OHbaby! Forums : Twins question https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:05:56 +0000 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:15:53 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=18119 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Twins question : tishy wrote: BooBoo wrote:So...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=475960&title=twins-question#475960 Author: Maya
Subject: 18119
Posted: 26 August 2008 at 9:15pm

Originally posted by tishy tishy wrote:

Originally posted by BooBoo BooBoo wrote:

So if there is twins on DH's side, but not on my side is there a chance that we could have twins?


Unfortunately not. There's a chance your daughters could have twins.

Twins rock! No matter what Emma says


You're all mad! And Tishy is doubly mad coz she's done it once and wants to do it again!

Twins do rock tho, it's so cool watching them interact (OK, not so much when one is hitting the other over the head with a shoe but most of the time!), I'll never forget watching them at about 8 mths sitting on the kitchen floor passing blocks backwards and forward, it was such an awesome moment!

But they are damn hard work. In the early days it's a relentless mission of feeding and sleeping, with lots of feeding and not much sleeping, and as they get bigger they tag team it to get into mischief.

Even tho I had a singleton first I don't think I really appreciated how demanding twins are until I had Chiara. Having one baby to feed and settle it just blows my mind to think that when the gremlins were little I had to do everything twice over!]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:15:53 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=475960&title=twins-question#475960 <![CDATA[Twins question : Thats so cool Linda.... ]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=475639&title=twins-question#475639 Author: Deez
Subject: 18119
Posted: 26 August 2008 at 3:50pm

Thats so cool Linda....]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:50:48 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=475639&title=twins-question#475639 <![CDATA[Twins question : Then theres me....41 and pregnant...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=475633&title=twins-question#475633 Author: linda
Subject: 18119
Posted: 26 August 2008 at 3:46pm

Then theres me....41 and pregnant with twins with no history either side of twins. I think my biological clock is working over time and produced two eggs]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:46:30 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=475633&title=twins-question#475633 <![CDATA[Twins question : Wow i didn&#039;t know any of...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=475499&title=twins-question#475499 Author: Deez
Subject: 18119
Posted: 26 August 2008 at 1:44pm

Wow i didn't know any of that...on my side of the family my Nana is a identical twin and my family has always said it skips a generation so that would make it my generation to have twins but none of us have so far.....

On JK's side his grandmother gave birth two 3 sets of twins...two identical and one fraternal.....

So does that mean we won't have twins but our daughter might? I thought our chances were higher having twins on both sides of the family....I would love to have twins but sadly i think my baby making days are over after this baby....]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:44:46 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=475499&title=twins-question#475499 <![CDATA[Twins question : cat007 wrote:IOn saying that,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=475494&title=twins-question#475494 Author: my4beauties
Subject: 18119
Posted: 26 August 2008 at 1:38pm

Originally posted by cat007 cat007 wrote:

I
On saying that, at this stage, they think that our twins are identical - so not hereditary - they think!

 

So are you boys identical, cat?

]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:38:58 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=475494&title=twins-question#475494 <![CDATA[Twins question : Yeah I only found out recently...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=475486&title=twins-question#475486 Author: my4beauties
Subject: 18119
Posted: 26 August 2008 at 1:33pm

Yeah I only found out recently that identical twins isn't hereditary!  My dad is an identical twin (although his twin bro died of cot death at 6 months old) and before my dad came along, his mum gave birth to still born identical twin girls!  So all my life I've thought I would most likely have twins!  But no, it's only fraternal twins that are hereditary.  Phew!!

 

(But my poor grandmother!!  Giving birth to stillborn twin girls, then losing a 6 month old baby later as well.  She later went on to take her own life, when my dad was 19.  It was all too much for her.)

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Subject: 18119
Posted: 26 August 2008 at 12:01pm

Ahhh yep thought that was the case! Thanks ]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:01:25 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=475386&title=twins-question#475386 <![CDATA[Twins question : BooBoo wrote:So if there is...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=475378&title=twins-question#475378 Author: tishy
Subject: 18119
Posted: 26 August 2008 at 11:49am

Originally posted by BooBoo BooBoo wrote:

So if there is twins on DH's side, but not on my side is there a chance that we could have twins?


Unfortunately not. There's a chance your daughters could have twins.

Twins rock! No matter what Emma says ]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:49:21 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=475378&title=twins-question#475378 <![CDATA[Twins question : BooBoo wrote:I would twins!...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=475365&title=twins-question#475365 Author: mummy_becks
Subject: 18119
Posted: 26 August 2008 at 11:36am

Originally posted by BooBoo BooBoo wrote:

I would twins!

Secretly I think I do to.

]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:36:55 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=475365&title=twins-question#475365 <![CDATA[Twins question : So if there is twins on DH&#039;s...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=475346&title=twins-question#475346 Author: IVFGirl1111
Subject: 18119
Posted: 26 August 2008 at 11:17am

So if there is twins on DH's side, but not on my side is there a chance that we could have twins?

DH's Granddads on both his Mum and Dad's side are both twins!

I would twins!]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:17:35 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=475346&title=twins-question#475346 <![CDATA[Twins question : If you look on the multiple birth...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=475302&title=twins-question#475302 Author: kelstar
Subject: 18119
Posted: 26 August 2008 at 10:27am

If you look on the multiple birth clubs website it has lots of information regarding identical and fraternal twins - check it out!!!]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:27:17 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=475302&title=twins-question#475302 <![CDATA[Twins question : Do your twins have separate placentas...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=410335&title=twins-question#410335 Author: Maya
Subject: 18119
Posted: 11 June 2008 at 7:28pm

Do your twins have separate placentas Cat007? Coz if there is only one placenta they are def identical, if there are two placentas they can be fraternal or identical.]]> Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:28:07 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=410335&title=twins-question#410335 <![CDATA[Twins question : I thought unidentical twins were...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=410238&title=twins-question#410238 Author: busymum
Subject: 18119
Posted: 11 June 2008 at 5:31pm

I thought unidentical twins were genetic through the mother's line and identical twins through the father's line?]]> Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:31:37 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=410238&title=twins-question#410238 <![CDATA[Twins question : I dont believe it when they say...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=409844&title=twins-question#409844 Author: cat007
Subject: 18119
Posted: 11 June 2008 at 12:51pm

I dont believe it when they say that fraternal twins tend to skip generations. I think it depends on how strong the gene is to start with and again as Maya said, it can be present in every generation. Each family is different.

We managed to trace a faint family history of twins in both our mother's sides of the family. These twins that Im carrying would be the next generation of twins but they seem to be spreading across the family rather than directly hereditary.

On saying that, at this stage, they think that our twins are identical - so not hereditary - they think!

DNA testing is the only absolute answer I guess.]]> Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:51:56 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=409844&title=twins-question#409844 <![CDATA[Twins question : What Tishy said. The father can...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=409547&title=twins-question#409547 Author: Maya
Subject: 18119
Posted: 10 June 2008 at 10:40pm

What Tishy said. The father can pass on the gene to produce more than one egg in a cycle, but only the mother can manifest that obviously so a father could pass the gene to his son, and his son then passes it to his daughter and his daughter then has twins. It can skip more than one generation, or it can present in every generation.

And identical are random,altho I was reading recently that new research suggests there may be a genetic link.]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:40:40 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=409547&title=twins-question#409547 <![CDATA[Twins question : Definitely fraternal are hereditary,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=409489&title=twins-question#409489 Author: aussiegirl
Subject: 18119
Posted: 10 June 2008 at 9:53pm

Definitely fraternal are hereditary, on the mothers side. My nanna (mums mum) had twins and I am a fraternal twin, so don't really know about the skipping a generation, have heard it is true.
My friend has twins and she has a 1 in 4 chance of having another twin pregnancy!]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:53:42 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=409489&title=twins-question#409489 <![CDATA[Twins question : They only skip a generation on...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=409442&title=twins-question#409442 Author: tishy
Subject: 18119
Posted: 10 June 2008 at 9:21pm

They only skip a generation on the fathers side as they can carry the gene but it's only the mothers genes(eggs) that determine whether you have fraternal twins.

I am a twin and have twins. There is a history of twins in both my parents families though so was doubly screwed.
I think I had a 1 in 20 chance of having them and now have a 1 in 4 chance of having them again! ]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:21:49 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=409442&title=twins-question#409442 <![CDATA[Twins question : Yeh its the frateral twins that...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=409418&title=twins-question#409418 Author: kasbee
Subject: 18119
Posted: 10 June 2008 at 9:07pm

Yeh its the frateral twins that run in the family.
I no there are twins in my family, i think they are like 3 cousins or something like that. I just tell people that i was extra fertile the month that i conceived Ryan & Katelyn ]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:07:23 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=409418&title=twins-question#409418 <![CDATA[Twins question : Your mum is a twin I didn&#039;t...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=409413&title=twins-question#409413 Author: mummy_becks
Subject: 18119
Posted: 10 June 2008 at 9:05pm

Your mum is a twin I didn't know that!!!

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Subject: 18119
Posted: 10 June 2008 at 9:00pm

Identical is random, fraternal is heriditary.

I've heard that they skip a generation. That holds true for our family.

eta: to give an example, my mum is a fraternal twin and my great grandmother is a fraternal twin. So it's apparently my turn to pop them out

Edited by kebakat]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:00:30 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=409405&title=twins-question#409405 <![CDATA[Twins question : Now is it that identical twins...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18119&PID=409378&title=twins-question#409378 Author: mummy_becks
Subject: 18119
Posted: 10 June 2008 at 8:51pm

Now is it that identical twins that aren't heriditary??

On my mums side we have twins galore. Her older brother and sister are twins and my mum has 2 sets of cousins that are twins 1 set is identical and the other fraternal.

So the chances of twins in my family is strong. However no one has had them (and we have a lot of people in my extended family). I have also heard that they skip a generation so that would mean that my generation would have them??

Sorry a bit over the place.

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