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Speaking of chances - hyper ovulation?

missfiremissfire member
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Speaking of chances of having twins - does having fraternal twins necessarily mean we "hyperovulate"? I read one short article (one of the first pages that shows up when you Google it) that said there is a specific gene for hyperovulation and releasing multiple eggs. I'm not planning to have more kids, so it's just curiosity. But if there were a twin gene and we could know whether we had it, then wouldn't it be possible to know your likelihood of releasing multiple eggs? The only X factor would then be the likelihood of both eggs being fertilized, right?
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  • OrangeSmokeOrangeSmoke member

    hmm.. the kicker being I'm pretty sure you don't hyper ovulate every month....

    and I think some women are more "hyper" than others...

    add to that your yam intake for the month.....

    you see how it gets complicated. :)

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    hmm.. the kicker being I'm pretty sure you don't hyper ovulate every month....

    and I think some women are more "hyper" than others...

    add to that your yam intake for the month.....

    you see how it gets complicated. :)

    LMAO you're punny today!  But yeah I think you are right on the first two points....and I suppose one DOES have to consider the yam intake too.  Also agree that you have to have "super sperm" strong enough to make it to BOTH eggs if two are released.  This is why I am now urging DH to go into genetics with his biology degree. There are so many unanswered questions about multiples!

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  • KozieKimKozieKim member
    My great grandmother had 3 sets of twins so I would say she did hyper-ovulate consistently. My set of twins is the 12 set in 4 generations (from grandmother-fat/twin, uncles fat/twin, sis & I, and my LOs--along with first cousins who have had twins)
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    I should probably actually read more on this too, one of these days when I'm not just googling one-handed while holding at least one baby! But when people say they are "diagnosed" with hyperovulation, does that mean they somehow know they do this on a regular basis, and didn't just release multiple eggs randomly one month?
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  • KozieKimKozieKim member

    imagemissfire:
    I should probably actually read more on this too, one of these days when I'm not just googling one-handed while holding at least one baby! But when people say they are "diagnosed" with hyperovulation, does that mean they somehow know they do this on a regular basis, and didn't just release multiple eggs randomly one month?

    Havent really heard of being diagnosed with hyperovulation but my twin use to spot midcycle every once and awhile and Drs said it could be her body releasing more than one egg a month...but they never did any tests or diagnosed her with anything since she had normal AF every month.

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    imagemissfire:
    I should probably actually read more on this too, one of these days when I'm not just googling one-handed while holding at least one baby! But when people say they are "diagnosed" with hyperovulation, does that mean they somehow know they do this on a regular basis, and didn't just release multiple eggs randomly one month?

    Havent really heard of being diagnosed with hyperovulation but my twin use to spot midcycle every once and awhile and Drs said it could be her body releasing more than one egg a month...but they never did any tests or diagnosed her with anything since she had normal AF every month.

    the spotting was not during ovulation either just a random bleed in her cycle 

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  • hollinorhollinor member

    imageKozieKim:
    My great grandmother had 3 sets of twins so I would say she did hyper-ovulate consistently. My set of twins is the 12 set in 4 generations (from grandmother-fat/twin, uncles fat/twin, sis & I, and my LOs--along with first cousins who have had twins)

    My (paternal) great-grandmother had two sets of boy/girl twins, and my (maternal) grandmother had two sets of boy/girl twins as well.  The thought of my ovaries doing anything "hyper" does not set will with me, lol!

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