twin pregnancy question

[starbound25]

dont know if anyone will know this but my last pg I was pg with twins but lost one (disappearing twin syndrome)
This pg I feel the same way I did last time, does anyone know the odds of getting pg with twins again?
(I am 33yr old for the record)

[momz3]

Starbound you got a bfp???? I didn't know that!!! Congrats hun! :hug
And I was pregnant with twins, too. and guess what...vanishing twin syndrome...then Alexis was stillborn..:gloomy: ...but I read that once you have twins, your chances increase for having another set girly!!!!:p

[mama2toomany]

What factors affect the chances that I'll have twins?

While identical twins happen by chance and occur at the same rate throughout the world, there are several factors that influence your chances of having fraternal twins:

+ Heredity: If twins run in your family, you're more likely to have a set yourself. Your partner's family history doesn't appear to affect your odds of having twins.

+ Age: The older you are, the higher your chances of having fraternal twins or higher multiples. Some studies indicate that this may be due to the fact that older women tend to produce higher levels of ovulation-stimulating hormones, but other studies do not support the connection.

+ Race: Twins are more common than average in African Americans and less common in Hispanics and Asians.

+ Nutrition: Being well nourished increases your chances of having twins and being mal-nourished decreases your chances.

+ Number of pregnancies: The more pregnancies you've had, the greater your chances of having twins. In fact, by your fourth or fifth pregnancy, your likelihood of having twins is four times higher than it was for your first pregnancy.

+ History of twins: Once you have a set of fraternal twins, you're twice as likely to have another set in future pregnancies.

That's what happened to Geri Martin Wilson. Less than three years after she gave birth to twins Natalie and Tyler (conceived with the help of the fertility drug Clomid), she got pregnant again, this time without fertility drugs. At her ultrasound, her doctor told her she was carrying another set of twins. She was shocked. "I just leaned on the ultrasound table and said, 'What are the odds of that happening?'" she recalls. It was another set of boy and girl twins, Joshua and Emma

[Savmay]

I also had a disappearing twin with my current pg. We found out in an ultrasound after some spotting at six weeks. How did you "feel" that feels the same? just curious..

[snazzy_mom]

I had the same thing happen with the vanishing twin this pregnancy as well. We lost that one at 13 weeks and it passed rather than reabsorbing but all is well now :)