Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: Manchester Posts: 8,703	i was suprised when i was told i wasnt having twins!! my mum's got 13 sets of twins on her side, and she's a twin! her and my aunty are the only identical ones, it usually skips a generation, so it was due to be me!! i only had katie tho!

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Busy_Mummy Pregnant (Expecting) New BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 7	Twins run in my mum's side of the family in my nan's generation and my mum had always said there was a possibility that I could be carrying twins. I never thought it would actually happen!

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