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[CLKD]

Those were emergency C-sections .  Quite understandable  . 

[dulciana]

The 5 people I know that had twins - all had normal deliveries, C-sections were not an option.  3 sets were born at home, it was the 1950s.  At 1 point we had 4 sets of twins in our School of 450.

My twin sister and I were in a class with two other sets of twins in early primary school.  That poor teacher...........

[dulciana]

One of my first bosses had two sets of twins, all boys!

I'm from two sets of twins, Megamind, although we're one set of each.  At least our parents could tell the sets apart!   

[Annie0710]

I had 5 pregnancies and 2 of them were fraternal twins, I lost one of each and my nan was a fraternal twin and her mum had about 4 sets

During my first twin scan i was told I had a bicornuate uterus and ovulated from both ovaries each month so wonder if my great grandmother had the same

[CLKD]

Genetics fascinates me.  Sometimes a lady is un-aware of carrying twins as 1 may be absorbed or 'lost' very early on.  Do the children that were twins Annie feel that they are 'half' of a pair?

[Annie0710]

No they don't, I've asked them that question.  Twin 1 disintegrated and came away at 14 weeks,  twin 2 miscarried with blood/pain at 6 weeks, they took me for a scan and the remnants of what was the sac was visible . Only reason I was given this privilege of early scan is because I'd miscarried preg #2 and preg #3 was my stillbirth so twins were preg #4 & 5 x

[CLKD]

Interesting how we differ in what we 'feel' we have or not  .  Devastating for you though 

[Annie0710]

Thank you x

[peri]

I find genetics fascinating too CLKD, my sister is a geneticist and tells me all sorts of interesting things. My husband's siblings for example are fraternal twins (dizygotic) they are a boy and a girl and come from separate eggs.  His sister has herself had twins and they are monozygotic i.e. they are identical (girls) and have come from one egg which split. He's got cousins who are twins also, so I would have had a strong chance of having them, but sadly we met too late x

[CLKD]

Identical should have the same placenta ........

[Mbrown001]

There were three sets of twins in my dads family. All live births and given the fact my dad was born in 1913 and the twins before and after him that was no mean feat.

I was told.....old wives tale....that twins skipped a generation so I had a higher chance of twins. Didn't happen.
Have to say that would probably been it for me.


Mrs Brown

[CLKD]

I was told that too and a year B4 we were married, we found out that there are indeed, twins on Mum's side 

[peri]

Husband's siblings have disapproved that theory ie twins have had twins, but also they were different types of twins which I find interesting x

[Annie0710]

My friend is an identical twin and her 3rd pregnancy was identical twins

[CLKD]

That's a lot of Nappies 

I understand that Beyonce has given birth .........