Natural ways to conceive multiples?

[LillyMary90]

I know it’s a long shot and to be honest i will be happy and so lucky to conceive either way but does anyone have any experience/ideas/thoughts on natural ways to increase the chance of conceiving multiples?

Eat lots of yam...
I’ve heard that the phytoestrogens in yam may account for the high incidence of twin births in Yoruba women.

It might be a complete coincidence but I had acupuncture twice being finishing my period and ovulating. I fell pregnant with boy/girl twins. It was my fifth cycle of trying and I hadn’t had acupuncture before that.

Have a strong family incidence of multiples but I really think that that is it 🤷‍♀️ Not what you wanted to hear I’m sure. Why would you be wanting to deliberately do that anyway??

Oh really! I’ve never heard that about the Yoruba tribe before, very interesting will definitely research thank you! X

Why on earth would you want to? I see a set of twins and the mere thought of having two babies/toddlers at once makes me hyperventilate. There’s a set of triplets at my DCs’ school. I practically have to cross the road when I see them so I don’t fall sobbing into their mother’s arms going, ‘How? HOW HAVE YOU COPED?’

Any more likely as the female partner gets older.

Has to be white yam though.

Most of it is beyond your control (ethnicity, family history etc), but there's also:

• be breastfeeding at the time you conceive

(I was with my second, still had a single though)

• be older when you conceive (multiple eggs are released towards the start of menopause)
• Have just come off hormonal contraception (this was true for me with my first and second. Still had singles both times thank God)

@ElphabaTheGreen

Why on earth would you want to? I see a set of twins and the mere thought of having two babies/toddlers at once makes me hyperventilate. There’s a set of triplets at my DCs’ school. I practically have to cross the road when I see them so I don’t fall sobbing into their mother’s arms going, ‘How? HOW HAVE YOU COPED?’

Also this.

Basically I have the higher income between my husband and I, we both want 3 children and realistically I can’t afford to have multiple or sporadic years off on maternity having children (as much as I’d love to) I thought a quicker way to do this was to have multiples, crazy I know!

Make love!

@LillyMary90

Basically I have the higher income between my husband and I, we both want 3 children and realistically I can’t afford to have multiple or sporadic years off on maternity having children (as much as I’d love to) I thought a quicker way to do this was to have multiples, crazy I know!

You've not had any yet. You may well change your mind about the number of kids once you've actually got one or two.

@LillyMary90

Basically I have the higher income between my husband and I, we both want 3 children and realistically I can’t afford to have multiple or sporadic years off on maternity having children (as much as I’d love to) I thought a quicker way to do this was to have multiples, crazy I know!

Also, split the parental leave so that your husband does at least half of it.

@ElphabaTheGreen

Why on earth would you want to? I see a set of twins and the mere thought of having two babies/toddlers at once makes me hyperventilate. There’s a set of triplets at my DCs’ school. I practically have to cross the road when I see them so I don’t fall sobbing into their mother’s arms going, ‘How? HOW HAVE YOU COPED?’

Oh I totally understand! It takes some strength to raise one let alone multiples!!

Why would you choose to have multiples when the chances of complications are higher?

I do have one.

Do you know how much childcare costs for twins? Are you aware of the pregnancy and birth risks? You get hardly any decent sleep with multiples... no napping when the baby naps, broken nights for ages, sometimes waking to feed every hour.

But if you like: Yams. Conceiving whilst breastfeeding. Conceiving as a teen or in your 40s.

@LillyMary90

Basically I have the higher income between my husband and I, we both want 3 children and realistically I can’t afford to have multiple or sporadic years off on maternity having children (as much as I’d love to) I thought a quicker way to do this was to have multiples, crazy I know!

Ah, the ‘instant family’ delusion of multiples, when you’ve not even had one yet. And thinking you know how many children you want when you’ve not even had one yet.

No, OP. Nonononononono. Avoid the yams. Especially the white ones.

@ElphabaTheGreen I know exactly how you feel! Massive respect for triplet + parents. Must be so insanely tough.

X-post - you have one and you still want twins??

Insanity. I can only assume you got a sleeper.

I know 4 sets of twins:

Random (second pregnancy, was frankly pissed off at getting 2 for 1
Family history
Older mum x2

Insanity. I can only assume you got a sleeper.

Indeed.

@ElphabaTheGreen

Why on earth would you want to? I see a set of twins and the mere thought of having two babies/toddlers at once makes me hyperventilate. There’s a set of triplets at my DCs’ school. I practically have to cross the road when I see them so I don’t fall sobbing into their mother’s arms going, ‘How? HOW HAVE YOU COPED?’

Haha @ElphabaTheGreen that is usually my reaction! 😂😂 I genuinely cannot cope with the thought of carrying and birthing multiples. I admire from afar. A friend of mine had triplets and it literally changed her life completely. Work, finances etc everything has to be reconsidered. But she's amazing at it. I live in awe of her 👏

Good luck to OP though ❤️

I was terrified of twins when TTC my third. The risk factors for me were

1. Family history of fraternal twins
2. Older Mum
3. Breastfeeding while TTC

4 Tall women are more likely to have twins and I am 6 foot tall

I was so relieved to see my singleton at the scan.

Just take 6 weeks mat leave and get back to work. It's how they do it in the US. Long mat leave is not obligatory and you cannot eat your way to twins.