How to Get Pregnant With Twins

A baby is something you carry inside you for nine months, in your arms for three years and in your heart till the day you die. Mary Manson

Just how true are the words of Mary Manson. Giving birth to a child is indeed what every woman craves for and this feeling is unmatched with any other pleasures of life.

Having two kids’ growing up alongside each other in simply great and it is actually a milestone experience in the life of a parent. Although, there diaper days can be quite a task to deal with but, once these days pass by things will be super awesome. The best option to have a sibling for your baby without having to go through the pregnancy phase twice is planning to have twins.

Most twins are fraternal. Fraternal twins are conceived when two eggs are released during ovulation i.e. they develop from two separate eggs. Whereas, Identical twins are rare and happen as a result of just one egg which splits in two in early pregnancy.

Apart from taking fertility medications or undergoing a procedure like IVF, there are a few things you can do to increase your chances of having a multiple birth. Naturally conceived twins occur in about 1 out of every 89 births.

Ways to increase your chances of having twins naturally:

While most of these ways helping in delivering fraternal twins there are not many ways to help in birth of identical twins.

• If your partner is a twin there are chances that you may be blessed with fraternal twins.
• The heredity factors also play there part. In case you have a family history of twins i.e. someone in your family has had twins, then your chances of conceiving twins increases.
• According to a recent study women with a BMI (Body Mass Index) of 30 or higher have more chances to have twins.
• Women who are older are more likely to have twins.   However, the risks also increase; older mothers have a higher rate of miscarriage.
• Increase the intake of dietary products: Women with adequate intake of dairy products increase their chances of having twins by 5 times.

• Eat wild yams. The theory comes from Africa. A small town in Nigeria claims to have the highest rate of twins in the world. There may be a chemical in wild yams, or cassava root, which may cause hyperstimulation of the ovaries, resulting in the release of more than one egg during ovulation.
• Continue breastfeeding. According to one twins study, women who were breastfeeding when they conceived were nine times more likely to conceive twins than women who are were not breastfeeding.
• Try to conceive shortly after stopping birth control pills. If a woman has been using the pill for six months or more her body adjusts to the birth control controlling her hormones. So when she stops taking these pills her body starts regulating its own hormone production again, which at times lead to too much hormone stimulation. This can cause the ovaries to release one too many eggs during the first ovulatory cycle or two after discontinuing the pill.

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