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Can I intentionally get pregnant with twins?
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It's usually possible to find out if you're having twins through your 12-week scan. At the scan, you should be told whether the babies share a placenta (meaning they're identical) or if they have 2 separate placentas (meaning they can be identical or not).
- Pregnancy symptoms start earlier. You're only a few weeks pregnant, but you already have nausea, a strong metallic taste in your mouth and the smell of coffee is making you heave.
- Strong result on your test. You've only just taken that pregnancy test, but it immediately shows up positive. Yes, it could be a sign you're pregnant with multiples!
- You already have a bump. It's the first trimester but you're already showing? Well that little bump might be because two or more babies are growing in there.
- Breast pain. That dull ache you get before your period can also happen in pregnancy. Some twin mums said they really felt it during those early months of their multiple pregnancy.
There aren’t any medically proven ways to intentionally get pregnant with twins. However, whether you’re pregnant or not, you may have found yourself wondering what your chances of having twins are in the future. Twin pregnancies are still fairly rare, with twin births only making up about 3% of all births in the United States.
- You are more likely to become pregnant with twins naturally when you are in your 30s and 40s. We all hear that the older we get, the harder it is to conceive.
- If you have two buns in the oven, you may need extra folic acid. When you're pregnant with twins, you may need more folic acid to help stave off birth defects, says Manju Monga, MD, the Berel Held Professor and the division director of maternal-fetal medicine at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Houston.
- Being pregnant with twins means more doctor visits. Twin pregnancies need more monitoring than single pregnancies, Monga says. "We tend to do more frequent ultrasounds for growth in twin pregnancies, compared with one anatomy scan and one growth scan in a singleton pregnancy."
- Morning sickness may be worse with twin pregnancies. "One of the things that is postulated as causing morning sickness is high levels of human chorionic gonadotropin, and we know that levels of this hormone are higher in twin pregnancies, so women carrying twins have a higher incidence of nausea and vomiting in the first trimester," says Al-Khan.
If you are expecting twins or triplets, you will be offered a planned birth at: 37 weeks for twins with a placenta each; 36 weeks for identical twins sharing a placenta; 35 weeks for an uncomplicated triplet pregnancy; 32-33 weeks for MCMA twins; It can be dangerous for twin and triplet pregnancies to carry on after the planned birth dates.
Yes. A twin pregnancy can often be detected in your first trimester by an ultrasound at 6 weeks or later. If your healthcare provider checks your hcG levels, a higher-than-normal level can be a sign of a twin pregnancy. But you'll need an ultrasound to confirm that it's really twins.
Giving birth to twins or more. It's important to understand your birth options if you're expecting more than 1 baby. Twins and triplets are more likely to be born early and need special care after birth than single babies.
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