Answer:
Dear
Kathy,
There
is a 74 percent increase in the number of twin births from 1980.
The chance
of having more than one baby at a time is 1 in 33 (3%) in the United
States
In your
church is 1 in 50 (2%).
While
there is a 3% chance of having a multiple birth at age 25-29, it increases
to 4% at 30-34 years and almost 5% at 35-39 years.
Factors
that can increase chances of having twins are also:
*Having
a maternal family history of multiple births (fraternal),
*Using fertility treatments (in vitro fertilization or fertility drugs).
*Race
(multiples are more common in African Americans and least common in
Hispanics and Asians)
*Number
of pregnancies (the chance of having twins increases with each pregnancy),
*And
to have had twins
