Double Delight!

Wouldn't it be glorious to give birth to a set of these:


Or these:


Or even these?? :


Those of you who know me well know that I really want to give birth to TWINS. I’ve recently discovered that I have several things in my favour:

1. I’m a fraternal twin: apparently fraternal twins are more genetically linked than identical twins, therefore I’m more likely to have them myself. YESSSSssssss.

2. We’re female fraternal twins. Female fraternal twins are twice as likely as male fraternal twins to have twins themselves. Apparently my chances are as high as 1 in 17.

3. I eat animal by-products. Apparently consuming such foods—especially dairy products—increases chances of having twins. My bowels have a slight aversion to dairy products, but if they’ll help me have twins…bring ‘em on!

4. We’re planning on waiting a few years before having babies. This increases my chances because the older you are, the more likely you are to have multiple births… except for that we’re not waiting 20 years. Shoot.

And some things that are not so much in my favour:

1. Overweight and super tall women have a higher chance of birthing twins. Again…shoot.

2. According to Dr. Steinman, African Americans are most likely to have twins, then Caucasians, then Asians and Hispanics. I think it’s fairly obvious that I lack the African American genes.

Although my chances of having twins are high, so are my chances of having dumb kids. To sum up a report done by CNN, women with big hips, backsides, and thighs tend to be smarter AND give birth to more intelligent children. I’m not complaining that I don’t have a giant hind end, but I do hope my kids aren’t dumb.