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do u have Twins?

yes, I'm waiting for another pair...

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yes, one pair is enough!!

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no twins

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Total Votes : 48

↑ LadyG

Sun, Oct 03 2010, 5:08 pm

Thanks louche! People say "twins can't have twins." From what you're saying, the chance to have twins is there just the same like anyone else...

↑ louche ↓

Sun, Oct 03 2010, 5:14 pm

LadyG wrote:

Thanks louche! People say "twins can't have twins." From what you're saying, the chance to have twins is there just the same like anyone else...

Yep.

lawlady

Tue, Oct 12 2010, 8:16 pm

I have 11 mo boy/girl twins. Very hard pregnancy with 3 months bedrest and 12 day hospitalization. Couldn't do it again! But they are the absolute loves of my life.

IloveHashem613

Tue, Oct 12 2010, 8:25 pm

I have a friend who has identical twin sisters and has about 5 pairs of identical twins in her family... I know identical twins are just "coincedence" because the egg split but could it be that there's something that runs in families to have identical twins??? otherwise how would one explain this high occurence of identicals in her family?

↑ life'sgreat ↓

Wed, Oct 13 2010, 6:02 am

IloveHashem613 wrote:

This has been discussed and argued to death on many 'twins sites' and the consensus is that perhaps the females in the family have a tendency for eggs to split. No scientific backing. My sister in law has two sets of ID twin girls (in a large family). How do you explain that?

Basimcha

Wed, Oct 13 2010, 10:20 am

life'sgreat wrote:

IloveHashem613 wrote:

After having twins, one has a higher chance of having twins again---is that only by fraternal or identical twins as well?

5770Mom

Wed, Oct 13 2010, 11:36 am

Hello

I have 11 month old twin boys. They were born 38. weeks b'h very healthy by c-section.

Just because you asked how many of us are out here ;-)

5770mom

eshes chayil

Wed, Oct 13 2010, 3:00 pm

My twins just turned 2 and I still can't believe that I actually have twins. Its been my wish since I was a little girl to have a boy and girl twins- and thats what Hashem has given me B"H!!!
They were born at 39 weeks, mostly uneventful pregnancy till the last 6 weeks. I would love to have twins again! They are so different, and since he was considered a preemie and was in an incubator, while she was not (even thought she was a full kg smaller than him) their development seems like they are at least 3 months apart. Now I can't even imagine going through 9 months of pregnancy and having just one baby Smile

my kids asked me "if Hashem gave us twins, does that mean that He likes us double?"
LOL

↑ life'sgreat ↓

Thu, Oct 14 2010, 6:16 am

Basimcha wrote:

life'sgreat wrote:

IloveHashem613 wrote:

After having twins, one has a higher chance of having twins again---is that only by fraternal or identical twins as well?

I would assume that if one has a tendency to drop two eggs, it can happen again. My sister in law has 2 sets of ID twins (in a large family).

TwinsMommy

Mon, Oct 18 2010, 11:26 am

I couldn't vote, but I'm here. My twins are 3 and a half. Not sure we'll ever have more kids--- we're extremely overwhelemed because both kids have special needs. Once they're in school full time I have to get my business back up to the income level at which it really needs to be and then we'll consider more kids--- if my kids become less overwhelming someday and our financial situation changes, then yes, I'd LOVE another set of twins.

↑ louche

Mon, Oct 18 2010, 12:04 pm

life'sgreat wrote:

I would assume that if one has a tendency to drop two eggs, it can happen again. My sister in law has 2 sets of ID twins (in a large family).

BUUUURP! Wrong answer. Identical twins result from a single fertilized egg that splits off at the two or four-cell stage. That's why they're identical: they were originally one. Multiple ovulations in a cycle result in fraternal twins, and yes, women who are prone to this for whatever reason will tend to have multiples again. ID twins are a statistical constant across the board in populations, though it is possible that something in the maternal environment encourages splitting and will cause a particular woman to have multiple identical twin pregnancies.

JollyMommy

Sun, Jan 02 2011, 9:59 pm

louche- just to stick up for life's great (who I "know" from a few boards so I can vouch for how knowledgable she is) I think she meant her answer as 2 points:

a. that people who produce 2 eggs are likely to do it again
and
b. by the way, isn't it neat her sil has 2 sets of identical twins

correct me if I'm wrong LG.

there is a concept of women having "shaky eggs" (my own loshon) who have 2 sets of ID twins (I personally know 2 with this) in other words their eggs have an unusually high tendency to split at blastocyst stage resulthing in ID twins.

tikva18 ↓

Tue, Feb 01 2011, 9:13 pm

I just joined, and found this subforum. I'm a twin mommy - they are my youngest. B/G twins here - it was a slightly more eventful pregnancy than my others as I had double my usual bedrest - once early on due to a subchorionic hematoma and then my standard 26-28 wk bed rest for pre-term labor. For every pregnancy I had pre-term labor, but delivered @ term or later for all except the twins who were induced early due to baby A not growing.

Having twins is the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me and I thank HaKadosh Baruch Hu for them every day. From the time I was small I have always wanted twins and I used to speak with my grandma about it all the time. She also had always wanted twins and was disappointed that she didn't (they run in the family) - so we used to make up twin names for mine that one would never actually use - like Percy and Persimmon, Clyde and Clive, Hortense and Mortense Very Happy

- and so on.

I think that I gave more and had better bonding with my twins than with my others because I fully recognized how incredibly precious they are and I feel this bond with my grandma - who's no longer living Sad

- and I've tried to mother them the way I think she would have.
I did get no sleep and don't think I could do it again without help (I didn't have any help after the twins, minus chesed girls coming for an hour 2x a week).

mummy-bh

Tue, Feb 01 2011, 9:49 pm

my girlies are 3.5 now. I would love to do it again, providing I could skip the pregnancy part and the nights for the first three months or so Wink

↑ Yippie ↓

Tue, Feb 01 2011, 9:55 pm

Nice to find so many buddys here!!
My twins r now 16 months, its just an adorable age now! I can sit amd laugh from them all day! I'm glad I'm upto this stage FINaLLY!!

↑ tikva18 ↓

Tue, Feb 01 2011, 10:24 pm

I didn't mention, but my twins are, knaina hara, almost 5 1/2yrs.

Shopmiami49

Wed, Feb 02 2011, 1:22 am

Hey, can I count for being a triplet mommy if my third was born before my oldest turned 2?? Smile

↑ life'sgreat ↓

Wed, Feb 02 2011, 2:18 pm

esteec wrote:

Correct. That's what I meant Estee.

brklin ↓

Wed, Feb 02 2011, 2:21 pm

im in! just gave birth to twins 3 and a half weeks ago!!

↑ tikva18 ↓

Wed, Feb 02 2011, 3:08 pm

brklin wrote:

im in! just gave birth to twins 3 and a half weeks ago!!

MAZAL TOV!!!!!!

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