My chances of twins - hereditary - friends scaring me!!!

[Mintymoomoo]

So I'm 7 weeks pregnant, my partner is a identical twin and his twin also had identical twins!!

Now I know identical twins are not meant to be hereditary but I'm getting a little afraid! Already have a bulge (didn't show with last 3 pregnancies until 4-5 months) and this time feeling soooo soooo tired and sickish all day!

Sure my chances are nil but friends are scaring me a little, I'm also nearly 35

[MultipleMama]

My mum was a fraternal twin so was her cousin & auntie. None on DH's side. I had MCMA (ID boys) in 2012 and DCDA (b/g) in 2013.

There is research but no "proof" that ID twins is due to genes. And it's more likely to be your family tree not his. Don't worry too much. Each PG is different and may carry biggerthis time round. Wait until your scan and then panic .

[Chopsypie]

this is not a placemark

[KatharineClover]

My scan today showed just 1 very wiggly baby :) my dates have changed so I am nearly 14 weeks so I guess that might help to explain the movements I've felt and bump size!
Hope all is well with your scan tomorrow minty x

[isislondon]

I conceived fraternal twin girls at 1st attempt at 40, naturally.im tall with African ancestry some generations back so all the risk factors almost. But I have many cousins & no one has had twins in my generation or my parents generation, but at my grandparents generation on both mother & fathers sides, there were fraternal twins & triplets. In hubs family, every generation had fraternal twins throughout his family, mostly boy girl twins. He hadn't realised there were so many twins because they weren't identical

[isislondon]

Also I didn't know we had any twins in the family until I asked my grandparents, who knew their generation & above, . So I only became aware after I became pregnant with twins. I thought I was the 1st. I suppose it's harder to tell these days because people settle down later or delay childbirth or generally have No or less children.

I met a 90yr old woman who'd had 3 x sets of fraternal twins

[Lizziec1984]

My grandma had non identical twins and I've just found out I am now!!! It's skips a generation generally apparently and comes from the woman's side! Identical twins tend to come from the male side so I'm told x

[MatildaV]

Identical twins are not hereditary, and fraternal twins run on the mother's side, not the father's, so the fact your partner's family has a history of identical twins is irrelevant.