Three of a kind plus one make a foursome

Posted on April 23rd, 2008

Wow! Four babies in one go, three of them identical.
This is a very rare occurrence. Quadruplets as such are not that common. The chances of having spontaneous quadruplets amount to 1 in 729,000. The odds of having multiples have increased in recent years due to fertility treatment. In 2005, 485 quadruplet births were recorded, according [...]

Chance is 1 in 200 million for triplets

Posted on March 6th, 2008

Allison Penn, of Manhasset, NY gave birth to identical triplet boys last Wednesday. The boys were conceived through in vitro fertilization. Dr. Victor Klein implanted only one embryo which split in two, followed by one half splitting again. This is the first instance of such an occurrence known in the history of American medicine, according [...]

Are they identical? On twins and twin celebrities

Posted on January 18th, 2008

In this series, I will write about each of 10 most common (and sometimes silly) questions that mom of twins/multiples are asked.
Question # 1: Are they identical?
This is a fairly common and (I think) reasonable question though usually people can tell just by looking at my twin boys. They are alike as 2 peas in [...]