True or False? RE twins after miscarriage?

lovely40

I just read a post on mc/pgl where someone mentioned in a response that you are so fertile after a miscarriage you are more likely to have twins. This doesn't seem right to me (although i didn't think it was the place to mention it) - I googled it and didn't find anything. Does anyone know if this is true or false. A twin pregnancy would terrify me due to the increased risk of complications.

Stretchad

I have heard that 1st cycle after you go of BCP you are possibly more fertile and higher chances of twins. But haven't seen anything anywhere official. 

Maybe the MC theory is related to the fact that our bodies haven't released an egg for a while, so it releases two? I don't know. Both are probably an old wives tale.

JulsW

I don't think that could be true. If it was look at how much more common twins would be? I mean there are how many of us on this board and the mc/pl board and how many hundreds that don't come to these boards! Or maybe I guess most of us follow drs advice and wait as long as we are told and by that time the increased chances of mulitples goes down. I wouldn't worry about it too much!

lovely40

JulsW:

I don't think that could be true. If it was look at how much more common twins would be? I mean there are how many of us on this board and the mc/pl board and how many hundreds that don't come to these boards! Or maybe I guess most of us follow drs advice and wait as long as we are told and by that time the increased chances of mulitples goes down. I wouldn't worry about it too much!

 very good point. i agree probably old wives tale. but now it's stuck in the back of my head.

Teresa1896

This is purely anecdotal, but my mom lost a baby at 16 wks right before she got pregnant with me...and my brother. 

I also have a friend who got pregnant with twins immediately after a miscarriage. 

nikki04vb

I've read, and my doctor has confirmed, that you can have increased fertility for 3-6 months after a m/c.  So I suppose that you would have an increased chance of twins, but probably not very much.  Usually your chances are 3% for natural twins so it probably only jumps a couple percentage points.  Odds are still pretty low.  

My doctor talked about putting me on Clomid if my cycle is all over the place again.  I've read that your chances jump from 3% up to 10% when taking Clomid.  I would say at best your increased fertility after a m/c would be equal to this.  

I know the risks are greater with twins- I've had the same fears.  Having a m/c or complications with a previous pregnancy does not mean you'll have any during your next- even with twins.  I think the best thing to do is just relax and deal with things as they come.  Getting all stressed out about something that hasn't even happened is not going to help you get a BFP.  GL!  Hope this helps. 

cutebride73

I have never heard this - I have heard about the increased fertility following a m/c.  I know several people IRL and on the boards who got pregnant immediately following a m/c who then had successful, healthy singleton pregnancies -  the only twins pregnancies I know of were using IF treatments. 

I also read about the increased fertility for the first 6 months following a m/c but I have missed that window now.  The 6 month anniversary of my D&C was Saturday.  :-(   

ZZsmommy

I'm with you on the being terrified of a twin pregnancy, although twins do run in my family, and they have skipped two generations, so someone is DUE.  LoL 

I would love twins, with the exception of the incresed risk of complications.  Would love the babies, but losing one or both, that would be awful.  Plus, my first pregnancy was so filled with multiple complications......<shudder> (then, there's the double expense that twins bring!)  A friend whose son is the same age as my son was expecting twin girls in December.  They just delivered 2 months early, and one of them died a few hours after birth.  So heartbreaking.

I, too, have heard that women are more fertile in the first few months following a miscarriage, but then, I always thought "more fertile" meant more likely to conceive rather than more likely to have multiple ovulation.  Maybe I was wrong.  Very interesting, either way. 

AutumnLeavesFall

Yes twins are more risk, I lost triplets (not at the same time).

 

jenniann87

I have heard this before too. My BF is a twin and when we found out I was pregnant before everyone joked that it was gonna be twins. I have often thought that it would be really cool to have twins being that my BF is a twin. And ever since the loss I have had a feeling it might happen. So I guess well see.