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Twins in the family

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Hi

After a lot of research I have been told that their identical twins are not hereditary (in fact no-one seems to be certain what caused identical twins, I am pregnant with identical twins and I think its coz I went to Thorpe Park when I was unknowingly pregnant, I think the rollercoastes caused the egg to split! lol) Non identical twins are genetic but its the woman who has to inherit the Hyper ovulation gene.

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  • winterbubbawinterbubba
    can u think docs can miss twins early???
  • hannah28_12_06hannah28_12_06
    How early are you? I went for a scan at 7 weeks, and was told there was definately only one, and we could only see one. At my 12 week scan, we were told that we are having identical twins.
  • sabbyg03sabbyg03
    Hi ladies

    My sister is mum to 2 sets of identical twin boys. As much as I love all my nephews i was quite relieved to know i'm only carrying one - unless of course one is hiding!!! Sab x
  • Team_Blue_aka_doublebubbleTeam_Blue_aka_doublebubble
    hi sab congrats on your pregnancy. do you know if your sis drank lots of milk when she was ttc?
  • sabbyg03sabbyg03
    Hi Doublebubble.

    Sorry but I have no idea about the milk thing. I know the 1st set were planned but the 2nd were completely unexpected. There are 7 years in between so they're not too much of a handful all together !!! Is milk / Calcium supposed to have an effect? Sab x
  • JujubeanJujubean
    My nan is a twin(non identical) ,my aunt had twins (non identical boys) and my cousin had twins (identical boys).. now I am expecting non identical twin boys ! So who knows .... I guess there are no hard and fast rules ! ( Oh and my husbands grandfather was a twin ... non identical boys)
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