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Is there a way to conceive twins naturally?

28 replies

Darem · 13/02/2005 22:31

Does anyone know how to conceive twins naturally - ie, without fertility treatment or because it runs in the family????

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stitch · 13/02/2005 22:35

no, twins happen either when an embryo splits into two for some unknown reason, or because each ovary releases an egg, and they both get fertilised at the same time.
as far as i am aware, there is no natural way to make this haappen. fertility drugs make the later scenario happen.
i thought it did run in families, and since my mom has twin brothers, i was afraid it would increase my risk of having twins, but apparently that isn the case.

sparklymieow · 13/02/2005 22:33

Normally you can only non-idential twins if the mother releases two eggs in a cycle (that can be genitic) and idential twins normally just happen

misdee · 13/02/2005 22:32

it just happens.