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Anonymous wrote:I know two “older” mothers that both had identical twins the old-fashioned way without fertility help. It absolutely happens.

The rate of identical twins with ART is much higher than natural conception. You never know with people if they aren't open about treatment.

This was my sister’s MIL and my SIL’s grandmother so we definitely know they didn’t have fertility treatments since none existed at the time.

Ok, but its still statistically very rare, your two anecdotes doesn't change anything.

So why can’t Hilary Swank be one of these cases?

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Honestly? She’s too thin. Surprise pregnancies at that age don’t happen to super skinny women. They just don’t.

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Anonymous wrote:I know two “older” mothers that both had identical twins the old-fashioned way without fertility help. It absolutely happens.

The rate of identical twins with ART is much higher than natural conception. You never know with people if they aren't open about treatment.

This was my sister’s MIL and my SIL’s grandmother so we definitely know they didn’t have fertility treatments since none existed at the time.

Ok, but its still statistically very rare, your two anecdotes doesn't change anything.

So why can’t Hilary Swank be one of these cases?

+1

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know two “older” mothers that both had identical twins the old-fashioned way without fertility help. It absolutely happens.

The rate of identical twins with ART is much higher than natural conception. You never know with people if they aren't open about treatment.

This was my sister’s MIL and my SIL’s grandmother so we definitely know they didn’t have fertility treatments since none existed at the time.

Ok, but its still statistically very rare, your two anecdotes doesn't change anything.

So why can’t Hilary Swank be one of these cases?

+1

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know two “older” mothers that both had identical twins the old-fashioned way without fertility help. It absolutely happens.

The rate of identical twins with ART is much higher than natural conception. You never know with people if they aren't open about treatment.

This was my sister’s MIL and my SIL’s grandmother so we definitely know they didn’t have fertility treatments since none existed at the time.

Ok, but its still statistically very rare, your two anecdotes doesn't change anything.

So why can’t Hilary Swank be one of these cases?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know two “older” mothers that both had identical twins the old-fashioned way without fertility help. It absolutely happens.

The rate of identical twins with ART is much higher than natural conception. You never know with people if they aren't open about treatment.

This was my sister’s MIL and my SIL’s grandmother so we definitely know they didn’t have fertility treatments since none existed at the time.

Ok, but its still statistically very rare, your two anecdotes doesn't change anything.

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Anonymous wrote:I just saw Hilary Swank is expecting twins at age 48. Her comments about like “twins run in my family” and “it is such a miracle” make it sound like it was natural. I know this is totally petty, but it drives me crazy when celebrities pretend like they just naturally conceived twins at a very advanced maternal age.

https://people.com/parents/hilary-swank-pregnant-expecting-twins-with-husband-philip-schneider/

Why is it anyone's business how she conceived? I did IVF and did not have twins, but during the week in between when I had my positive pregnancy test and my first ultrasound, I couldn't stop thinking about how, if I was carrying twins, there would be non-stop questions about whether I used IVF. It's no one's business.

In general it's no one's business, but when celebrities make comments suggesting that they conceived naturally and they didn't, it gives regular women a false sense of security/hope about their own likelihood of conception at an advanced age.

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Anonymous wrote:I naturally conceived twins at 40.

My grandmother naturally conceived twins at 42.

My great-grandmother naturally conceived twins at 45.

It id definitely possible !! My great grandmother naturally conceived twins at age 45 as well! This was the 1920s!

You can assume all you want, but not all of us used fertility treatments, nor is it anyone's business how we conceived our children.

Thanks for those anecdotes, sweetie, and thanks for telling us you don’t comprehend the difference between anecdotes and science.

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Anonymous wrote:I naturally conceived twins at 40.

My grandmother naturally conceived twins at 42.

My great-grandmother naturally conceived twins at 45.

It id definitely possible !! My great grandmother naturally conceived twins at age 45 as well! This was the 1920s!

You can assume all you want, but not all of us used fertility treatments, nor is it anyone's business how we conceived our children.

Thanks for those anecdotes, sweetie, and thanks for telling us you don’t comprehend the difference between anecdotes and science.

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Anonymous wrote:She may have used her own frozen eggs but it’s almost 100% IVF. It’s a miracle indeed, of modern medicine.

It’s creepy and ungodly. And then we have sad stories shoved down our throat when it goes badly, eg Jimmy Kimmel, Markle, Christy Tiefan.

Anonymous wrote:I naturally conceived twins at 40.

My grandmother naturally conceived twins at 42.

My great-grandmother naturally conceived twins at 45.

It id definitely possible !! My great grandmother naturally conceived twins at age 45 as well! This was the 1920s!

You can assume all you want, but not all of us used fertility treatments, nor is it anyone's business how we conceived our children.

Anonymous wrote:She may have used her own frozen eggs but it’s almost 100% IVF. It’s a miracle indeed, of modern medicine.