Say hello to my little twins!

Hello! I am a happily married 31 yr old mother of four. I have fraternal twin girls named Jaden and Jessie. They just turned 3 in November. As you can tell from the picture even though they are fraternal it is hard to tell them apart for most people including grandparents. lol They were born at 37 weeks weighing 5lbs 11oz and 6lbs 1 oz. Thankfully everything was great and they came home right away. We live in Louisiana (WHO DAT! Geaux Saints!) and also have two other children. Jimmy is our oldest son at 13 yrs old. Jacob is 6 yrs old. So there you have it two boys two girls. The perfect family .... sure as long as you dont come to my house without calling first! LOL We have many crazy yank my hair out adventures and I wouldnt change it for the world! I am excited to have found this website and hope I make some great friends
Jaden & Jessie

 

:welcome: to Twinstuff! Your girls are adorable! I can't believe that they are not identical. Did you get them tested?

 

Welcome to TS!! OMGosh, your girls are SO adorable!!

 

Thanks to you both. I did have their placentas tested. The doctor told me they were fraternal and then after she delivered them she said...they need to be tested. lol So they are fraternal. I can see alot of differences in them. But even their grandparents cant tell them apart. It makes for funny times.

 

:welcome: to TS. Adorable girls!!

 

:welcome: I have very fraternal twin girls who are about to turn 3. Its a fun age, isn't it?

 

Hi!!! Welcome to TS!

Oh they are adorable!!! I would not be able to tell those two apart either! My girlies just turned 3!

 

I'm not the expert on testing, but I thought that if babies had two placentas and the same blood type, the only way to be sure whether they are identical or fraternal is to do a DNA test?

I am certain that two placentas does not always equal fraternal, since 30% of double placenta births are identical.

Either way, your daughters are adorable!

 

:welcome: to TS! Your girls are beautiful :wub:

 

I'm not an expert either, but I think the numbers are more like 10% of di/di twins are identical. I believe the way it's broken down is 30% of all twin pg are identical and of that number, 30% are di/di, which would mean of all double placenta births only 10% or so are identical... Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

Either way, your girls are adorable and if you haven't had a DNA test I would recommend one because they look awfully identical to me!!

 

Welcome to TS!!! Your girls are gorgeous! Have you had them DNA tested because they look more identical than my DNA tested identicals. My girls also had two placentas.

 

Love that red hair - your girls are gorgeous! Welcome to TS!

 

Aaawww... :wub: you have 2 precious little girls! Welcome to TS!!

 

Such cutie pies! Welcome!!

 

Welcome to Twinstuff!! Your girls are adorable! :wub:

 

I love "Carlito's Way". Great movie!

Assuming, of course, that is what I was supposed to be thinking of when you said your title.

LOL.

Hi, twins and welcome

 

Thanks for the compliments! Your babies are adorable as well. I am wondering if I should go ahead and have the dna test. One of our daughters is actually left handed and the other right..which I have heard about mirror image twins. Yes two placentss can still mean they are identical but they actually sent the placenta to a lab and had it tested...I have no idea how. I had never heard of it before the Dr suggested it. I dont think it is as accurate as the dna test though.

 

Yes it was I was just being silly. lol I have a weird sense of humor probably! lol

 

Ok I think I am def gonna have mine dna tested...you have all convinced me! lol

 

When parents of just singletons ask me if it is fun...I always answer it may not always be fun but it is def always interesting. But yes I am having alot of fun. I am just amazed at their imaginations at this age. I have two older boys but it seems like because the girls had each other to play with they learned alot more at a quicker rate...I am loving it!

 

Welcome to TS I would definately get a DNA test done. they look so ID. and yes i agree with the others. having the placentas come back fraternal does not mean your twins are fraternal. they could be identical. Your girls are gorgeous. :wub:

 

Hi welcome! Your girls are so sweet! I would also have to vote identical. My boys had a fused plactena which they had tested and it came back "fraternal" I had my guys DNA tested and sure enough they are identical

 

Your girls are BEAUTIFUL and very much identical! My boys were di/di. So we tested them at 4.5 months of age. And yep, they are identical! I'm so glad we went ahead and tested them. My OB is still running on the old school thought that two placentas means fraternal. I had to update him, lol. I used www.dnasolutions.com for $99. I totally recommend it!!!

 

I think. Or is it that 10% of all twins are di/di identical? Oh man now I'm confused. Although I wonder if it's a little higher, because if I didn't get my twins tested I would have gone with my Dr. who said fraternal. So I wonder how many parents just haven't tested their di/di same sex twins because a Dr. said they could only be fraternal?

 

From what I understand they only test to make sure of the number of placentas. My pathology report of the placenta just said - two fused placentas. They never did a DNA test.

 

One more thing I want a baby with red hair! And you have two! All my siblings and I have red hair, but none of our kids do.

 

Your girls are gorgeous!! I also think you need to do the DNA test, they are totally ID! They look more alike than my grandsons who were mo/di id's. What day in November were they born? My grandsons turned 3 on November 29th..

 

Thank you! They were born on November 7. We stayed four days in hospital and had to come home and throw a birthday party for one of my other sons who was turning 3 on Nov 12. lol

 

My six year old son and my 13 yr old sons are both blondes. My mom laughs because when I was little I used to say when I grow up Im gonna have twin red headed girls. Of course I wss gonna name them Stephanie and Elizabeth...but I chenged that part obviously. lol

 

Is there a medical reason to knowing if they are identical or not. I mean they prob would want to know. I am just wondering if they need to know for some medical reasons. Just curious.

 

I don't know of any medical reason- just that it is the MOST frequently asked question that you and your girls will get. My twin and I didn't know if we were id or not and finally got a DNA test in our early 30's... to know for sure is the most amazing thing (especially since we didn't know for so many years.) I would def get the test- to know with certainty is really great!!

 

:welcome: to TS!!! Your girls are beautiful!! I have a red head too :wub: