Hiya everyone,
I just wanted to post something that I thought may be of interest to other multiple mothers.
I have two twin girls. They both had their own plancentas and sacks. I was told that they were fraternal by the medical professional. I am a member of TAMBA, and they ran an article in their magazine about some fraternal twins actually being identical.
The article suggested that it is interesting and also useful to have your twins tested, as in later life, they want to know how 'close' they are and gave details of the multiple birth association as a place of contact.
We contacted them and it was a simple dna marker test, taken by 10 swabs per child.
The results were staggering! Our children were actually 100% Monozygotic (identical).
They provided a breakdown of the dna markers on a certificate, which will we keep for the girls when they are older.
The impact of this information is immense.
One of our girls had an illness and we were referred to hospital. When they asked are the girls identical and we replied yes, they said they would need to automatically check the second twin. The doctor informed us, had they been non-identical they would have only checked one....
It has turned out to be very useful.
Anyone out there had their multiples tested and the outcome was unexpected?
Nic