Time to dig out the family tree and have a think about your diet – they both up your likelihood of having more than one baby…
and genetics, however, if you are desperate to conceive twins, then there are things you can do to increase your chances of a multiple birth...Yes, that’s your history, not his. In fact, even if your partner has twins in his family, it makes no difference.
‘There are no real theories I’m aware of that would account for this, but interestingly if you’re Nigerian and living in another country, you’re less likely to conceive multiples than if you’re based in Nigeria – so perhaps it’s to do with diet or climate,’ says David.Naturally conceived twins and triplets are more common in women in their 30s and 40s.
‘When IVF started to get really effective in the US during the 1970s and 1980s, twin rates pretty much doubled,’ says David. ‘It’s down to your body being given drugs to stimulate it to ovulate and produce eggs.’reported in 2016, around 12,000 sets of twins and about 190 sets of triplets or more were born in the UK. This means that about 1 in every 65 births in the UK today are twins, triplets or more.
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