Kim Perell says it was hard growing up with a twin sister. She encourages her twins to be individuals and not compare ...

Conjoined twins – identical twins that are joined together. They are extremely rare, and it’s estimated they range from one in 49,000 to 189,000 births, although around half are stillborn, and ...

Even when identical twins grow up apart, they tend to closely resemble one another — not only physically, but in their personality, interests and behaviours. Fraternal twins, in general, are ...

Conjoined twins – identical twins that are joined together. They are extremely rare, and it’s estimated they range from one in 49,000 to 189,000 births, although around half are stillborn, and ...

Fraternal twins are two separate fertilized eggs, whereas identical twins come from one egg that divides into two. Typically, fraternal twins develop two placentas and identical twins share one.

Years later, I was pregnant with fraternal or non-identical twins. It was so surreal having twins whose dad was also a twin. The author (not pictured) married an identical twin and had fraternal twins ...

Many parents rely on the results of an ultrasound. If there are two placentas, they assume they are carrying fraternal twins, and if there is one placenta, it’s assumed the twins are identical.

Conjoined twins – identical twins that are joined together. They are extremely rare, and it’s estimated they range from one in 49,000 to 189,000 births, although around half are stillborn, and ...

The author (not pictured) married an identical twin and had fraternal twins. Courtesy of the author I had an emergency C-section and gave birth to my twins early at 35 weeks.