chances of a 2nd set of twins?

Anyone know the stats on having twins again? These were my 1st pregnancy, naturally conceived.

 

Anyone know the stats on having twins again? These were my 1st pregnancy, naturally conceived.

 

Me too, and in the one of the issues of Twin Magazine I believe I read we would be 4 times more likely than the average person would to have a set of twins. I don't know what the stats for a average person was but our chances would probably be high.

 

It depends on a lot of factors but, basically, if the babies are fraternal your chances are about 1 in 5 and identicals are 1 in 250 again.

 

I think it depends on whether yours were ID or Frat. If they are frat you have a high chance of another set. But if you have ID then you only have a slightly higher chance (because IDs are not hereditary but just something that happens.) I've read that many pregnancies start out as twins but their bodies can't carry 2 for whatever reason, so if you have 1 set of twins it shows your body can carry them and you are more likely to have another set.

I have also read that if you have 1 frat set you have between a 10-40% chance of another set (it gets higher as you get older because you're more likely to hyperovulate as you get older).

 

There is an odds calculator here on TS.

 

That's SO cool! I have a 1 in 5 chance of having a 2nd set of frat twins! :0

 

I had ID's and my hubby and I think we would feel robbed if we had a singleton next time. Anything we can do to increase our chances?