What do i do to get twins?

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What can one eat or drink to be pregnant with twins aside from IVF? I desperately want twins in my next pregnancy.

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Before and after sex, you have to eat two bananas, two apples and a whole lime. Then, only after sex, you have to do a handstand for an hour chanting "two babies! Two babies!" Over and over. That's the only way I know. Works 100%.....

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When I was going thru IVF, I really really wanted twins too. Why not? Two for the price of one. I believed that it would have been awesome. I have since done a lot of research on twins, and do not believe that twins is something that women should "try" for. While having twins can be miraculous, it also increases your chance for whole lot of scary factors. To name a few: 1) Preterm labor and birth - About half of twins and nearly all higher-order multiples are premature (born before 37 weeks). The higher the number of fetuses in the pregnancy, the greater the risk for early birth. Premature babies are born before their bodies and organ systems have completely matured. These babies are often small, with low birth weights (less than 2,500 grams or 5.5 pounds), and they may need help breathing, eating, fighting infection, and staying warm. Very premature babies, those born before 28 weeks, are especially vulnerable. Many of their organs may not be ready for life outside the mother's uterus and may be too immature to function well. Many multiple birth babies will need care in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
2. Pregnancy-induced hypertension - Women with multiple fetuses are more than three times as likely to develop high blood pressure of pregnancy. This condition often develops earlier and is more severe than pregnancy with one baby. It can also increase the chance of placental abruption (early detachment of the placenta).
3. Anemia - Anemia is more than twice as common in multiple pregnancies as in a single birth.
4.Birth defects - Multiple birth babies have about twice the risk of congenital (present at birth) abnormalities including neural tube defects (such as spina bifida), gastrointestinal, and heart abnormalities.
5. Miscarriage - A phenomenon called the vanishing twin syndrome in which more than one fetus is diagnosed, but vanishes (or is miscarried), usually in the first trimester, is more likely in multiple pregnancies. This may or may not be accompanied by bleeding. The risk of pregnancy loss is increased in later trimesters as well.
6. Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome - Twin-to-twin syndrome is a condition of the placenta that develops only with identical twins that share a placenta. Blood vessels connect within the placenta and divert blood from one fetus to the other. It occurs in about 15 percent of twins with a shared placenta.
7. Abnormal amounts of amniotic fluid - Amniotic fluid abnormalities are more common in multiple pregnancies, especially for twins that share a placenta.
8. Cesarean delivery - Abnormal fetal positions increase the chances of cesarean birth.
9. Postpartum hemorrhage - The large placental area and over-distended uterus place a mother at risk for bleeding after delivery in many multiple pregnancies.

Many, many women go on to have amazing, uncomplicated twin births, it's true. Especially these days. But given all these risk factors, I'm not sure a twin pregnancy is the best thing to "try" for. Hope this helps.

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Twins come naturally theres nothing you can do to get twins thats absurd whatever comes is a blessing

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I just shake my head when I hear people say this. You seriously have no idea what you're asking for. Twin pregnancy was horrible. I was severely anemic. My blood pressure was sky high. I went into premature labor at 24 weeks. Then again at 27 weeks, then again at 31 weeks. I had my cervix sewed shut and lay in a hospital bed tilted upside down for the last two months of pregnancy. I got daily steroid injections for weeks to try and help their lungs to develop in case labor started again and they couldn't stop it. I got pneumonia because my immune system was shot which was further complicated by the fact that one of my darling sons broke one of my ribs because he stubbornly refused to turn his squirmy ass any way but sideways. I spent the first 4 months puking because of the horrific morning sickness and the last 4 months puking because my stomach was being pushed out of my body through my mouth. It was miserable. 
And taking care of two babies who tag team you all night for months on end isn't exactly a walk a park either. The ppd was horrific. Then you hit the toddler years and realize exactly how outnumbered you are..... Especially since they've got their own little twin language going on and I'm 100% sure they plotted on an hourly basis how best to make mommy lose her mind. 
I love my kids to death, but I have never been so thankful in my life to see one lonely little baby floating around on the u/s this time!

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Sometimes people say it must be something in the water when a city has a high twin rate. For instance my city has a higher chance of twins. The cause is unknown except that large amounts of twins are naturally conceived here. You can't leave your house without seeing twins.

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I've read soy isoflavones can help, but if you have a  normal cycle you should proceed with caution

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If twins run in the family, you have a higher chance.

Here's an article or two with more information:

Chances of having twins
http://www.babycenter.com/0_your-likelihood-of-having-twins-or-more_3575.bc

8 ways of increasing your chance of having twins 
http://m.newkidscenter.com/Chances-Of-Having-Twins.html

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If you are a twin or your parents were a twin you're more likely to produce twins.

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Identical twins are freaks of nature (I say that with love, friends with identical a who call themselves such.)

Fraternal twins run in families as its multiple eggs. Woman who are older, or just stopping birth control hyper  ovulate releasing multiple eggs.

I don't know if you can self induce hyper ovulation.

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The only chance of twins that I know of would be if its in the females family (not males), when you ovulate you release more than one egg at a time and if you are over 30 you have a slightly higher chance. That being said you could still only have 1 baby

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