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Conceiving Twins, Triplets or Quadruplets

Twins account for around 90% of multiple births and far outnumber triplets or quads in the multiple birth stakes. Currently in Australia almost 2% of all the babies born come in multiples.
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Twins
The Best Way to have Twins
The idea of having twins tends to polarise people.
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What are the chances of having twins?
Many couples are keen to increase their chances of having twins and want to know what they can do to sway the odds in their favour.
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Identical twins
The odds of having twins are far greater than for any other type of multiple births.
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Fraternal twins
Fraternal twins are just like any other brothers and sisters in the same family who share the same biological parents.
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Triplets
Identical triplets
Although it may seem to be almost impossible, conceiving with identical triplets, whilst quite rare, is actually possible.
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Fraternal triplets
There has always been a fascination with multiple births, and triplets are just a magnet for those individuals with enquiring minds.
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Quadruplets
Quadruplets
Multiple births always attract attention and there is generally a great deal of fascination about the concept of more than one baby being born at the same time.
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