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Does anyone have 2 sets of naturally concieved twins? I am curious to know what the chances are of me having twins again? My 1st set were fraternal, natural. I think a doc told me 1 in 200 or something but from things I have read it may be higher.. (I would secretly love another set of twins, my body probably wouldn't though!)
A woman who lived up the street from me had 5 boys- with two sets of twins - one fraternal and one identical set. Man was it hard to work out who was who as they were all very similar looking LOL. They are all adults now.
I know a twin that had another set of twin brothers.
My SIL naturally conceived two sets of twins but sadly lost one. I think the doctor told her that she always ovulated two eggs at a time and virtually said that whenever she conceived, she would ALWAYS have twins. That's secondhand though so I'm not sure how accurate that is!
In my 6 pregnancies, 2 times have been confirmed twins, with me losing one in each pregnancy. Both fraternal pregnancies.
I think if you are prone to ovulating 2 eggs, it may very well happen again....
Wow.. I was on another forum (for multiples) and a few of them have had 2 sets.. Funny thing is I had a really long cycle and had trouble falling pregnant so thought it was a miracle.. Maybe not.. I guess what will be will be.. I would be grateful to just have 1, but to get another shot at being a twin mummy would be good.. I feel ripped off!
hugs hun. I read your story. Heartbreaking. Good luck in the future.
It would be so wonderful if you have your second set of twins. Every pregnancy is different also. As a midwife I know of several woman that have more then one set of naturally concieved twins. It seems especially common in woman who have large amounts of twins in their families. One lady had two sets in 12months.
if you've naturally conceived fraternal twins, your chances of naturally conceiving fraternal twins again is said to be 1 in 4. It is assumed that you have a tendency to ovulate multiple eggs. This is why fraternal twins are hereditary - because a tendency to ovulate multiple eggs at once is genetic.
It is different for identical twins though. Chances of spontaneously conceiving a second set of identical twins is 1 in 70 000. although it does happen, of course!
good luck!
My brother and SIL have two sets, both fraternal.
Not sure, but I think SIL was on clomid before the first set... There is a family history of twins on both sides.
My Nanna had 2 sets of unidentical twins, one after the other. She has 11 months between the first set and the second set. Both sets are boy/girl twins.
My Aunty had 3 sets of twins :lol:
2 identical boys, 2 years later 2 identical girls and then a boy and a girl.
It was werid but after the 2nd set, when she told us she was expecting again we never imagined a 3rd set of twins.
Goodluck in getting your bubba's
xx
B
:o whoa!:
Would you like to know that she also had a 3 year old at the time as well when the 2nd set of twins were born :lol::
Oh, and this was before she had my mum! (and my mums 2 younger brothers)
Danniellabella - I am in awe of your Nanna
Me too. I can tell you so many stories that I've heard, but that's for another time. Don't want to hyjack this thread.:
HI there
A girlfriend of mine does.
NAturally occuring - after 4 years of trying.
twin girls (non identical) - now 11
twin boys (non identical - now 9
And she breastfed them all to 12 months! omg...
she was one strong woman!
they were scared to fall pregnant a third time.....
Im pregnant with triplets this time round (have a 13 month old as well) and they say if I get pregnant again its more than likely that Ill have multiples again cz I release two eggs every time I ovulate.
I don't know much about it, but my sister taught some kids at her school that were in a family of ten kids......3 sets of twins! all natural, that lady is amazing.
I went to school with a family who had 1 set of triplets, 1 set of twins and one single child. I believe they were all naturally conceieved (this family was a bit of a gossip item when they arrived at my school, lol).
i have a set of twins
my SIL has two sets and lost a 3rd set- she has also gone on to have 2 singletons as well-she is a twin herself as well. They said to her after she had conceived three sets that most likely all other pg would be twins- but the last two that i know of have been only one at a time!
my DH great grandma had 3 sets as well
my grandma only had one set
cousins, aunties and even 2nd cousins on both sides of my DH family have all had twins as well
the genetic link to twinning is amazing and very strong!
its really strange when someone has one baby at a time in our families lol
my twins thought and assumed that everyone had two babies at a time until I had to explain that it wasnt the norm for most families.
We were told that it was a 1 in 4 chance after one set and a 50% chance after two sets and even higher after 3 sets
Good luck!!!
My mum was one of nine
Four sets of twins and my mum
She was adopted though, so they are distant relatives now
I use to work with a lady who had twin girls and then twin boys.
Bit of a sad story.
A lady at work had twins boy/girl but they passed away at 36 weeks due to a liver complication (the mother) she was very ill for a long time afterwards
6mth later she was pg again................twins again
Both natural!
twins born very happy and very healthy :)
:yeahthat: but I do know of a lady that had identical twin boys AND identical twin girls in 2 separate pregnancies. I also know of a set of identical twin girls who have both had identical twins themselves (one a set of boys and the other a set of girls). Knowing the odds of having identical twins in the 1st place I thought that both of these cases were pretty special considering the identical twin thing doesn't 'really' run in the family like the old wives tale would have you believe.: