Does anyone know if age in a woman truly can increase the chance of a multiple birth?
348172
Yes, age can increase the chances of the birth of twins.  Women over 30 have a greater chance of  having twins. \n\nIf you would like proof of this:\nhttp://www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/twins/howcommon/?_requestid=428317\n\nModification:\nThe above comments are NOT true.  This has nothing to do with fertility drugs...these were based on studies done on women not taking drugs.  Incidence of twins was greater over the age of 30.
244159
Twinning isn't that rare in humans, its now something like 30% per 1,000 births. Recent research has suggested that a genetic predisposition may exist but the exact cause for the splitting of a zygote or embryo is still unknown.
986360
yes.\npeople conceived as 1 of a set of twins, \n1 twin at the egg stage absorbs their twin.\nit's rare but yes it does & can happen.\nthey're born with 2 sets of dna.\ncarrying 1 type in their secreted fluids, but a different type in their marrow.
878746
yes\nbut there aren't any laws against giving birth to identical twins, tripletts, quadruplets etc...\nwhats the difference when many times muliple births come from fertility drugs
205826
There is no general answer; one would need to know the exact treatment involved, or at least the drug.\n\nHowever, it's unlikely.  Fertility is a complex mix of factors, including some as random as diet and stress, to the obvious such as exposure to radiation.  I am fairly on top of the medical literature and have never heard of a fertility increase being passed on to a daughter via a mother's treatment.\n\nIt's more likely there are other explanations:\n1) you or the father may be younger then they were.  Age has an enormous relation to fertility.\n2) you or the father may be healthier than they were.  Health (and stress and diet) have a relation to fertility.\n3) the father may have higher sperm count/motility than your parents or your husband's parents.\n4) you are experiencing normal statistical variance in pregnancy, but (to you) it seems like it is highly unusual.\n\nand so on.\n\nMy bet, without knowing more, is on #2 or #4.
785039
Women have done it... but think of it this way, when your child is in high school, the woman will be turning 70.  That's very hard on a child, to lose their parents so early, plus, having low energy and being slow and elderly also have a great impact.  I think it's better to examine why a woman may want a child, a new born baby, when they are turning 50.  Is it a mid-life self-fulfilling prophecy? It always depends on the individuals, but I would venture to say it could do more harm then good to the child.
48716
Well, unless the couples you know got pregnant thanks to the help of fertility drugs, I'd say it's just a coincidence. Twins run in some families. I'm assuming you're wondering whether twins is an increasing trend, and not literally what causes twins (either two eggs getting fertilized at the same time, or one fertilized egg splits into two). Also, when a woman gets into her later 30s, twins are more common. The chances of having twins also goes up if you've had children before.\n\nSounds like your friends are going to have enough kids to form their own football league! :)
1029266
Yes- it is very possible if you ovulate more than once during a cycle and have sex with two men, and one sperm from one male fertilizes one egg, and sperm from a different male fertilizes the other.  Though rare, it can happen.
686457
Every woman's birth experience is different. Some are easier to deal with than others. Then there are exercises and medications that will help the process. Let no one tell you anything to frighten you. This is an individual thing and no one can predict how one childbirth will be anyway similar to another. One should consult with a gynecologist, and later on with an obstetrician, who can determine what is the most suitable manner in which to proceed. God Bless.
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of course they can; anyone can have a baby. if the mother is O neg she may have to get an RH factor shot. I can't remember what it was all about, but I am O neg and had to get one becuase the father of my child was B pos. It doesn't hurt though. It is just a quick shot given at the beginning of pregnancy. Believe me; other parts of childbirth hurt a lot worse.
97075
hi i have always been told that for a female the best age to have a healthy child with less risks is from 21-28 yrs old and after a lady hits 30 more risks can occur for babies in pregnancy and during birth, i havent ever been told that a males age matters for having a healthy child, but a woman gives all her energy into her baby while carrying it so she has to be in a healthy state herself to have a better chance of a healthy baby.i have been told this by a Dr and friends.
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I am an alternative medicinal therapist and an ex nurse and I do know that it is possible to have this operation reversed. The odds of it working are low but it is possible.There are a few women who have had babies. In fact I know of someone that had the whole lot removed, uterus,tubes and ended up pregnant. Before she had the op she had intercourse with her husband, the sperm fused with her egg. After the op she had no womb, the little bugger attached itself to the wall where the womb once was and grew it even had a water bag around it.
1059473
Yes, you can totally have children after surgery unless they remove both of your ovaries, it they remove half, or one of your ovaries you can still have children, again the only way you wouldn't be able to have children is if they removed BOTH ovaries!!! I have the same problem except in have 7 in one ovarie and 3 in the other one!!!Good Luck!!!
266176
Yes.  Some women can.  It all depends really on your body makeup and how healthy you are.  But it's certainly not unheard of.  If it's not your first, I wouldn't recommend it, though.  It would be hard to raise a child as you grow older.  You'll miss out on a lot and so will they.  But if it is your first, then I say go for it.
1002392
It's just "a baby is born every x seconds" and "a person dies every x seconds" and a bit of basic math every second to figure out what the new number is. If you have those rates, you should be fine.\n\nNote, of course, that the rates change over time. If the birth rate is higher now than it was, say, 25 years ago, then 25 years from now, when these kids are having children, there will be more parents than now and so children born at a faster rate than now. This means that you won't be able to run your clock indefinately without tweaking the numbers to match reality occasionally, unless you're willing to go much deeper into the statistics.
168989
Sure. It's not uncommon. The percentages change but the last one I recall was that about 1 in 3 people have it again within 6 months. Forgive me if my recall is not entirely correct but the answer is definitely yes.
168198
Actually, the odds are not 50:50.  The chances are 51.4 male to 48.6 female.  So the odds are slighly in favor of a boy.\n\nhttp://www.ourstolenfuture.org/NewScience/reproduction/sexratio/sexratio.htm\n\nAs people have said, the births are not connected so outcome of each event is independent.  So each birth event would seem to have the same likelihood as any other birth event.\n\nHowever, there may be individual factors which are not accounted for in this study.  We have several friends who have all girls.  3 girls in one family, 4 in another. While statistically plausible, and I haven't found any specific studies on this, I'm betting that there are heredity and environmental factors that are involved. Certainly their's some interest in why the birth rates of certain countries deviate significantly from the norm.\n\nHere's another website that talks about ways of modifying your behavior that might increase the odds of a boy or a girl.  It's not scientific but in the quote: "Dr. Moore also notes in his book that selecting a child's gender shouldn?t be taken too seriously, but he thinks using his methods make trying that much more fun."\n\nhttp://preconception.com/resources/articles/tochance.htm\n\nOf course, if you choose to adopt and make a proactive choice of gender (boy or girl), you have a much strongest choice of influencing the odds.