How Did This Happen?

It's the question everyone wants to know the answer to, but no one actually uses those words.

The most common question we get is, "Do twins run in either of your families?" This one is a bit of a pain to answer since it's not a simple yes or no, but since so many people ask us here is the answer:

Genetically speaking, Joey's family has nothing to do with our having twins. Joey doesn't drop eggs, I do :) However, Joey does have cousins that are twins, so if there is a gene involved in the family he could potentially pass that down to any daughters that we have. As for my family, there are twins, but they are so far removed from me that I would not have said they run in my family. Namely, my great-grandparents were twins and both of my parents have cousins that are twins, but I don't have any grandparents, aunts, uncles or cousins who are twins.

The other common question that I know people have, but few dare to ask, is if these twins are a result of infertility treatments. This is an easy one to answer - no, we were not using any infertility treatments. One nurse was so bold she simply asked, "Are these Clomid* twins?" I suppose some would be offended by such a question, but I laughed because she was so upfront about it, whereas most people won't ask, or if they do ask the question is prefaced with, "If this is too personal you don't have to answer..." or another similar phrase.

For me, it really doesn't matter how it happened. It happened because God planned for it to happen and that's all I need to know. It seems to me that it is just human nature to look for explanations when faced with the "abnormal." We like to know the hows and whys of life, and I'm no different. I'm now just on the "abnormal" end of receiving, rather than asking the questions.





*This medication is used to treat infertility in women. It works by stimulating an increase in the amount of hormones that support the growth and release of a mature egg (ovulation). (Definition from Web MD)