Have you ever watched twins doing their thing? sometimes it’s like watching a choreographed reality show, coz in most cases they do the same thing at the same time, in the same way, more so identical twins.
It is because of this that many people desire to have twins, just the attention, the confusion in identifying them and for others, it is more of saving time(carrying two babies in one pregnancy).
For whatever reason, there are measures one can take to boost your odds of having twins.
Other than fertility treatments, there are other factors that increase your chances of getting pregnant.
Family History
It has been said that having twins in your family guarantees that you’ll have the same, but here is a clarification, a family history of identical twins does not make it more likely you’ll have multiples.
However, if you have fraternal twins (non-identical) in your family, your chances of conceiving twins rise. If there are fraternal twins on both the mother and father’s side, your odds for twins goes up even higher.
A history of fraternal twins on the female side of the family indicates a higher likelihood of ovulating more than one egg per cycle.
A history of fraternal twins on the male side indicates a higher likelihood of the man producing enough sperm to fertilize more than one egg.
Age
Women over 30 are more likely to conceive twins. This is because the hormone FSH rises as a woman gets older. FSH, or follicle stimulating hormone, is responsible for the development of eggs in the ovaries before they are released.
Higher levels of FSH are needed as a woman ages because the eggs require more stimulation to grow than in a younger woman.
This is somewhat ironic, given that increased FSH is also due to lowering fertility. But sometimes, the follicles overreact to the higher FSH levels, and two or more eggs are released, resulting in a twin pregnancy.
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