how to get pregnant with twins

October 20, 2009

How To Get Pregnant With Twins

twins5So, not only do you want to take the big step of having a baby, you want to know how to get pregnant with twins!  There are no foolproof measures that will guarantee a multiple pregnancy but there are some factors you can consider to help you in our tips on getting pregnant pages.

Common Factors That Can Lead To  Twins

  • Fertility Drugs: Taking fertility drugs or undergoing fertility treatments can significantly increase your chances of having twins or another type of multiple birth. In some cases, it can increase your chances of having twins by more than 20%.
  • Age: Your chances of having twins increases as you grow older. The chance of having twins rises to 4% between the ages of 30 and 34, and to 5% between the ages of 35 and 39.
  • Family History: Having a maternal history of twins or other multiple births increases your chance of becoming pregnant with twins considerably.
  • Cultural Background: People of African American descent are more likely to have twins or multiple births. People of Asian or Hispanic descent are less likely to have twins.
  • Previous Pregnancies: Women who have had four or more previous pregnancies are the most likely to have twins.

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Paternal Twins

twins1With fraternal twins, the most common type, the mother contributes two eggs that are independently fertilized in the womb by two different sperm cells from the father. They are genetically as similar as any ordinary siblings. Fraternal twins are simply brothers and/or sisters who happen to be the same age. Fraternals are more common for older mothers, with rates doubling over the age of 35.

Identical Twins

With identical twins, one egg from the mother is fertilized by one sperm from the father, and then very early in development the embryo splits and two fetuses grow. These twins are very similar genetically and they are the same gender. Identical twins appears to be a random event, not a hereditary trait, and is uniformly distributed in all populations around the world.

Semi-Identical Twins

The ’semi-identical’ twins are the result of two sperm cells fusing with a single egg, before becoming two embryos. This would result in a set of twins with identical genes from the mother’s side, but different ones from the father’s side. An embryo created this way doesn’t usually survive, but a few cases are known.

Are Twins Really That Common?

twins2The advancement of fertility treatments has led to an increase in multiple births.  Infertility treatment has more than doubled the twin birth rate in America since 1980.  There are nearly five times as many triplets being born now then before infertility treatments were used.

In the year 2000 there were:

*118,920 Twin Births

*6,740 Triplet Births

*507 Quadruplet Births

*78 Quintuplets & other higher order Births

Personally I feel that any pregnancy is a gift and if you are doubly blessed with twins, triplets or quintuplets, so much the better.  Focusing on how to get pregnant with twins is probably not the most productive use of your time.  It will happen if it is meant to be.  Focus on charting your cycle, find out when you are most fertile, get pregnant and what is meant to happen will happen!

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