People say that labor is like a broken 20 ribs at the same time. Therefore, so many women want to have twins or multiples at a time. But the average rate of twins is just 1.4% each year. So, there are many young mothers try to increase their chances of having twins. And I know some of them did successfully with oral advice. Let’s see the tips they used to get pregnant with twins.
#1 Sex position
There are four main basic styles can enhance your chances to get pregnant with twins:
- Missionary
- The anvil
- Scoop me up
- Woman on top
All of these positions boost sperms swim faster to meet to the uterus. They help to raise chances of conception. However, you need to know the day you have a period and ovulation. And then count the day you should have sex with your partner. The best day to get pregnant is 2-3 days before the first day of your ovulating day.
#2 Stop taking contraceptive
Within 1-2 months after you stop using the pill, two eggs may drop from your ovary at the same time. Because in this period, your body needs to adjust hormone, so the ratio of getting twins in these two months is higher than normal.
#3 Vitamin
You should complement vitamin before getting pregnant, especially Folic acid (vitamin B9) because it has been proven to increase fertility and prevent birth defects to the fetus. However, you should not take more than 1,000 mg Folic acid per day.
#4 Milk and dairy products
One study said that women consume dairy products during the period of conception capable twin five times higher.
#5 Age
In the older age, women’s body produces more follicle stimulating hormone (FSH). This FHS helps to increase the rate of dropping more than one egg at a time. This is the reason why the older women are, the higher chances of getting twins they have.
#6 Cassava
Cassava is a type of sweet potato from Africa. Cassava is believed that they can help women to raise their chances of getting more than one baby because they contain so much Folic acid and the other herbs that are helpful for getting pregnancy.
#7 Breastfeeding
A study said that when a woman gets pregnant when she is still breastfeeding. This study also gives the numbers to convince people. After watching and analyze, they can count that the rate of having twins when breastfeeding is 11.4%. This figure is much higher than normal (1.4%).
#8 Your partner’s food
If you are waiting for twins or multiples, you should talk to your partner and call his cooperation. If he is willing to support you, let’s start to bring him food containing zinc such as green leafy vegetables, oysters, bread. These foods will increase the amount of strong sperm.
#9 Gene
If there were some people in your family get twins before, your chance to have multiple children would be higher.
#10 You and your sister/brother are twins
If you have a twin sister or brother, you have high ability to have twins when you try to get pregnant.
#11 Tall women
Some people believe that taller women can get twins easier than the shorter ones.
#12 Yams
It is like cassava; yams are food that women usually eat when they try to have more than one baby. There is no evidence convince that yam can help women to have twins, but I think it is worth to try.
#13 Try fertility drugs
Trying fertility drug is the last method you should use if you don’t want any equipment to intervene on your body.
If you cannot get twins after trying all of these solutions, you should need a doctor's advice. Currently, there are so many methods that can give you an intervention to your body and create the best environment for you to have twins.
You know, pregnancy is the blessing. So enjoy your mommy time whether you have one or two babies in your womb. And if you have twins after using these tips, tell me and share your experience because there are many mothers out there also want to have multiples, but they still don’t know how.