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twosets
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posted September 17, 2002 10:29 AM      Profile for twosets     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Hello! I have two sets of girls twins. Ages 8 and 4. Does any one else have 2 or more sets?
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posted October 10, 2002 08:15 PM      Profile for nanny pam        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I am grandmother to three surviving quads and a set of twins. The quads belong to my daughter, the twins to my son. The quads were born in 1998 at 25weeks, they were naturally concieved. There is one girl and three boys, one boy died at 11 months from lots of disabilities, another boy has cerebral palsy.the twins were ivf babies, a girl and a boy born in this year. We are overwhelmed that our family has been blessed with all these multiples, we laugh because my younger daughter has yet to have children!!! we tell her to be prepared for multiples!!!Pam
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posted October 10, 2002 08:44 PM      Profile for elcato   Email elcato   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Dear Nanny Pam,

I am a Mum of two sets of twins as well. Nearly 10 year old boy and girl, and 3 month old boy and girl. Do people also ask you if both sets of your twins were received naturally or by IVF, i get that all the time. Both sets of mine were conceived naturally.

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posted October 14, 2002 08:11 PM      Profile for surrotwins   Email surrotwins   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I am a surrogate mother and had twins twice with a singleton in between. Lucky people!
The first couple quit sending photos when they were about 4. Would anyone suggest I contact them? Its only natural to wonder what they are looking like, nothing else.
Thanks!
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posted October 23, 2002 11:57 PM      Profile for Reid     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Can anyone tell me any stats on the likely hood of conceiving twins twice around? I am pregnant (29 weeks) for the first time with boy/girl twins and someone mentioned to me that it is highly possible!
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posted December 01, 2002 09:42 PM      Profile for DanielleW482   Email DanielleW482   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I have 1 set of b/g twins they are 2 and a half. My coctor told me chances of having another set of twins were really high. I am also a twin myself and that also makes a big difference
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posted December 02, 2002 12:49 PM      Profile for Derick Mayberry   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
My wife and I have a set of twin girls and a set of twin boys on the way sometime in the middle of December. The girls are 13 months old, does anybody have any advice for us, that have 2 sets already? My wife is on bed rest right now and its hard work already, I can't wait till the boys get here though.
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posted December 02, 2002 01:14 PM      Profile for Derick Mayberry   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
The doctors told us that the chances of having another set of twins after the first set goes up by 75%. For us it looks like it was 100%.
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posted January 12, 2003 03:34 AM      Profile for rubywarrior   Email rubywarrior   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by twosets:
Hello! I have two sets of girls twins. Ages 8 and 4. Does any one else have 2 or more sets?

I also have 2 sets of twins b/g who are 2 and girls who are 4 months, and I have a 4 yr. old son. I am only 24, do you know what the chances are of having 2 sets of twins? I am very interested.

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posted January 14, 2003 12:33 AM      Profile for MAtwinsmom     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Hi The stats I was given is that 1 in 80 births in the US are fraternal twins conceived naturally. The odds of having naturally conceived fraternal twins again are 1 in 20.

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posted February 13, 2003 05:53 AM      Profile for Twinsplus1   Email Twinsplus1   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Hello to all you superparents out there. I only have a set of twins and another singleton 19 months younger. We met Debbie and Lisa who gave us the term "Twingle" and she is very happy being known as that. We do however have twin sheep, twin dogs and triplet kittens but I am writing to let you know of 2 ladies in our club in ustralia - one had b/g twins and b/b twins 16 months apart after being told she couldn't have any children due to a history of endometriosis and another lady who had 3 singletons then 3 sets of b/g twins giving her 9 children under the age of 10. She unofficially adopted a son's friend when they were teenagers. Her eldest daughter has had 3 singles and a set of b/g twins and the whole family are included in a study with Queensland University. She was told in a 4 month period she would have had quads/triplets/quads/quads if she had fallen pregnant in those months. She's glad she stopped when she did. In Australia who have approx 1% of total births being a multiple one but I couldn't tell you of how many with extra sets of multiples.
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posted February 13, 2003 05:54 AM      Profile for Twinsplus1   Email Twinsplus1   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Me again, also know of another lady who have twins, a singleton then triplets.
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posted April 15, 2003 05:48 PM      Profile for twinmomx2   Email twinmomx2   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I also have two sets of fraternal twins - conceived naturally and with NO family history!

Our first set are boys, who will be 10 in July and our second set are boy/girl twins who will be 4 in June.

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posted May 08, 2003 02:27 PM      Profile for DouglassTwins   Email DouglassTwins   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
We have two sets of twins too. Fraternal boys that are 2 years old and fraternal girls that are 1 month old. Along with them, we have 3 older children, 10, 9, and 5 years old.

A couple of you asked how 'common' it was to have two sets. Well, my doctor told me that the older you get, the more children you have, and genes have a lot to do with it. BUT it really isn't all that common to have one set after the other, or so he said.

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posted May 21, 2003 08:47 PM      Profile for mdwyer   Email mdwyer   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I have a 5 year old singleton girl, 12 month old twin boys, and am expecting twin girls in about 3 more months. my husband drives a truck long distance, and needless to say its very challenging at times. Is there anyone who can help find resources for someone in my shoes (not that I can even find them with all of this baby stuff around!)

THANK YOU

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posted June 03, 2003 01:40 PM      Profile for MandyHamrick   Email MandyHamrick   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I am the mom of 2 sets of twin girls. One set is 5 and the second set just turned 4. But due to one of the younger twins being born with SMA she did not last past 9 months. Even though I am still the proud mom of 2 sets twin girls.
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posted June 23, 2003 04:03 PM      Profile for petie   Email petie   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Hi all, I just joined the group and am thrilled to see that I'm not the only one with two sets of twins! Mine are 12 1/2 and 8, all boys! It's been a long hard struggle at times but the joys outweigh the difficulties (well, most of the time!)
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posted July 08, 2003 04:47 PM      Profile for 1stmomtwins   Email 1stmomtwins   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
iam 0nly 21 with 1.5 twin girls and i almost afraid to get pregneat my doc. also told me that i have a chance to have twins again everyone says i will have triplets next time if i new that for sure tere would not be a next time. i just want to have ONE we are planning to get pregneat in another yr and a half or so? i got preg.in one week and ended up with twins and it the only preg. ive had. not that twins are bad i just dont want the health risk 1stmomtwins
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posted March 20, 2004 04:13 PM      Profile for sflowers        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by DouglassTwins:
We have two sets of twins too. Fraternal boys that are 2 years old and fraternal girls that are 1 month old. Along with them, we have 3 older children, 10, 9, and 5 years old.

A couple of you asked how 'common' it was to have two sets. Well, my doctor told me that the older you get, the more children you have, and genes have a lot to do with it. BUT it really isn't all that common to have one set after the other, or so he said.
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posted April 05, 2004 02:30 AM      Profile for twinsRgreat   Email twinsRgreat   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Hi to all!!! I had 2 sets of twins in 11 months. They are 3 yr. old b/g & 2 yr. old b/g twins.My doctor found that the odds of having twins back to back is 1 in 10,000.The odds of having b/g--b/g twins back to back were to high to even get.Yes, they are a lot of work but they are so much fun & it is getting easier now that they are getting older so just hang in there.I would love to hear from everyone so send me an e-mail or a message.Take care!!!

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posted May 17, 2004 05:37 AM      Profile for emmamcknight   Email emmamcknight   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Hi everyone im emma and im 24 im originally from ireland but married a guy from georgia whose in rangers and is away for long periods of time....i have one set of 3 month old boys identical and have just found out im due a second set in dec my boys wont even be a yr im a little....ok very afraid that i wont cope on my own for long periods esp as my family are in ireland..its great reading how u all cope and i take my hat of to u all i love babies but the thought of four under one yr old frightens the life outta me!!!!!!!! wud love to hear from anyone in similar sitiation or any help or tips on coping will be v much appreciated!!!!!
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posted May 17, 2004 03:56 PM      Profile for MillerFam     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Wow!!! Congratulations! You must be feeling very overwhelmed right now. My best advice to you is to find some live in help if you can. If any of your family can come stay with you (I would think you would need someone very responsible) for at least one year!!! Don't attempt it on your own - you will make yourself crazy! If you can't afford someone full time, at least someone a few days a week so you can get some rest. What about your husband's family? Can they help? God Bless and good luck to you!
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posted May 21, 2004 02:37 PM      Profile for Jennie        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by Reid:
Can anyone tell me any stats on the likely hood of conceiving twins twice around? I am pregnant (29 weeks) for the first time with boy/girl twins and someone mentioned to me that it is highly possible!
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posted May 21, 2004 02:39 PM      Profile for Jennie        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by Reid:
Can anyone tell me any stats on the likely hood of conceiving twins twice around? I am pregnant (29 weeks) for the first time with boy/girl twins and someone mentioned to me that it is highly possible!

I am wondering the same thing. My boy/girl twins are 27months old and one doctor told me 5 times more likely. What does that really mean? I want a percentage.

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posted May 24, 2004 05:07 AM      Profile for emmamcknight   Email emmamcknight   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Hi ya i am 7 weeks with my second set of twins and when i went to the doctors i was told that it was 60%-70% chance that it wud be twins after twins. i'm not sure how reliable or medically correct such statistics are but i hope i have been of some help.
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