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Five natural ways to increase your chances of conceiving twins

There are many parents would love to conceive twins. Isn’t it just adorable to have two little people who look exactly the same? There are two types of twins, identical and fraternal twins. Identical twins develop from one egg; the egg is fertilized by the sperm then divides into two.

Identical twins are similar in everything they do. Fraternal twins develop from two separate eggs, fertilized by two separate sperms. These types of twins are their own unique individual who may contain characteristics from their other siblings.

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