Survey>>what was your diet like when you concieved multiples?

baby1moretime · Jun 21st, 2009, 17:11 PM

Hi ladies i would just love to have twins(save me having another pregnancy after this/ 2for1 etc lol) i am wondering if theres a special diet any1 was eating, drinking or lifestyle that you was leading during the time you concieved? Was you taking clomid, soy isoflavins or was it natural for you and you just released two eggs that mth? I have heard that yams apparantly are supposed to increase the release of multiple eggs during o time, although for the life of me cant find where sells them!!

can anyone confirm this??

vineyard · Jun 22nd, 2009, 11:23 AM

Mine are fertility twins.

highlandlassi · Jun 22nd, 2009, 12:00 PM

for me we believe the main factor was that i had an iud in for a year, and had hardly any period with that. when it came out my body released more eggs, because it had been so irregular for a year...also i am older with three other children which comes into play as well.

Timid · Jun 22nd, 2009, 17:51 PM

Yams are so awful, really yuckky. My mum used to make me eat them as a kid, hated them!

If you're wanting some (hunt some recipes down first!) I'd recommend to find an African grocer - one of the kind that sells all sorts of strange looking things... They're a root vegetable.

Above is a piccy of what they look like

Good Luck.

Ps. Did I mention they taste awful!?!?!?!?!

Timid · Jun 22nd, 2009, 17:54 PM

Here's what Mum used to give me in New Zealand. (i'm in the UK now.. they probably look more similar to the above over here)

latestarter · Jun 22nd, 2009, 22:22 PM

My twins are from IVF... Had nothing to do with what I ate - more like what I injected

Helen · Jun 23rd, 2009, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by latestarter

My twins are from IVF... Had nothing to do with what I ate - more like what I injected

Yeah ditto

TBH I suspect that anything that you hear is most likely an old wives tale. It tends to be a genetic thing whether you release two eggs or not and splitting is just down to chance.

mom2my3boyz · Jun 23rd, 2009, 14:59 PM

I wasn't eating anything special and my twins are identical, so I only released one egg. I guess it is just luck of the draw.

baby1moretime · Jun 27th, 2009, 17:17 PM

Thanks girls makes for an interesting read and congrats on your double blessings, and Timid, mmmm yummy yams........not!

ty though might take what you say give it a miss

hehe xox

baboo · Jun 28th, 2009, 16:31 PM

mine, were just natural. I don't think it had anything to do with my diet

xx

Jun 21st, 2009, 17:11 PM	#1
baby1moretime Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,426	Survey>>what was your diet like when you concieved multiples? Hi ladies i would just love to have twins(save me having another pregnancy after this/ 2for1 etc lol) i am wondering if theres a special diet any1 was eating, drinking or lifestyle that you was leading during the time you concieved? Was you taking clomid, soy isoflavins or was it natural for you and you just released two eggs that mth? I have heard that yams apparantly are supposed to increase the release of multiple eggs during o time, although for the life of me cant find where sells them!! can anyone confirm this??

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Jun 22nd, 2009, 11:23 AM	#2
vineyard Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Boise Idaho Posts: 2,379	Mine are fertility twins.

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highlandlassi Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 255	for me we believe the main factor was that i had an iud in for a year, and had hardly any period with that. when it came out my body released more eggs, because it had been so irregular for a year...also i am older with three other children which comes into play as well.

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Timid Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: London Posts: 463	Yams are so awful, really yuckky. My mum used to make me eat them as a kid, hated them! If you're wanting some (hunt some recipes down first!) I'd recommend to find an African grocer - one of the kind that sells all sorts of strange looking things... They're a root vegetable. Above is a piccy of what they look like Good Luck. Ps. Did I mention they taste awful!?!?!?!?!

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Jun 22nd, 2009, 17:54 PM	#5
Timid Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: London Posts: 463	Here's what Mum used to give me in New Zealand. (i'm in the UK now.. they probably look more similar to the above over here)

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latestarter Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 329	My twins are from IVF... Had nothing to do with what I ate - more like what I injected

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Jun 23rd, 2009, 14:59 PM	#8
mom2my3boyz Mum (Mom) New BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Kansas Posts: 8	I wasn't eating anything special and my twins are identical, so I only released one egg. I guess it is just luck of the draw.

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baby1moretime Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,426	Thanks girls makes for an interesting read and congrats on your double blessings, and Timid, mmmm yummy yams........not! ty though might take what you say give it a miss hehe xox

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Jun 28th, 2009, 16:31 PM	#10
baboo Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Dunfermline Posts: 1,405	mine, were just natural. I don't think it had anything to do with my diet xx

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