Question 1

how do i know if i am having identical or fraternal twins?

Accepted Answer

Depends: You can determine it based on ultrasound if there is only one placenta.  However, often times you need to have babies tested after they are born.  Even twins that "look" identical may not actually be identical.

Question 2

will an identical twin often get the same disease as the other?

Accepted Answer

Not unless genetic.: Most identical twins actually have increasingly divergent life paths due to their encounters with various pathogens, toxins and environmental factors at variable succession and timings. Their genetic make-up may be identical, however their acquired immunity and responses to external stimuli are as different as with any two siblings.

Question 3

i like to know why does one identical twin have bags & puffiness under the yes and the other doesn't have it.

Accepted Answer

Twins and Aging: Food, lack of food, stress, fatigue, lack of sleep, alcohol use or misuse or alcohol abuse, differences in sun exposure, differences in hydration.

Question 4

are identical twins always identical?

Accepted Answer

Twins: Not necessarily. Personality-wise, there is a pair of identical twins in my practice who have different personalities. One is an extrovert and athletic in nature while the other is introverted.

Question 5

are fraternal or identical twins more common?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Fraternal twins are 3 times as frequent as identical. Fraternal twins happen when there is double ovulation and 2 eggs get fertilized. They are the type of twins that run in families. Identical twins come from 1 fertilized egg which separate in early gestation. Depending on when they separate, the babies can be in 2 distinct sac (di/di), 2 sacs within a shared sac (mono/di) or 1 sac (mono/mono).

Question 6

can there be male and female identical twins?

Accepted Answer

No..identical!: As the word identical means: identical! thus must be of the same gender. There are fraternal twins and that can be either gender or one of each...:-)).

Question 7

could an absorbed identical twin be a teratoma?

Accepted Answer

Possibly: That is one of the theorys.

Question 8

how can identical twins be very different sizes?

Accepted Answer

Identical twins: Identical twins share a placenta. It certain circumstances the amount of placental blood flow to one twin may be more than to the other twin. That effects the growth of the twins.

Question 9

does children of identical twins who marry identical twins look alike?

Accepted Answer

Not always: They would be no more likely to look alike than any other siblings.

Question 10

is it possible to have one miscarried one identical twin but the other survived?

Accepted Answer

Loss of one twin: It is possible to have lost a twin and carry the other twin to viability. Identical twins can be carried in two amniotic bags or one.  When there are two it is possible to have the lose of one and carry the other twin to viability

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