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You are so full of surprises Michele. 
I'm really happy for you! 
Like Ashely asked, how can they tell they are identical twins so early? When is your due date?
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Today's been total crap, but THIS is some totally awesome news - I squealed out loud FOR you, Michele! Freaking cool! Congratulations!!
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Let see, Identical Twins happen when only one egg is fertilized by one sperm (like a "normal" pregnancy) but for some unknown reason, that fertilized egg splits to form two complete babies with the same DNA, so yes, both will be the same sex.  Fraternal Twins are the result of two eggs each getting fertilized by different sperm, basically, 2 complete, seperate babies, just like regular brothers and sisters. Fraternal twins can be the same sex or different sexes and do not have the same dna.
They can pretty much tell right away because when you look at the ultrasound, you see one big sac, which is called the corion (sp?) or placenta but inside that one sac, there are two babies. They are pretty sure my babies are each in there own amniotic sac, which is a very good thing. Babies sharing both a placenta and amniotic sac are very difficult to carry to term and usually have many more complications.
Fraternal twins are thought to be partially genectic, meaning they can run in families. Or, a lot of the time they happened because fertility drugs make you produce more than one egg. Evne though I was on fertility drugs, it has nothing to do with the kind of twins I'm carrying. They don't know why some fertilized eggs split and make two babies, its basically a fluke of nature!! A mighty good fluke if you ask me!!!
Identical twins are higher risk than fraternal twins because of the shared placenta. They are at risk of TTTS, twin-twin tranfusion syndrome and a list of other things. I don't completley understand this yet but it has something to do with one twin kind of hogging the blood supply. Some how blood vessels connect between the babies and there blood flows through eachother but only one of the babies hearts is actually pumping the blood. The mortality rate is very high, about 80%. I've never heard of this before today so I'm sure thats not the best explanation.
At this point, I'm just going with the happy news and figure we will deal with issues as they arise. I'm hoping the RE can get me into the special high risk group of dr's and hopefully they can give me some more answers!
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Oh Michele!
That is the most wonderful news!!! You and your husband must be so excited and happy 
Jenn
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Hey Michele,
Sorry I'm so late to respond, but I just wanted to say congrats and I'm so happy for you! What an amazing thing to have happen I read this first thing when I got up and it just cheered up my morning...you really deserve it!
Congrats!
Kelly
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I came online precisely to see what the results of your ultrasound were, and as I was pulling up the page, I thought to myself, "I'll bet it's twins." AND IT IS!!! I am so absolutely thrilled for you. What a blessing. God is very, very good!
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I am so happy for you. What exciting news for you and the hubby. I can't wait for the next surprise.
*hugs*
-Michelle
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