I don’t know, it would be nice if celebrities would get out of their cozy, sheltered little worlds and start being grateful just to have one healthy baby instead of being greedy and wanting to keep up with the celebrity Joneses and get their twins. The whole thing is ridiculous imo, and I can see non-celeb people wanting to jump on the bandwagon and start asking doctors for Clomid, faking infertility, getting Clomid on the black market, etc. It’s sad when selfish caprices become trendy, and yes, it is selfish to mess with nature ONLY because you want twins and not because you really can’t conceive. I highly doubt Hollywood has a widespread infertility problem. I also love how all the twin-having or twin-wanting celebs site twins in their families. Gee, I have twins in my family too but that didn’t make me expect twins nor did I have any. It would be refreshing to hear them say “I want twins because everyone else is having them and it’s great to get two babies for one pregnancy!” Yeah, keep dreaming…

wow – some of you people need to lighten up a bit. good for her if she would like twins, there is nothing wrong with that. my younger brother and sister are twins and they were fun, relatively easy babies (per my mother). sorry if some of you weren’t as lucky, but don’t take out that frusteration on a stranger. so what if mel b. didn’t know that fraternals have to come from her side, no need to call her uneducated. maybe she isn’t “misinformed” at all. did you ever stop and think maybe she just saw all of the twins in his family and thought to herself, wow – that would be nice (albeit a bit hectic imo .

Kendra – her aunt could inherit the gene from her grandfather because it’s all about the woman’s genetic make-up when it comes to fraternal twins. All that matters is whether the woman conceiving has a history of twins in her biological family. While her grandfather couldn’t increase the likelihood of twins when he had kids with his wife, he could pass that gene down to any of his kids, and then if any of those kids were girls, they’d have the possibility of having twins. Make sense?

It’s all about the woman having the genes to produce two eggs a cycle when it comes to twins “running in the family.” A father can pass that trait down to his daughter, but he obviously can’t ovulate.

Maybe she is already pregnant and found out she is having twins and thats why she is saying? But like many pointed out, its determined by the womens side of the family not the fathers. If its identical twins though, they are just a miraculous thing in and of itself!

Good luck to her. I’m glad she’s happy and wanting to expand her family. I don’t see a problem with people wishing for twins. After my twins, I wished my next pregnancy was twins (it wasn’t).

P.S. A father CAN be a carrier of the genetic trait for fraternals and thereby can pass that onto his own daughter.

I’m tired of people thinking it means anything because a man has twins in his family. Someone just the other day if twins ran on my side or my husband’s. I said “Um, they aren’t his eggs”. And then I had to explain the whole fraternal/identical thing. Mine are identical, they just happen. Ugh. You would think it’s in the best interest of celebrities to be educated on things they talk about but they just end up sounding dumb. Hahahah.

I don’t know why you guys are so mad about her wanting twins. Just because it’s hard for you with your twins doesn’t mean it will be for her. I have 5 year old identical boys and really I’m thinking it’s only been hard around NOW. Now that they are in school and getting mouthy. Hahaha. Twin babies were very easy for me. So don’t get mad that someone wants twins just because it’s hard for YOU.

I really don’t understand the big deal with her saying that she wants twins. Of course she would be grateful if she had just one healthy baby but she wants two lol.

Nicole Richie said that she wanted twins and I don’t remember comments such as this on that post.

After her fiasco with E.Murphy, it’s nice to see her happy. They all look very happy together! She might have just spoken off the top of her head…or in a sarcastic tone, when she mentioned the twins.

I find nothing wrong with her hoping to have twins. Everyone is entitled to hopes and wishes aren’t they? If she ever gets her twins, (which she probably won’t) I’m sure she’ll manage just like everyone on here who have them (and still love them to bits).

I am a mother of 4 year old fraternal triplets boys and a 6 year old boy as well. Trust me the pregnancy and first year of the younger boys life was crazy. If you are able to afford help it takes the strain off, however…
It gets pretty frightening with even a twin pregnancy and all the complications that can arise. Not all have happy endings! I was an active volunteer in a twin and triplet club in our area and there are a lot of unhappy endings and sick sick babies born (to twin and triplet moms).
Thankfully, despite being premature (as all triplets are) my children were born healthy after 3 months of bed rest.
I think anyone wanting to have multiples should really consider what it will entail from the mother over that pregnancy (mother’s can actually have heart failure during delivery as the amount of blood volume in their system amongst other things).They should also consider how it will effect the older children. My son wasn’t even quite 2 when Grandma had to move in with us and become his secondary mother as I was incapable. The time spent at the Special Care Nursery for those weeks after the babies were born and just the shear amount of feedings and changing with that many babies was crazy.My son became grandma’s and daddy’s best friend. I lot my position as my son’s most trusted parent.
Although, having multiples does seem to be the “craze” right now. I have to say that it’s not something I would suggest to jump into if it can be helped. Although twins and triplets are pretty cute to see it does become quite the spectacle when you leave your home and you draw a lot of attention from the public. People will ask private questions to you every day “Are they natural?”. They will eagerly try to touch your children (a no no for any premature baby).
There is also the financial consideration. If the babies are born before 32 weeks gestation they will require a special formula for the first year of life that can cost hundreds of dollars a month.
Having multiples is more than just giving them cute names and dressing them is somewhat similar clothes.
The best of luck to anyone pregnant with multiples. If you are pregnant with multiples. Trust your instincts in the pregnancy and always keep a positive attitude. Be your own cheer leading squad and celebrate every week that goes by and you are still growing the babies.