Do Twins Run in Your Family?

Most people, upon hearing I am pregnant with twins, ask "Do twins run in your family?" This is really just a polite way of fishing for more information. People are curious beings by nature and they want to know if your twins are 'natural' or a result of any degree of fertility treatments. In the beginning this frustrated me. I didn't know how to answer the question. I found out recently that there are actually twins on both sides of my family several generations removed but I have to assume that my twins are most likely a result of the clomid (and maybe the keto helped - who really knows). The point is it's awkward to tell people you were taking a 'fertility aide' or whatever you want to call it. It's equally awkward to lie and brush it off, but really what business is it of anyone HOW I got my girls? The important thing is that I did. In order to avoid awkwardness or oversharing I usually just laugh and say "I didn't know it at the time, but it turns out twins do run in my family!" The recipient of that comment can interpret it however they want. I am not ashamed I used clomid to get pregnant. But I also don't feel the need to explain myself all the time. These babies are a gift from God and I believe I was meant to have twins and if having a miscarriage and taking clomid and doing keto were all necessary steps to get here then I wouldn't change any of it for the world. 

Just a couple days ago Alex told me the wife of one of his co-workers is pregnant with twins. My first questions were “how old is she? Was she on fertility drugs?” and I realized I am just as curious as the rest of the population and it’s absolutely none of my business. But when people ask me now if twins run in the family I don’t fault their curiosity because if the roles were reversed I might ask the exact same insensitive question.

When my doctor called me after my 5 week ultrasound he said, "You know it's twins, right?" I had to laugh. Of course I knew! How could I have missed that? Then he said, "maybe this is God's way of giving you back the baby you lost" and I think he's right.