Twins or More

Every year in New Zealand around 1000 families will welcome twins, triplets or occasionally even higher order multiples. That number is increasing every year, partly due to the increase in fertility treatments such as clomiphene and IVF which have a higher chance of producing multiples, and partly due to women leaving it longer to start their families - women over 35 are more likely to conceive twins or triplets.

Finding out you are pregnant with twins or more can be a huge shock! All of a sudden the baby you have been planning for has become two, or three, or even more! OHbaby! writer Emma Fahy experienced this shock for herself in 2006 when she gave birth to twin girls Mercedes and Sienna. She's put together this section on Twins and More to give you an insight into what life with twins and higher order multiples is like!

You can read more about Emma's pregnancy with the twins in her Pregnancy Diary and about life since the twins arrived in her Baby Diary.