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I am 20 weeks with twins naturally. they do not run in my or my husbands family. I had a m/c last year that they believe may have been a vanishing twin then blighted ovum. So if that is the case...this would be my second twin pg! ? I am 37 and have been pg 5 times previously...only 3 births though. We can't tell at this point if they are identical or not. We'll have to wait and find out i guess. :-)

I am 14 weeks with natural twins. They were a complete surprise, I didn't know twins ran on both by mom and dad's side of the family until after I found out I was carrying twins myself. It's amazing the family history you find out after you become pregnant.

im 29 weeks with twins, it was a complete surprise but we are both over the moon.They were concieved naturally .Once the shock went true happiness set in!

Irina-I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. I found out i was pregnant with twins at 6 weeks, after spotting "brown/old blood I was told at 8 weeks i had lost one of them... The other is still doing ok. Was wondering if this has happened to anyone else.

Missy, I am pregnant with twins and i have been having spotting and old blood as of now evrything is okay but thats not to say it will stay that way

Hi girls! Just wanted to say Congratulations on your pregnancies!! It's a tough road but you will have so much fun with your children when they're finally here!! Good luck to everyone!!

My twins are natural. Both my husband and I have twins in our families, but they were all further along on our family trees that we weren't expecting twins. I'm currently at 24-weeks. One of each: boy and girl

re: mmlpooh@hotmail.com ; I myself was what is called a 'vanishing twin' which is what happened to you. My twin was rejected three months into my mom's pregnancy. She passed a blood clot the size of a 3-month old fetus. You should research the vanishing twin phenom as it is very common, like in 40% of all pregnancies starting as twins. It is only through the amazing technology that we are even aware there were two to begin with.

I'm 21 weeks pregnant with twin girls..and way too excited/anxious!! This is my third pregnancy. I was on the pill (Yasmin) and had accepted that we were DONE. I have a 14 y/o son and a 2 y/o son. All of a sudden...what?? Pregnant again? I had just given away EVERYTHING of Jon David's, as far as infant stuff. bed, clothes, toys, bottles, bouncy seat, etc., etc. BUT - we got over the shock and got happy, then at 10 weeks they told me we're having twins...that one took a bit longer to get over. We had just doubled our children in a matter of weeks, it was quite a shock to us. Then it wasn't long before we were thrilled with that idea and THEN we learn they are girls. Thank you Lord! What a true blessing this has become for us already. It's no longer about having to start over and buy everything again, it's about having the opportunity to raise 2 more beautiful children. And the answer to your question...obviously we were not on fertility drugs, as we thought we were done, but the good Lord had a better plan for us...

We had planned for one but at an 8-week scan the OB/GYN discovered a stowaway! A scan at 12-weeks showed that they were both doing very well. Now 14w4d along with the first set of twins seen in my family in 3 generations, and it was done au naturale.

Well, How about spontaneous (natural) triplets by an identical twin. They say I am "one of the lucky ones" that over ovulated causing the 2 eggs and having the identical twin gene (being one myself) the eggs split. We actually lost one early early on in the pregnancy. Imagine our surprise...we thought we were only having one!!! All girls, 2 indentical, 1 fraternal. What fun, for the most part it has been. They are now 14 1/2 years old and boy do I miss the time when they were babies...I have come to the conclusion I do not like 14 year old girls...lol.
Good luck with your babies and always remember, just because they are born the same time, they are still different (and oh so different) individuals.

I am 11 weeks pregnant with faternal twins. I was planning an October wedding, and was surprised with this!! No one in our family has ever had twins and we were not on any fertility. So, we moved our wedding up to the end of March... (2 1/2 weeks)....so it has been a VERY busy few months, not to mention how sick I have been while planning. But, I am VERY excited and just hope everything goes well. Good luck with you!! When are you due?

Since you are 11 weeks andit would be too early to tell the sex unless you had an amnio, I am guessing that you believe your twins are fraternal because they are in seperate sacs? Did you know that only 1/3 of identical twins share a sac. The earlier an egg splits, the less they share. The later an egg splits, the more the twins share so in worst cases you get conjoined twins. So, unless you know the sex of your twins, you could very well be having identical twins and not fraternal.

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hello my name is cassandra i am 24 with two kids 6 year old girl and 18 month old boy just found out i am12 weeks pregnant with fraternal twins mine are very natural my granddad is a twin and my mum lost twins at 14 weeks so i didnt think it would get me but thats ok i was actually pregnant with three but lost one last week thats how i found out there was still two in there advice would be great

Congratulations to all of you! I'm sorry to ask another question but did all of you have any early signs or suspicions that you were having twins??