chapter three: how to conceive twins

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first were going to talk about how to conceive twins without worrying about the gender of the baby then well get into how to have two boys two girls or a boy and a girl first lets get into it 

spontaneous twin type and gender breakdown:

14 in 1000 births world wide are twins 3 in 1000 births are identical twins 

78.6% fraternal 

common:boy/girl: 50%: 39.3% uncommon: girl/girl: 25%: 19.64% uncommon: boy/boy: 25%: 19.64% 

21.4% identical

uncommon: girl/girl 50%: 10.7% uncommon: boy/boy: 50% : 10.7%

uncontrollable factors that increase your odds of fraternal twins: 

race: African american women are more likely to hyper-ovulate over white women Mexican women Asian women are the least likely to hyper ovulate 

height: 

 being taller makes you more likely to conceive fraternal twins specifically being taller that 5'5 

bmi:

being a bit heaver weight makes you more likely to have twins specifically a bmi of 30 and over 

most common is that if it runs in your family its in your genetics to have twins 

being of advance maternal age helps as well specifically being 35 or older 

what you can do to increase your odds of having fraternal twins ( controllable):

1) eat yams 

2)eat or drink dairy products 5x more likely 

3) increase your folic acid/folate concuption 

4) trying to get pregnant while you are breastfeeding 9x more likely to have twins 

5) undergoing fertility treatments 





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