Twins

Did you know that the probability of having twins naturally is 1.1%? On the other hand, the probability of having twins is much lower, standing at 0.4%. This is confirmed by data from the Spanish Fertility Society (SEF).

Babies born on the first of January are always in the news, as they arrive in the world at the beginning of a new year. But there are cases in which, in addition to being "the first babies of the New Year", their birth is distinguished by a special or unusual situation.

The duration of a baby's pregnancy is 40 weeks, although from week 37 to week 42 counting from the date of the last menstruation, it is considered a full-term baby.

Breastfeeding brings many benefits to mother and baby. We know that the ideal is to keep it up to six months exclusively and, from there, accompanied by other foods until the mother and baby want it.

Undergoing fertility treatment to fulfill the dream of being a mother is very common, especially at advanced ages.

Alexzandria Wolliston lives in Palm Beach, Florida (United States) and has become a famous mother, since in 2019 she gave birth to two sets of twins.

Although they are not very frequent, sometimes we have heard stories of brothers or sisters who became fathers and mothers on the same day. It is even rarer when it comes to pairs of twins or twins who live this curious coincidence.

The number of multiple pregnancies in Spain has doubled in the last two decades, largely due to the increase in the gestational age of mothers associated with the greater use of assisted reproduction treatments. And it is that at present, most fertility clinics continue to transfer more than one embryo at a time to achieve pregnancy, increasing the probability of conceiving a multiple pregnancy by 13 times.