genetics n twins!

Marta - posted on 10/01/2009

I saw mine at 9 weeks. If you are pregnant with twins they should be able to pick it up in an ultra sound. I believe fraternal twins would be from the mother's side, if it is going to come from anyone. Men put out hundreds of little swimmers, women normally only release 1 egg.

Chelle - posted on 10/01/2009

Hi my twins where found at my 6 week scan but one twins heart beat wasnt detected at that time apparently it can take a few weeks to show had a scan again at 9 weeks and both where doing great this is my second set of fraternal twins my brother was a fraternal twin and my mum miss carried one at four months but that is the only family history of twins that we have The doctor said i was unique to be having a second set of fraternal twins both naturally conceived i put it down to being fertile and ovulating two eggs at once best of luck..cheers Chelle

TishAnn - posted on 08/18/2009

Twins can "run" on either side (your mom or dad), but you aren't genetically more likely to have twins if your husband has twins on his side of the family. It is usually caused by the woman releasing more than one egg. You dh has no control on that (although, I suppose you could argue his sperm has to impregnate those eggs). ;) Your family genetics, however, can. My family does in fact I am a twin and we are expecting twins again. Identical twins are not subject to this and are random, however, there are some arguements that it could be the sperm that causes it.... Just food for thought. lol

Jannessa - posted on 08/17/2009

yeh my mums dad is a twin she has twin cousins :S dont know about my dad tho :( n my partner is meant to be a twin has a set of twin brothers and 2 sets of twin uncles!! but yeah i only had my scan at 6 weeks the lady said if i was a couple of days earlier the heart beat wouldnt have shown.......so even tho i saw a heart beat doesnt mean theres still not two in there either!! good luck everyone hope u's all get wat u wish for :D

Debra Louise - posted on 08/17/2009

yep i must agree my dads a twin his grandad was a twin my mum has twins on her side and my partner has twins on his side but im onli carrying 1 baby so anythings possible realli lol but maybe my next scan mite reveal more lol

Lacey - posted on 08/15/2009

yeah i dont think it skips a generation either..thats just bs. hahaha..im a twin, my moms a twin, my husbands mom was a twin and his brother and sister are twins! hahaha..i thought i for sure would have twins...well no twins yet. i did get an ultrasound already and they only claimed to see one...but then again they didnt look too hard..hahha..who knows!

Jannessa - posted on 08/15/2009

well they either said it came from the mother or fathers side only thinking bout it i think the said mothers only carry a twin gene o well cant always believe everything u see on tv....twins runs on my parters side n i thinka couple of gens bak on my mums :S...also sorry to hear bout ur lost :(.......

Stacey - posted on 08/15/2009

This comes from a woman who is a twin, has had twins (lost them when i was 7 weeks) n has many twin relatives. Dunnow bout it being the father's "fault" Twins run in my family bc of the women. We are very fertile and produce more than one egg at a time. We are a fraternal twins. It is very hard to tell that early..one may b behind the other plus if u have a vaginal ultrasound it is much harder to get a good veiw so my guess would be no. I've also heard twins skip a generation and I am living proof that that is incorrect.