Di-Di fused placenta

Kimberly,

When I had my initial u/s in Jan, when they diagnosed di-di twins, they said
there is a 10% chance of being identical. And I read the initial u/s
report and they're assuming that I ovulated twice, possibly different
times, due to the difference in size (or it could be they're just
developing at different rates).

I just hope they're healthy. I could go for identical, why not make it more
difficult...LOL. But I just hope they last long enough to be born healthy
and safe.

Carla

kimberly wrote:


David Candler wrote:
Well, had my 3rd u/s yesterday. All is fine. Both boys are
definitely
di-di frat twins.

I am glad all is well! I have been thinking of you. I am curious
though, the fact that they are Di-Di, is that the only reason they are
concluding that they are fraternal? Because I was under the impression
that they could still be identical... just curious.

Kimberly

Gotcha! I understand. I don't know if you are aware or not but my
girls were Di-Di. We still haven't had a DNA test done. But they look
very similar. Majority of people would say they are identical. I also
have a friend that recently did the DNA test and her boys are ID and
they were Di-Di. You won't know for sure unless you have them DNA
tested. It hasn't been a big enough concern for us to fork over the
hundred dollars yet.

Kimberly

David Candler wrote:
Kimberly,

When I had my initial u/s in Jan, when they diagnosed di-di twins, they said
there is a 10% chance of being identical. And I read the initial u/s
report and they're assuming that I ovulated twice, possibly different
times, due to the difference in size (or it could be they're just
developing at different rates).

On average, one-third of twins are identical, and roughly one-third of
ID twin sets have separate placentas. So, out of every nine sets of
twins, on average,
two sets are identical with shared placents
one set is identical with separate placentas
six sets are identical with separate placentas

.... which means that if you know the placentas are separate, your odds
of ID twins are actually more like one out of seven, or about 14%.
However, I've seen various figures for the percentage of ID twins that
share placentas, so it's not totally unreasonable to say one in ten.

--Helen

Kimberly,

I don't know what the DNA test would cost here in Canada, but unless it's
needed for medical reasons, I won't bother looking into it. ID or not, as
long as they're healthy, I'll take what I can get. And if they're ID,
then that much more *fun* for everyone else. LOL

When in school, we had a set of (what I thought) non-ID twins. But, Mom,
who was the school secretary, couldn't tell them apart, AND they lived 2
doors down from us. To us in class, it was easy to tell them apart, but I
guess if you're not around them constantly, even non-ID twins can be a
struggle for some.

Carla

kimberly wrote:
Gotcha! I understand. I don't know if you are aware or not but my
girls were Di-Di. We still haven't had a DNA test done. But they look
very similar. Majority of people would say they are identical. I also
have a friend that recently did the DNA test and her boys are ID and
they were Di-Di. You won't know for sure unless you have them DNA
tested. It hasn't been a big enough concern for us to fork over the
hundred dollars yet.

Kimberly