Ready to double up on your twins
knowledge?
Let's get started!
First, have you ever seen
those viral videos of toddler
twins appearing to talk
to each other
in their own secret language?
It's a cute theory, but they're
actually just having fun
babbling, mimicking sounds they
heard Mom and Dad make,
and building their budding
speech skills.
Now, how come some twins look
exactly alike and others don't?
Rewind back to their earliest
days in the womb.
Identical twins come from one
fertilized egg that splits
in two.
Fraternal twins come from two
eggs fertilized by two
different sperm.
Next, maybe you've heard twins
can have different fathers.
Turns out it's
rare, but possible!
It can happen when a woman has
sex with two men a few days
apart while she's ovulating.
Finally, a woman may be more
likely to have twins if she's
in her late 30s or obese.
The odds may also rise if she
had a fertility treatment
or if twins run in her family.
Seeing double yet?
We hope you're twice as
savvy about twins now.
