How to Know You Are Pregnant With Twins

Many women say they would love to have twins. Well, saying you want twins and getting them is two different things. Having twins, more likely than not, will run in your family or you, the Mommy, will be 30 years-old or older. Read on to learn how to know when you are pregnant with twins.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Maternal grandma who had twins
• Mommy to be will be either 30 or over 30-years-old
• Ovulate two times a month

Knowing You Are Pregnant With Twins

1. While growing up in your household, you learn or have known your maternal grandma had twins or has twins, your aunts, uncles or aunt/uncle. As that little girl, you decide to pray for twins yourself. This praying for twins goes on for years and years.

2. Ovulating two times a month. If you are familiar with your menstrul cycle, then you will know if you ovulate more than once a month. Being able to ovulate two times a month will increase your chances of having a twin pregnancy.

3. 
   Pregnancy test confirmation

   When you and your husband finally decide to start a family, it may take a while to conceive, especially if you are 30-years-old or older. But when you finally conceive, you and your husband are thrilled. At this moment, neither of you really know what the sex of your baby is or how many babies you have.

4. 
   16 Weeks Pregnant

   After two to three months, or eight to 16 weeks, your baby bump begins to show. How can this be you might say? Most of your family and friends did not begin to show their baby bump until they were at least seven months pregnant.

5. 
   26 Weeks Pregnant

   Knowing you and your husband are over 30, especially you being 30, it is highly likely, you are pregnant with twins. This fact and the fact your maternal grandma had twins, puts the twin baby, ball in your court.

6. After scheduling your first baby appointment with your O/B, for fun, the midwife in the office decides to lay you on the sonogram table inside their office. While on the table, with the wand moving over your belly, the midwife sees two separate sacks and says, "It looks like you have twins!" That is when it hits you, your prayers have been answered. You and your husband are having twins, two babies at once. And you are excited.

7. With all the above information, it is quite easy to decipher if you and your husband will be having twins. Getting pregnant with twins and actually delivering and bringing home your twins are two different events. Remember this and count it all joy.

Tips & Warnings

• If your maternal grandma had twins, you, your sister or female cousins, will more likely than not, conceive twins.
• If you are 30 of over, you will more likely than not, conceive twins.
• Love your twins and ask for help from your church when you need it.

[Greatfunmoms]

on 5/21/2009 Interesting!

[CCrock]

on 4/30/2009 This was a cute article! I used to hope for sextuplets when I was like 10...hopefully that wish doesn't come true! lol!

[Twinsmom4]

on 2/27/2009 Not all those factors always apply. I had twin girls and twins do not run in our family and I was only 23 when pregnant with them, so I don't really fit the mold. I knew I was pregnant with twins because the morning sickness was much more severe than what I had had with my two singles pregnancies. The doctor didn't even see the twins at first on the ultrasound! I asked him to check again because I was sure that something was different about this pregnancy. When he checked a second time, we saw them! Always trust your intuition, you know your body better than anyone else!

[ginafur]

on 2/19/2009 This is a great article. Although I can't have anymore kids I will pass it on. 5*

[ThenAgainMaybe]

on 2/16/2009 this makes me second guess having my second pregnancy after 30. lol jk nice article, cute. RRRC