A visual lesson on di/mo vs di/di

pea-kay

Because I'm bored at work, and because there have been questions lately.

Compare this to a 7-9ish week u/s of your twins.

 

 

hee hee! fun.

DarthBaby

I enjoy the smiling "babies"

MamaCrystal

Those pictures should just be right up there next to the FAQ's ; )

Also, upon clicking on the multiples board, newcomers should be guided through a series of steps:

1) Are you pregnant with multiples?  If your answer is yes, please proceed to question #2.  If your answer is no, please determine if your reason for visiting the multiples board could easily be referred to Google, and give careful consideration to any questions you are thinking of asking in order to not make a fool of yourself.

     1) a.  If you are planning to fake a multiples pregnancy, please refer to Pea-Kay's "Guide to Faking a Multiples Pregnancy".  Otherwise, you have no hope of actually pulling it off.

2) Congratulations on expecting your multiples!  Please refer to these pictures to determine whether your twins are mo/di or di/di.  *Note: You may need to inform your doctor that he/she gave you incorrect information.

3) Read through the FAQ's for info from the "pro's" regarding: bedrest, weight gain, average length of twin pregnancies, breastfeeding twins, and MUCH more!

4) Welcome to the Multiples Board.  You are now ready to participate! : D

MADforever2009

  Didnt know the di-di 8 /9 times fraternal vs 1/9 identical.  Can you give us a lesson about the placenta now?  

macchiatto

LOL, I love when you post this. I like MamaCrystal's idea, too!

FWIW, this is the only u/s pic I have that shows both of my di/di twins. This was my first u/s, at 11w5d:

twobytwo2010

MamaCrystal:

Those pictures should just be right up there next to the FAQ's ; )

Also, upon clicking on the multiples board, newcomers should be guided through a series of steps:

1) Are you pregnant with multiples?  If your answer is yes, please proceed to question #2.  If your answer is no, please determine if your reason for visiting the multiples board could easily be referred to Google, and give careful consideration to any questions you are thinking of asking in order to not make a fool of yourself.

     1) a.  If you are planning to fake a multiples pregnancy, please refer to Pea-Kay's "Guide to Faking a Multiples Pregnancy".  Otherwise, you have no hope of actually pulling it off.

2) Congratulations on expecting your multiples!  Please refer to these pictures to determine whether your twins are mo/di or di/di.  *Note: You may need to inform your doctor that he/she gave you incorrect information.

3) Read through the FAQ's for info from the "pro's" regarding: bedrest, weight gain, average length of twin pregnancies, breastfeeding twins, and MUCH more!

4) Welcome to the Multiples Board.  You are now ready to participate! : D

This is great...

Should also put something that they should maybe lurk for a couple of days to see how it runs.

Mrs.Babbsy

Pea-kay I LOVE your siggy! They are so cute and getting so big:)

 

happymomma4

Awww! The smiles are so cute! Thanks, pea-kay! My twins are di/di and they're both boys so my doctor's been stressing to me that there's a "small" chance of them being identical but that we wouldn't know until they're born and have a DNA test. I really don't care if they're identical or not as long as they're healthy! Thanks!

 Pamela

smeyer

nicolelynn00:

I enjoy the smiling "babies"

LOL!  Me too.   

janjag

Thanks for posting this.  SOOO much easier than explaing w/words alone.  I agree, this would be great for the FAQ list.

Eris-Alexis

Thank you so much for posting this.  It makes so much more sense than any of the articles I have read explaining the difference.