Surprise!!!
I'm only having one (ONLY - HA, that's enough!) I always thought twins would be fun! Congratulations!!
Best wishes on your journey. You'll get lots of great support and advice here.
Kina
Best wishes on your journey. You'll get lots of great support and advice here.
Kina
RNY 08/16/05
Weight day of surgery 222
Lost 100 pounds in about 10 months
Pre-pregnancy weight 126
Delivery day weight 166
Currently 118
Baby Gage born 11/02/10
Father's side has nothing to do with having twins. (sorry dads)
From Babycenter.com:
While identical twins generally happen by sheer chance, there are several factors that influence your chances of having fraternal twins:
• Heredity: If you're a twin or if twins run in your family, you're slightly more likely to have a set yourself. Women who are fraternal twins have a one in 60 chance of bearing twins.
• Race: Twins are more common than average in African Americans and less common in Hispanics and Asians.
• Age: The older you are, the higher your chances of having fraternal twins or higher-order multiples. A 2006 study found that women over 35 produce more follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) than younger women. Ironically, increasing levels of this hormone are a sign of failing ovaries and declining fertility. But FSH is also the hormone that causes an egg to ripen in preparation for ovulation each month, and women with extra FSH may release more than one egg in a single cycle. So while older women are statistically less likely to get pregnant, if they do get pregnant, they're more likely to have twins.
• Number of pregnancies: The more pregnancies you've had, the greater your chances of having twins.
• History of twins: Once you have a set of fraternal twins, you're twice as likely to have another set in future pregnancies.
• Body type: Twins are more common in large and tall women than in small women.
From Babycenter.com:
While identical twins generally happen by sheer chance, there are several factors that influence your chances of having fraternal twins:
• Heredity: If you're a twin or if twins run in your family, you're slightly more likely to have a set yourself. Women who are fraternal twins have a one in 60 chance of bearing twins.
• Race: Twins are more common than average in African Americans and less common in Hispanics and Asians.
• Age: The older you are, the higher your chances of having fraternal twins or higher-order multiples. A 2006 study found that women over 35 produce more follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) than younger women. Ironically, increasing levels of this hormone are a sign of failing ovaries and declining fertility. But FSH is also the hormone that causes an egg to ripen in preparation for ovulation each month, and women with extra FSH may release more than one egg in a single cycle. So while older women are statistically less likely to get pregnant, if they do get pregnant, they're more likely to have twins.
• Number of pregnancies: The more pregnancies you've had, the greater your chances of having twins.
• History of twins: Once you have a set of fraternal twins, you're twice as likely to have another set in future pregnancies.
• Body type: Twins are more common in large and tall women than in small women.
Niether side has twins, Totally spontaneous, This was our first month trying to get pregnant with our second, and We got 2nd and 3rd. LOL
Jess Q 
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high/ begin WLS/current/
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And were hispanic descent. thank god for our miracles
Jess Q
314 / 298 / 215/
high/ begin WLS/current/
"Well behaved woman do not make history"
Make a pregnancy ticker
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