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Yas, there is no way to 'make sure' you have multiples and Clomid only increases your odds slightly. If you're under 30 with no fraternal twins from your mother or either of *your* grandmothers (DH's family has nothing to do with it) than your chances of having twins on Clomid is no more than 8-9% and you start off with a 3-5% chance to begin with.
Am I understanding that you're in the first week of a new cycle and have taken BC pills already? You should come off the BC pills completely, give your body 2-3 cycles to return to normal and then you can start Clomid when it will be effective. BC pills are also repressors so they can have the 'rebound' effect of multiple ovulation themselves with fewer side effects. You'll have received thirty 50 mg pills so since you ovulate, take one pill along with your prenatal on days 5-9 of your cycle. It would help for you to be charting so you can make sure you're BDing in the 24 hours on either side of your cycle peak day. If you don't conceive in that first cycle then in the second one move it back to 1 pill on days 4-8 of your cycle. Keep moving it back a day, 3-7, 2-6, 1-5, 1-5. By that point you would have been on Clomid for 6 cycles so you would then go off (longer than 6 months on Clomid is not recommended as it can impact your future health and if it's not working by then, it's not likely to).
Temp charting and tracking your cervical fluid is pretty vital if you're unmonitered. Read 'Taking Charge of Your Fertility' by Toni Weschler to get a deep and accurate understanding of what you're doing there. Because Clomid can decrease cervical fluid and the endometrium lining it may actually decrease your chances of conceiving/carrying to term, every woman reacts differently so you need to be as educated as possible, everything helps.
Do you have any history of liver problems or ovarian cysts? Do you chart so you know that you're ovulating? Have you had any miscarriages or live births? Lots of factors there to consider. But I get the feeling that you're wanting to start your family and have twins and are counting on Clomid to make that a reality which it will very likely not do. You must be realistically prepared that you may conceive only one child and have to deal with that. Also, with an untested primagravida you'll certainly be put into the planned C/section track of care whereas a mother who has birthed vaginally before can argue her corner for a 'trial of labour' with twins. Just another factor to consider there.
HTH!

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