How to get pregnant with twins

Twin

It is considered a twin pregnancy is one of the things that have been common in comparison to the past, and this may be due to the advanced age of women at marriage and the use of artificial insemination methods as will be mentioned, and it is worth noting that there are two types of twins, identical twins and non-identical twins . As for the identical twin, it occurs as a result of the fertilized egg splitting into two eggs that carry the same genetic information, and identical twins make up a third of the cases of twins around the world, and as for the dissimilar twins, it is formed as a result of the fertilization of two different eggs by two sperms, and the twin in this case There are different genes, and the two children can be of the same sex, or one of them is a male and the other is a female, and in fact the period of pregnancy with one fetus usually reaches forty weeks, and in the case of a twin pregnancy, the pregnancy period is usually thirty-eight weeks, and the birthA twin having a premature baby increases the chance of suffering from some complications, including: Jaundice and a twin falling below the normal weight. ^[1]

How to get pregnant with twins

Factors that increase the chance of getting pregnant with twins

There are many factors that increase the chance of getting pregnant with twins , including the following: ^[2]

• Age: show that the chance of pregnancy with twins among women over thirty greater age than others, so that the progress of women in the age you need eggs more of the hormone that is known hormone stimulant for gizzard to mature, and in light of this talk is worth a statement That the eggs that mature monthly during the ovulation process need to be stimulated by the stimulating hormone for the follicle to mature in the desired manner, and the high percentage of this hormone in the bodies of women who have passed the age of thirty may cause stimulation to release more than one egg, which increases the likelihood of a twin pregnancy.
• Family history: The possibility of a woman carrying twins increases if she or her husband has a family history of conceiving twins with different, not alike, twins, but the family history of identical twins does not increase the chance of conceiving twins.
• Weight: Although obesity or being overweight may impede pregnancy, on the other hand it has been found that women who suffer from obesity, i.e. those with a body mass index of 30 or more, have a higher probability of conceiving twins in the event of pregnancy, because Excess fat causes an increase in the amount of estrogen in the body, which leads to overstimulation of the ovaries, thus releasing more than one egg during ovulation, and this increases the chance of conceiving twins.
• Height: It was found that the probability of having twins in tall women is higher than in non-tall women, and although scientists have not been able to establish a scientific reason for this, it is believed that good nutrition that may be the cause of height may have a role in increasing the chance of conceiving twins. .
• Number of pregnancies: A woman who has given birth to a large number of children is more likely to have twins.
• Lactation: Although the possibility of pregnancy during breastfeeding, especially if it is only natural, slows the process of pregnancy and may prevent it, there are many women who become pregnant during this period, and in the event of pregnancy during this period, the chance of twins is high.

Medical means

There are a number of medical methods that can be resorted to to increase the likelihood of a woman carrying twins, including the following: ^[3]

• Fertility drugs: , the principle of the action of these drugs depends on the increase in the number of eggs released by the ovaries, and therefore the release of the ovary to more than one egg and then insemination by the man's sperms result in the pregnancy of an unlike twin, and in fact there are two drug options that are used To them in such cases, and although they are effective and safe to some extent, there are a number of side effects that may result from their use, and these two options can be explained as follows:
  • Clomiphene: This drug is given in the form of oral pills, and it is only sold with a prescription, and some studies have shown that the probability of conceiving twins when taking this drug is higher than in cases when it is not taken.
  • Gonadotropins: , this drug is given by injection, and based on the statistics of some American organizations concerned with the health of the reproductive system, it was found that nearly 30% of women who undergo treatment for infertility problems using this drug are pregnant with twins or more.
• Artificial insemination: (In vitro fertilisation), and it is one of the types of assisted fertilization techniques , and this method is one of the means that help in conception , and fertility drugs can be dispensed before starting the procedures of this process to increase the chance of a successful pregnancy. As for the mechanism of its procedure, it can be summarized by saying: A sample is taken from the woman's eggs and sperm from her husband by medical methods and under special care, and then they are placed in medical dishes for the purpose of fertilization, then more than one fertilized egg is transferred to the mother's womb in the hope of implantation, growth, and development To a complete embryo, and it should be noted that the transfer of more than one fertilized egg is important to increase the chances of pregnancy, and perhaps this explains the increased chance of conceiving twins.

References

1. ↑ "Twins - identical and fraternal" , www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au , Retrieved November 20, 2018. Edited.
2. ↑ "What Are My Chances of Having Twins?" , www.verywellfamily.com , Retrieved November 20, 2018. Edited.
3. ↑ "Tips on How to Conceive Twins" , www.healthline.com , Retrieved November 20, 2018. Edited.