What is the longest twin pregnancy?

According to Guinness World Records, the longest confirmed interval between the birth of twins is 90 days. Fraternal twins Molly and Benjamin West were born on Jan. 1 and March 30, 1996, in Baltimore.
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Do twins ever go to 40 weeks?

A little more than half of twin pregnancies end in preterm delivery (before 37 weeks). While 40 weeks is the full gestation period of the average pregnancy, most twin pregnancies are delivered at approximately 36 weeks (range 32-38 weeks depending on the type of twin pregnancy).
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What is the world record for longest twins?

Longest Seperated Twins

The longest separated twins are Elizabeth Ann Hamel (née Lamb, USA) and Ann Patricia Hunt (née Wilson, UK) born on 28 February 1936 in Aldershot, UK. Elizabeth and Ann were reunited in Fullerton, California, USA on 1 May 2014 after 77 years and 289 days of separation.
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What percentage of twins make it to 38 weeks?

The results

The most significant percentage of twins (49%) was observed to be delivered at 37-38 weeks, and 6% were preterm.
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Can twins be born at 42 weeks?

While rare, there are mothers who carry healthy twins to 40 weeks and beyond. Viktorya Howard is a mom of three who carried her twin daughters, Sierrah and Savannah, now 22, to 42 weeks.
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Can twins make it to 39 weeks?

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), for example, recommends delivery between 34 and 37 weeks for twins with a shared placenta and at 38 weeks for twins with separate placentas. Some other physician groups recommend delivery closer to 39 weeks with separate placentas.
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Can you be 43 weeks pregnant?

Most pregnancies last 37 to 42 weeks, but some take longer. If your pregnancy lasts more than 42 weeks, it is called post-term (past due). This happens in a small number of pregnancies. While there are some risks in a post-term pregnancy, most post-term babies are born healthy.
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What is the ideal weight for twins at birth?

What's a 'normal' weight for a multiple? About half of all twins weigh at least 5½ pounds at birth. (Below 5½ pounds, or 2,500 grams, is considered a low birth weight, with a higher potential for complications.)
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What is average birth weight for twins?

Twins and triplets often don't have a chance to reach a healthy weight before they're born. While the average single baby weighs 7 pounds at birth, the average twin weighs 5.5 pounds. Triplets typically weigh 4 pounds each, and quads weigh 3 pounds each.
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Who carries twin gene?

The quick answer to this question is that, in a twin pregnancy, it is the mother's genes that determine twins. First up, giving birth to identical twins is not genetic, but conceiving fraternal twins is. The mother may have the genetic trait of releasing two eggs in one menstrual cycle.
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Is it true that the longest time between two twins being born is 87 days?

According to Guinness World Records, the longest confirmed interval between the birth of twins is 90 days.
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Can twins be born 7 years apart?

Medically, this 7-year defect is very rare. Twins are typically born with a bit of a delay — a few minutes to a few hours. Some even have separate birthdays, due to being born just before and just after midnight. The Zeitgest girls were not only born 7 years apart, but Ms.
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What is the biggest twins born naturally?

The heaviest birth weight for surviving twins on record goes to Mrs. J.P. Haskin of Arkansas, on February 20 1924, whose twins weighed in at an eye-watering 14lbs & 13lbs 12oz, totalling 27lb 12oz. The Uk's heaviest set appear to have been the Warren's born on December 6th 1884 totalling 25lbs 8ozs.
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Does labor take longer with twins?

Using a national database of labor and delivery information from several clinical centers, the researchers found that twins required about one to three hours more than single babies to complete the first stage of labor.
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How many minutes can twins be born apart?

The interval between vaginal delivery of the first and second twins (mean, 21 minutes, range, one to 134 minutes) was 15 minutes or less in 70 (61%) cases and more than 15 minutes in 45 (39%) cases.
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Can twins have different fathers?

But you may be left wondering: Can twins have different fathers? The answer is yes, but only in cases in which they're fraternal, as identical twins form from a single egg/sperm combination and thus cannot have different fathers.
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What birth defects are common in twins?

Multiples are about twice as likely as singleton babies to have birth defects, including neural tube defects (such as spina bifida), cerebral palsy, congenital heart defects and birth defects that affect the digestive system.
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What are the disadvantages of having twins?

Anemia is more than twice as common in multiple pregnancies as in a single birth. Multiple birth babies have about twice the risk of congenital (present at birth) abnormalities including neural tube defects (such as spina bifida), gastrointestinal, and heart abnormalities.
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Are twins more likely to have disabilities?

There is a clear and long-established connection, from these studies and much more, that multiples are at a significantly increased risk of developing cerebral palsy than singletons. Many factors at work may make the children of multiple pregnancies more vulnerable to the brain damage that causes the condition.
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What is the maximum weight of twins?

Most practitioners advise women who start their twin pregnancy at a normal weight to gain 37 to 54 pounds. You should gain a little more if you were underweight (between 50 and 62 pounds) and a little less if you were overweight (between 31 and 50 pounds).
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What is the average size for twins?

Twin delivery, on average, occurs around 35 to 36 weeks. Triplets and quadruplets may come even sooner. Moms of singletons, on average, deliver at 39 weeks. Since many twin births happen early, the average twin arrives weighing about 5 1/2 pounds.
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When do twins gain the most weight?

Women carrying twins will only gain 4 to 6 pounds during the first trimester and 1 ½ pound per week during the second and third trimesters. If you are carrying triplets, you should expect to gain 1 ½ pound per week throughout the entire pregnancy.
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Why can't you go past 42 weeks pregnant?

There's a higher risk of stillbirth if you go over 42 weeks pregnant, although most babies remain healthy. At the moment, there's no way to reliably predict which babies are at increased risk of stillbirth, so induction is offered if you do not go into labour by 42 weeks.
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What causes a baby to be overdue?

You are more likely to be overdue if you are obese, have never given birth before or if you're over the age of 30. Your midwife or doctor will check that both you and your baby are healthy by giving you ultrasound scans and checking your baby's movement and heartbeat.
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Is pregnancy at 44 normal?

If you get pregnant at 40 to 45 years old, experts consider this a “late” pregnancy. But it's still possible to get pregnant and deliver a healthy baby in your 40s. Childbirth at older ages has become more common too. Since the 1990s, birth rates in people aged 40-44 have gone up.
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