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Finally broke down and bought the DNA test. Docs and Nurses were right...
They are identical! I was super surprised because I see such differences in them but they matched each other on every single marker.
"...they are the children God has graciously given your servant."
Jackson and Eli
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Re: Finally broke down and bought the DNA test. Docs and Nurses were right...
How to tell my boys apart
The different types of twins and triplets
Jack, Sydney and Carynne, Annaleigh, JW, Eden...forever in our hearts.
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That's awesome!!
What DNA test did you use?
And, if you don't mind me asking..was there only 1 placenta with 2 sacs? 2 placentas and 2 sacs?
People are always telling me that my boys have to be identical, including our own doctor...but they had their own placenta and own sac. But, as far as I know..I think that there's still a small chance that they could be identical?
We used Affiliated Genetics and my boys shared a placenta but had one chorionic sac but two amniotic sacs (I think I got that right. One large one with a membrane separating them).
Your boys look completely identical to me. If the embryo split before it implanted then they very well may be identical even though there were two placentas, sacs etc. If I were you I'd get the test done but that's because it bugged me not knowing!
that is undoubtedly true, but it's hard to get a definitive answer on that. even when it was completely obvious from our first u/s that my boys shared a chorion...even when we had trouble finding separating membranes...even when my doctor delivered them (i remember him saying during my c/s "this looks like they're identical")...even after there was testing done on the (single) placenta...my doctors wouldn't say for sure that they were ID. not sure why, to be honest.
How to tell my boys apart
The different types of twins and triplets
Jack, Sydney and Carynne, Annaleigh, JW, Eden...forever in our hearts.
My blog * We made the national news!
Pea-kay
At my first u/s, they saw two amniotics sacs, one chorionic sac at less than 8 weeks, it was always a given they were identical. Funny the difference in knowledge about identicals.
This can sometimes be mis-diagnosed via ultra sound and my boys have such differences we didn't quite believe it. I wanted the DNA test to be sure. I'm glad I had it done.
Mine also had their own placenta and own sac, I was told while pregnant that they were fraternal, but EVERYONE asks if they are identical. They definitely do look identical, i have even confused them once or twice!
I also have considered getting the test done and am sure I will someday just out of curiosity.
All the peri's at Children's Hosp told me that I'm lucky to know for sure without a test that the boys are identical (only way mono/mono happens is if egg splits too late). They said funny things happen in utero, and u/s can't always tell the story. So to know FOR SURE, you need a test.
But IN GENERAL mono/di usually = identical.?
I totally understand the whole "they don't look completely identical" so can they be question!!! My kids look "alike", but not "identical". The first thing people say when they meet them for the first time, "I can't believe how different they look from eachother!" I'd get the test if they were mono/di just because they look too different. (the pic in my siggy was the most they looked alike until that point)?
yeah, exactly! either that, or like sweater said, lots of docs are reluctant to say FOR SURE if they're ID because funny things can happen...
How to tell my boys apart
The different types of twins and triplets
Jack, Sydney and Carynne, Annaleigh, JW, Eden...forever in our hearts.
My blog * We made the national news!