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Fertility drugs that cause more than one egg to mature at ovulation or in vitro fertilization.
Identical twins are caused by unknown factors, when the developing zygote splits in two. Fraternal twins seem to run in some families.
We are not made to carry more than one baby per pregnancy and carrying twins is much more risky for both mom and the babies.
Since the Octomom nightmare two years ago, doctors are being urged not to implant more than one zygote per cycle - the chances of pregnancy seem to be the same (according to British fertility doctors) and the risks are much lower.
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What are the chances of identical twins having twins themselves?
Women who are themselves fraternal twins have a 10% chance of producing twins, identical twin women have only a 0.6% probability of having a twin birth.
What are the chances of having twins after aborting twins?
It is the same for any other pregnancy. Abortion does not change the randomness of identical twins or the familiar tendency to have fraternal twins.
What are your chances of conceiving twins after you miscarried twins?
I was told by my doctor, that the chances of having multiples is very likely once you've conceived multiples in the past. And if you have multiples, they will skip a generation and then their kids will likely have multiples. Pretty cool.
What is the chances of having twins when your mother has two sets of twins im a twin and your boy friends dads cousins are twins and his grans sisters are twins?
Sounds like a good chance! You sound like my family LOL!
What are chances of having twins with no history of twins in the family?
AnswerIts very unlikely, but its possible. Its happended a few times in history....... so, probley 1 in 700,000 chance i think.
