Twins Twins Twins in the Privates (Lots of 'em)

[Anonymous]

Feels like people are looking down on IVF users here. So people who can't get pregnant shouldn't use reproductive technology to assist them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All it took was clomid for several moms we know though I used to think the same about ivf. I think IVF is like being vegan and they'll tell you right away when people share their past pregnancy experiences.

Yea, it's the fertility drugs. And probably age too. IVF with a single embryo transfer actually doesn't often result in twins. If these kids are school-aged then maybe it used to be more common to transfer two, but many won't do it now.

[Anonymous]

IUI is more likely to generate twins. For IVF, it’s rare to transfer more than one embryo and has been for a while. My IVF child is 9, and back in 2014 the standard of care already was “one embryo at a time.”

Also identical twins are always spontaneous…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get that some twins are naturally conceived, but the explosion of twins is 99% due to IVF. Come on.

IUI results in more twins than IVF and both IUI and IVF have increased. And, so has the population of women in their 30's/40's having their first child.

Twins are just as common at our public school - but we live in a W-zoned HS district with both high education and high income.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of us were just stone cold infertile. We tried to get pregnant for over 4 years in my early 30s--finally did IVF and had twins. It was a long road.

Just thought I'd put this in here. It's not all geriatric parents and people jumping to IVF ASAP because they have the money.

Wow, same story here! Got married in my late 20s, started trying for a baby at 30 and had twins through IVF at 34.

We are lifers at a private, there are 2 sets of twins in our class of just over 50 kids.

[Anonymous]

The overall rate of twins in the US is 3.1% of all pregnancies. The OP cited 6 of 137 pregnancies or 4.4%. That seems not ridiculously higher than the general population, and definitely explainable through older and richer parents.

[Anonymous]

It’s also true at our local public ES where kids attended pre private. It’s a very nice (read=rich) area. I think it’s probably more tri in privates but I was surprised by it nonetheless. Think it’s just true for the wealthy areas here same reasons it’s true in privates. DC has loads of educated working women who chose families later in life and have the money to spend to make it happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Feels like people are looking down on IVF users here. So people who can't get pregnant shouldn't use reproductive technology to assist them?

What are you talking about? No one is looking down on them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whenever I see a person with twins, I assume they had IVF.

Moms are more likely to have twins after age 35, notwithstanding fertility treatment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The overall rate of twins in the US is 3.1% of all pregnancies. The OP cited 6 of 137 pregnancies or 4.4%. That seems not ridiculously higher than the general population, and definitely explainable through older and richer parents.

8.8 percent of the class was a twin!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IUI is more likely to generate twins. For IVF, it’s rare to transfer more than one embryo and has been for a while. My IVF child is 9, and back in 2014 the standard of care already was “one embryo at a time.”

Also identical twins are always spontaneous…

Not really.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two sets of twins in a grade of 25 students.

Which school??

[Anonymous]

Westford Academy in Massachusetts:

"High school graduating class of 2023 includes 17 sets of twins and triplets"

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/high-school-graduating-class-includes-17-sets-twins-99968556

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Feels like people are looking down on IVF users here. So people who can't get pregnant shouldn't use reproductive technology to assist them?

No one is looking down on anyone. But sometimes twin moms try and act like they’re so special with their insta family or tell atories of being “so surprised” when it was so very well planned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IUI is more likely to generate twins. For IVF, it’s rare to transfer more than one embryo and has been for a while. My IVF child is 9, and back in 2014 the standard of care already was “one embryo at a time.”

Also identical twins are always spontaneous…

Not really.

Yes really.

SET = Single Embryo Transfer

“Over the last decade, the percentage of SET among all patients increased dramatically, from 20.6% in 2011 to 80.4% in 2020, and this trend was identified among all age groups”

https://www.cdc.gov/art/reports/2020/summary.html#