Sentences with phrase «fraternal multiples»

And women who have a higher body mass index (BMI) also have a higher rate of fraternal multiples.

If each one is fertilized by different sperm, fraternal multiples happen.

And women who have a higher body mass index (BMI) also have a higher rate of fraternal multiples.

Sometimes two or more do, and the parents have fraternal multiples.

This can boost the chance she'll get pregnant — and the chance she'll have fraternal multiples.

Not exact matches

In a multiple pregnancy with fraternal twins, a placenta develops for each baby.

While most multiple pregnancies conceived with fertility treatments are fraternal twins, the use of fertility treatment does increase your risk of having identical twins.

While many people are familiar with the terms «identical» and «fraternal» in describing multiples, and use these terms to define whether twins or triplets look similar, what they are really referring to is how the multiples form.

Zygosity is a fancy way of noting whether your twins (or other multiples) are identical (monozygotic) or fraternal (dizygotic).

A multiple pregnancy may be the result of the fertilization of a single egg that then splits to create identical fetuses, or it may be the result of the fertilization of multiple eggs that create fraternal fetuses, or it may be a combination of these two.

Similarly, the siblings themselves from a multiple birth may be referred to as monozygotic if they are identical, or as polyzygotic if they are fraternal.

As mothers of multiples — Megan with seven - year - old triplets and an 11 - year old big sister, and Alison with fraternal twins and two older boys, our worlds revolve around raising children; in particular, multiples.

Note that since these twins are the result of multiple eggs being fertilized, this «genetic component» only holds true for fraternal twins.

The generally accepted multiple birth rates are based on all twins and do not distinguish between monozygotic (identical) and multizygotic (fraternal) twins.

Fraternal twins do run in families, due to a gene that can make a woman more likely to release multiple eggs during ovulation.