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I would like to have twins.?

I would like to have twins, but it doesn't run in the family. Any tips on what to do.?

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    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    I am a twin, twins run every generation on the womens side of my family. I have two kids and they arent twins. I was hopeful, but it is a rarity. Fertility pills is only thing that may cause twins apart from genetics, but you cannot get those without a fertility problem.

  • 1 decade ago

    IVF has a pretty good twin-hit rate.

    But in the end I don't think there's some magical pill you can pop or strange date / time thing that provides two babies over one if your doing it naturally.

    Only thing I know is that once you've had one child the chance of twins is higher.

    And then once you've had twins the chance of having twins again is around 30%.

    There was a case recently in the UK where a women got pregnant twice, ie. her 'twins' were conceived a week or two apart .. not sure if that's still counted as Fraternal though.

    In any event maybe just double your efforts :)

    .. Whoops .. forgot .. old wive's tale that twins come from the mother's side but skip a generation.

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