Today, I was told I will be having twins; this came as a shock since there are no twins in my family. When I asked my mom about it, she said that she wasn't surprised and not to worry about it because she had "absorbed her twin" and that the problem would "take care of itself." FML
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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I found out that yet again I'm having twins. Sounds great and all, but the only problem is that my mother-in-law is the one pregnant. Oh boy, I'm fucked! FML
Today, I announced my fourth pregnancy, this time with twins. I heard my mother mutter, “Finally two kids from the same dad.” FML
Today, one of my twin sons found out he's going to be a dad. His little sister who loves science ended up telling him that, since he has a twin who is genetically identical, he's genetically the baby's dad too. My son, being a bit dim, took this to mean his brother slept with his wife and hit him. FML
Today, I went to the hospital in labor expecting a baby boy. I ended the day with identical twins, a baffled doctor, and a husband convinced that our sons can clone themselves. FML
Today, the good news is that my girlfriend is pregnant. The bad news is that twins run in her family. Worse, so do triplets, and I just recently lost my job. FML
Today, my sister-in-law announced that she’s pregnant. With my kid. And the doctor thinks it might be twins. FML
Today, after I had a miscarriage in December, and finding out in June that I was 13 weeks pregnant with twins, I was told out that Baby B had consumed Baby A. FML
Today, I was diagnosed with polycystic ovaries and confided in my mom, after being told I would have trouble having kids. Five minutes later, I hear the whole family laughing about it downstairs. FML
Today, I told my girlfriend that my identical twin and I are not in fact related, that he's adopted, and that the only reason we look exactly the same is because we eat and drink the same things. She actually believed it. FML
Today, my mother decided to tell me about how my twin brother almost killed me in the womb when his cord wrapped around my neck. When she left the room, he said, "You won't be so lucky next time." FML
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unholyhalfbreed 4
I can see a horror movie in the making.
heyguysitsjosh 8
At least your kids will always have someone to play with! Unless of course one of your children absorbs the other.
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garrett8614 2
Dafuq?
saksxalmo 20
I absorbed my twin and so did my cousin. Apparently it's more common than for twins to actually be born. Also, chimeras are super rare. Most people don't really "absorb" their twins-- I've heard it's more like one twin dying and being "eaten" by the other baby and the mother. Not that that's better.
Parris83 9
What a really lovely thing for your Mother to say about her Grandchildren! Sorry OP! Wishing you a happy, healthy pregnancy :)
SamanthaCassieL 10
am I the only one that thinks of the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode where Bart finds out he is a twin and that he lives in the attic....?
bankrupt 15
Your mother is probably speaking of a phenomenon known as a 'vanishing twin' in which the fetus of one twin dies and is expelled by the uterus. It is more common than one would think. My brother actually had twin vanish and the woman across the street from me also had one. OP, congratulations on your pregnancy and best wishes to you and your babies!
skittles_fairy07 4
Sounds like something from The Unborn... ._. Watch out for kids named Junebee (er... However it's spelled.)
fadingaway 17
Jumby?
Norvi 26
Generally, the gene for twins is carried by the father's side of the family.
MooncakeDream 2
I never knew there was a gene for twins, thanks for the info! :) But having twins is not necessarily heritable. It depends if OP is having identical or fraternal twins, actually. Having identical twins might be heritable, but the chance of having fraternal twins increases with the age of the mother and has nothing to do with heredity per se. Would be interesting to know if OP is having fraternal or identical twins :)
cjgirl 15
38 -No it isn't. The father can pass the genes to his daughter, but the woman needs the gene to have twins
cjgirl 15
That's why twins sometimes skip generations
Msbrat823 4
Actually, it's the mothers side. Either fraternal twins (more than 1 egg) or identical (the egg divides too many times). I was lucky enough to have a set of each, fraternal girls & identical boys. Congrats on the twins, they're a blessing whatever they are!
courtneyann211 10
Fraternal twins are passed down from the mothers side (has nothing to do with the fathers side) by hyper ovulation where a women drops two eggs instead of the normal one
zombiekitten87 12
Creepy lol
walkthenight 1
48- I'm pretty sure the commentor meant that the gene for twins was passed through the father. Meaning that the father of this set of twins is the one that supplied the gene, not the mother of the twins.
cjgirl 15
The mother has to have the gene in order to have twins. If that father has the gene, then the children can have that gene, but if the mother doesn't have the gene, there will be no twins.
courtneyann211 10
62- just because the mother doesn't have the gene known as hyper ovulation doesn't mean she cannot have twins. She could very well have identical twins as that is from dropping one egg and it splits before or after fertilization
Whachubbleisthis 4
Well, it does happen and is very common. Research "vanishing twin syndrome" for details. How likely this is also depends on how early on you are in your pregnancy. Let's assume that both of your babies are healthy and you have an easy pregnancy. Enjoy your little "problems" ;-)