Some 10 years back I barely knew one or two families who had twins. Over the last 5 years I have known a few more. But lately the twin phenomenon seems to be going strong. Here's what I mean:
1. I worked for OSAF for 3.5 years and during that span 4 of us had twins
2. I take the kids to MyGym and among some 12 kids there are 2 sets of twins and the instructor herself has twins.
3. My kids are enrolled for a Music Class and among 8 kids there are 2 sets of twins
4. At ParentsPlace and last Friday I met 2 other moms with twins (among 15 kids)
5. Our local Mothers Club playgroup (ages 2-3) includes 2 other moms besides me with twins.
Is it that just because I have twins that I have begun to take notice of more and more twins around me or there is really some phenomenon going around that cannot be dismissed?
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There's a documented phenomenon of people having kids later in life. Older people are not as fertile and so there's also been an uptick in fertility treatments. Since multiples are a common effect of such treatments, I think you have observed a real effect of there being more multiples than there used to be.
I didn't google very long, but there's at least some support for this idea here.
simple concept...girls would become mothers at a early very stage of life (20s) but now we PLAN everything so we want to plan our travel first, career next, finances and then comes the kid. These days early 30s is a normal age for a first time mother and that explains it :)
Isn't IVF also a factor?
Certainly IVF is a big factor. Last week I went to twin drop-in at parents place (a play group in san mateo) and there were 22 sets of twins just from foster city and san mateo. It was overwhelming to see the number of twins around.
also, isn't there some cultural/racial element to it - caucasians beings more inclined (biologically) to have twins? Wee most of the other twins you met caucasian too?
Not really. I have seen twins across all racial groups but the observation is based solely in the bay area.
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