Identical?

We have to wait to find out if our boys are identical or not, how long did it take everyone else to find out, and how did they know?

 

I was so curious I just had to find out about my boys, too. We decided to go with a company that we found online. We paid $180 dollars, they sent us a kit, we did the cheek swabs and sent them back. It took about 5 days to receive the kit (we didn't pay for express mail) and we found out a week later. They had the test results two days after they received our samples even though it said they wouldn't have it done for 3 more days. For us, we were willing to pay the money to find out for sure. There were other companies that would do it for less, but after reading about each one we decided to go with one that was a bit more expensive. Oh, we got the test results back this past Friday (via e-mail) and found out that they are indeed identical!

 

We tested at 15 months with Affiliated Genetics and had a very positive experience with them. It was a cheek swab so zero pain and you test at home. It was $160.

 

Wow! I thought it was going to be more like $500! I'm going to have to see if DH and I will do it now. We don't think they are, but our dr. keeps telling us about a set of twins she saw that didn't look alike as infants, but at 2 are now identical. I hope you get more responses...I'm interested in what people say.

 

We had an US at 13 weeks (when we found out we were having twins) and they could tell that the girls were in the same sac and told us then that they were sure they were identical.

We had them swabbed at about 6 weeks old b/c they were in a research study and we found out they are ID that way, too.

 

I have di/di ID twins. I sent off the for the DNA test when they were 4 months, and found out about 2 weeks later.

 

Can you post a picture of them? The women on this site are awesome at guessing whether they are identical or not! Basically, if mommy has a hard time telling them apart......they're probably identical.

 

At birth they sent away my placentas for testing and also tested my girls blood. So my OB came back and told me it was a 90% chance they were id based on the placentas, and then their pedi came and told me the bloodwork came back 100% identical and gave me paperwork to prove it, which I kept for their baby books. So I found out before I left the hospital when they were delivered.

Plus if they have hats on even I can't tell them apart!

They test for it at the hospital where I delivered, but I'm guessing there aren't a lot of huge hospitals that are solely for babies and baby-delivery like the one here is. That's all they do - babies!

 

My test is ordered and hopefully on its way- I am going nuts not knowing!!!! My placentas were sent off and came back di/di- but my ob thinks they are identical!

 

WOW! I was expecting the test to be much more expensive than that. Hmmm. Although my girls have the same blood type- they look so different that there has got to be no way they are identical.

Here is a picture of my girls- excuse the "drug" look on ds. lol This was the only picture I got of both of the girls looking forward.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v18/Cynt...lentines017.jpg

btw- ID twins would have the same hair color, right?

 

At the first ultrasound my ob swore that she saw a separating membrane and that we had di/di twins. She said this meant that they were MOST likely fraternal. We found out at our 20 week ultrasound that it was two boys. When I delivered, the ob said that my placentaS must have fused together because there was now only one. They sent the "supposedly" fused placenta to pathology. When my boys were in the nursery, I noticed on the whiteboard that they were the same blodd type. My pedi kept saying they must be ID because they look sooo much alike, but my OB continued to say that they were di/di twins. On the day we left the hospital, my OB came in to the room and said that she was wrong that I had only ever had one placenta and that my boys were ID.

 

We still don't know! I'm just not willing to pay the $$$ right now.

They were di/di but have the same blood type and look a lot alike. Here's a recent photo in their hats...i think they look a lot alike here...

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g126/man...h3/cutehats.jpg

 

My boys had two seperate sacs, but they could only see one placenta. After delivery, they couldn't tell for certain if two placentas fused early, or if there had always only been one. They have the same blood type and same cute squish at the top of their ears, but they look different because of their head shape. Little Seth (baby A) has a pretty decent flat spot from being head down for so many months inside me. We did the test just to confirm our suspicions, because until then we had no conclusive evidence either way!

 

QUOTE(mandyfish3 @ Feb 6 2008, 11:08 AM) [snapback]608372[/snapback]
We still don't know! I'm just not willing to pay the $$$ right now.

They were di/di but have the same blood type and look a lot alike. Here's a recent photo in their hats...i think they look a lot alike here...

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g126/man...h3/cutehats.jpg


I think they look identical in the picture with the hats, but not as much in your ticker picture.

We were told mono/di from the beginning so knew they were ID. It was stregthened by a slight TTTS case, the placental pathology report saying they were ID and the fact that they have the same blood type. Despite all that evidence, in those first months there were times I would swear there was no way they were ID because they looked so different. Then other times I would think I was crazy for questioning it because they looked exactly the same. Now at almost six months there is no doubt in my mind that they are ID - half the time I have to check their left ear to be sure who is who (top of their left ears have a slightly different fold). In the first few months I wanted to do the genetic testing just to be sure since I doubted once in a while. Now at 6 months though I feel it would be a waste of money since the odds of them not being ID has to be like .01%.

Here is a couple recent pics:
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc292/k...118Kids0151.jpg

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc292/k...118Kids0143.jpg

 

I found out I was pg with twins at 6 weeks and they were mono/di, so we knew right away they were identical... My twin and I never knew if we were id or frat so at 34 we did a dna test through proactive genetics (for $170) who confirmed we were id. My twin's twin girls were di/di, but have the same blood type. She found out just before their 1st birthday (again through proactive genetics) that they're also identical...

 

QUOTE(ShelbyJ @ Feb 6 2008, 11:12 AM) [snapback]608383[/snapback]
My boys had two seperate sacs, but they could only see one placenta. After delivery, they couldn't tell for certain if two placentas fused early, or if there had always only been one. They have the same blood type and same cute squish at the top of their ears, but they look different because of their head shape. Little Seth (baby A) has a pretty decent flat spot from being head down for so many months inside me. We did the test just to confirm our suspicions, because until then we had no conclusive evidence either way!


This is the same for us! Their heads are so different, but they have the same facial features. They thought we had one placenta, turns out it was fused, but they have the same blood type. Are your's identical then, Shelby?

 

My boys had TTTS so we were pretty sure then that they were identical. After delivery they sent the placenta off to confirm it. They are identical for sure.
They look a little different to me because one of their faces is fatter for now. Family still has trouble telling them apart so I make it harder by dressing them alike when we're out and about.

 

The u/s tech told me that I had 2 cysts on my ovary at my 6wk u/s, so I guess that means I dropped 2 eggs.

Now you can tell by looking at them. They are polar opposites but equally adorable!

 

We knew right away that ours are fraternal: di/di, different blood types, and they look VERY different !

 

QUOTE(mandyfish3 @ Feb 6 2008, 04:08 PM) [snapback]608372[/snapback]
We still don't know! I'm just not willing to pay the $$$ right now.

They were di/di but have the same blood type and look a lot alike. Here's a recent photo in their hats...i think they look a lot alike here...

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g126/man...h3/cutehats.jpg



I think I have told you this before but your girls are def ID to me and they are so cute. We have that same pink hat.

 

13 weeks same sac and already started with ttts. Good news followed by bad news. (turned out great in the end)

 

after my c/s, my doc came in and said there was one placenta, so they are id (mono/di? )... i don't think they are id, but i'm their mommy, so maybe that's why!

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p168/da...16/DSCF0250.jpg

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p168/da...16/DSCF0239.jpg

 

QUOTE(ddancerd1 @ Feb 6 2008, 05:24 PM) [snapback]609348[/snapback]
after my c/s, my doc came in and said there was one placenta, so they are id (mono/di? )... i don't think they are id, but i'm their mommy, so maybe that's why!

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p168/da...16/DSCF0239.jpg[/url]


Oh my gosh - they look exactly alike to me. I would say ID for sure.

 

You might be interested in my story. My OB was sure I was having faternal twins--I was not so sure I read everything I could get my hands on about twins so I knew that you could have identical with two of everything. But I imagined they would be because there are faternal twins all over both sides of our families. When they were born the pedi was certain they were ID. I actually laughed that off because they looked nothing alike. Completely different head shapes and skin tones (DH and I have very different skin tones) and everyone was like "one looks like you and one like their daddy." But I now know how much womb position can affect head shapes and skin tones (blood flow etc.) at birth. At three months they started to look a like, by 6 months only DH and I could tell them apart. My 9 months I couldn't tell them apart if they were sleeping and I wasn't there when they went down to know who was on what side and wearing what. I always read these threads because I've actually never got them tested. I had planned on it, but they just kept looking more and more alike that I finally just accepted it with out the test. We live in Mexico so the cost is not so affordable for us. Now if I look at the individual pieces of their faces, they look the same. So I developed this test for twin parents. It works best when they are sound asleep so completely relaxed.
Look at one's mouth, only the mouth, then look over at the other one's mouth, is it the same?
Look at one's nose, again only the nose. Then look at the other's.
Do the same for eyes, eyebrows, ears, chin, etc. If the individual pieces look the same they are identical. You can't judge based on the whole face, because it's how they move the face, to make expressions, smiles, the look in their eyes that makes them unique individuals. Genes make a nose, but personality makes a face.

 

QUOTE(Meximeli @ Feb 6 2008, 04:53 PM) [snapback]609414[/snapback]
You might be interested in my story. My OB was sure I was having faternal twins--I was not so sure I read everything I could get my hands on about twins so I knew that you could have identical with two of everything. But I imagined they would be because there are faternal twins all over both sides of our families. When they were born the pedi was certain they were ID. I actually laughed that off because they looked nothing alike. Completely different head shapes and skin tones (DH and I have very different skin tones) and everyone was like "one looks like you and one like their daddy." But I now know how much womb position can affect head shapes and skin tones (blood flow etc.) at birth. At three months they started to look a like, by 6 months only DH and I could tell them apart. My 9 months I couldn't tell them apart if they were sleeping and I wasn't there when they went down to know who was on what side and wearing what. I always read these threads because I've actually never got them tested. I had planned on it, but they just kept looking more and more alike that I finally just accepted it with out the test. We live in Mexico so the cost is not so affordable for us. Now if I look at the individual pieces of their faces, they look the same. So I developed this test for twin parents. It works best when they are sound asleep so completely relaxed.
Look at one's mouth, only the mouth, then look over at the other one's mouth, is it the same?
Look at one's nose, again only the nose. Then look at the other's.
Do the same for eyes, eyebrows, ears, chin, etc. If the individual pieces look the same they are identical. You can't judge based on the whole face, because it's how they move the face, to make expressions, smiles, the look in their eyes that makes them unique individuals. Genes make a nose, but personality makes a face.


My DH has actually done this with pictures of them sleeping, on the computer. He took pictures of both of them close up sleeping, and then took the nose off one baby and put it right next to the other baby's nose, and did the same for each feature. Every feature is exactly the same!

 

here are some pics, just visit Brian & Deegan. I cant tell them apart at all! I'm so worried about mixing them up!


http://www.flickr.com/photos/nikkihartman/

 

We found out at our first u/s because they had TTTS and only identicals can have that. They definitely didn't look identical for a while though because of the weight difference.

 

we r 16 and we were never tested bacuase we were born 16 weeks premie.. but everyone is sure we are identical.. I'm left handed and alisha is right handed.. and there is so many things the same. we even get hiccups at the same time lol

 

Here's my story....
At my first u/s at 20 weeks, we found out we were having 2. The u/s tech said that it was good because they were fraternal. I have no idea why, but from that day forward, I have always thought they were ID. I guess it was Mothers intuition...because I was right. When the girls were born, they looked different to everyone but me. Now, they look the same to everyone but me. After they turned 1, I decided to prove everyone wrong and got them tested. At that point, DH couldn't even tell them apart and I had noticed a few things. Their hairlines are the same. Their bottom 2 front teeth both hangle inwards. They have always been within a pound of each other and no more than 2 inches apart in height.