Anyone remember when being a twin was remarkable?

[Drawz]

I was born in '74 and I have a fraternal twin. When I was in high school there were two other sets of fraternals and one set of identicals in a student body of about 2800. none of them the result of fertility drugs.
Right around then the news was covering a few cases of drug induced quads and quints.
Now you've got to be a freaken litter like the Octomoms kids to even raise an eyebrow.

Modern medicine has robbed me of my remarkableness! And I'm ****ed! :evil: :lol:

[Ballygrl]

I was born in '74 and I have a fraternal twin. When I was in high school there were two other sets of fraternals and one set of identicals in a student body of about 2800. none of them the result of fertility drugs.
Right around then the news was covering a few cases of drug induced quads and quints.
Now you've got to be a freaken litter like the Octomoms kids to even raise an eyebrow.

Modern medicine has robbed me of my remarkableness! And I'm ****ed! :evil: :lol:

My Mother is a fraternal twin, she and her sister were born in 1932, and you're right, it used to be an amazing thing, but these days most twins aren't naturally conceived.

[NascarGirl2448]

My dad is a twin (born in '42) and I would guess in those days, twins were pretty rare.

[Drawz]

My dad is a twin (born in '42) and I would guess in those days, twins were pretty rare.

I found this:

What are the odds of having twins?
by Peg Plumbo, CNM (see more from this expert)
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If you are not taking fertility drugs, what are your chances of conceiving twins?


Twins can either originate from two separate ova (fraternal) or result from the division of one fertilized ovum (identical twins). Identical twinning (monozygotic twins) is the result of chance and the frequency is fairly constant throughout the world at a rate of approximately four per thousand births.

Fraternal twinning (dizygotic twins) is associated with multiple ovulation and its frequency varies between races and within countries and is affected by several factors. In general, the frequency of dizygotic twins is low in Asian races, intermediate in whites and high in black races. In the U.S., the overall incidence of twins is approximately 12 per 1000 and two-thirds of these are dizygotic.

The chance of having fraternal twins goes up with increasing maternal age. Three woman in 1000, under the age of 20, will conceive fraternal twins. Between the ages of 35 and 40, 14 women in one thousand will conceive fraternal twins. Women who have had a greater number of babies (increasing parity) also have a higher risk.
It is the fraternal type of twinning that is induced by fertility drugs. Although the rates differ by type of treatment, twinning can occur in over 20 percent of the conceptions when some fertility drugs are used to induce ovulation.
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My mom was in her mid-twenties when she had my sister and me.
I've also heard that twins run in some families, but there are none in mine that I know of.

[Clintville]

I'm a triplet, everyone puts up a big deal about that.

[jimjames418]

Back in the 60's I worked with a guy that got married. After a year his wife had a baby. The second year she had twins, and the third year she had triplets. He went and got cut, said he was not going to take a chance on the fourth year. :shhh:

[Drawz]

I'm a triplet, everyone puts up a big deal about that.

A natural trip?

If so, then screw you for stealing my thunder! ;)

[Drawz]

Back in the 60's I worked with a guy that got married. After a year his wife had a baby. The second year she had twins, and the third year she had triblets. He went and got cut, said he was not going to take a chance on the fourth year. :shhh:

If my wife started having tribbles I'd probabley get snipped too!

http://www.la-star.com/p/pics/video-star/TREK-20Tribbles-20online-20--20Credit-20Paramount-20Domestic-20Television.jpg

[Ballygrl]

My mom was in her mid-twenties when she had my sister and me. I've also heard that twins run in some families, but there are none in mine that I know of.

Twins run in our family.