chances of a 2nd set of twins?

Discussion in 'The First Year' started by andyra, Nov 25, 2006.

  1. andyra

    andyra Well-Known Member

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

    andyra Well-Known Member

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

    Shadyfeline Well-Known Member

    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.
     
  4. Ali M

    Ali M Well-Known Member

    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.
     
  5. kcprochazka

    kcprochazka Well-Known Member

    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).
     
  6. Her Royal Jennyness

    Her Royal Jennyness Well-Known Member

  7. kcprochazka

    kcprochazka Well-Known Member

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

    BaaRamEwe Well-Known Member

    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?
     
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