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Lmp 2/19 from 2/19 until 3/19 i slept with 2 people. Cant remember the dates of sleeping with either guy except 2/25, and 2/28 with one guy and 3/1 and 3/5 with the other and on 3/5 that guy pulled out. Those are the only dates i remember for sure. After 3/5 to 3/19 i slept with the first guy again. 3/27 + p test . Only if twins are genetic then i will know cause i am having twins and guy A has twins on both mom and dad side. Help
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Identical twins are totally random events, and fraternal twins are only genetic from the pregnant woman's side of the family. If your mom was a fraternal twin, or if her mom or dad was, you might have an increased chance to have fraternal twins. But if your twins are identical, that just happened by chance. And nothing about your sexual partner's family would dictate twins. (Fraternal twins come from the woman popping out two eggs in a given ovulation, a tendency that she might have inherited from further up her own bloodline. But again, not from the twins' dad.)
Have you had any ultrasounds, and if so, how early in the pregnancy were they? What is your due date? Did it come from your doctor?
Have you had any ultrasounds, and if so, how early in the pregnancy were they? What is your due date? Did it come from your doctor?
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My first ultrasound was may 20th and I was 12 weeks and 6days. My due date is november 26th 2019. Yes the twins are fraternal but I dont have any twins in my family..he does so I thought it came from dads side. I can ONLY remember having sex with guy one 2/25 and 2/28. Guy number two 3/1 and 3/5. 3/5 we did the pull out method for sure. No more sex with guy two but more sex with guy one..i cant remember anything except i slept with them both
Fraternal twins can come whether you have twins in your family or not, they aren't *only* passed down the bloodline. Anyway, the guy's family history of twins means nothing in terms of paternity.
I hate to say, but since fraternal twins come from two eggs (not one that split, as identicals are), you could possibly be pregnant with one baby from one guy and one baby from the other. You would have had had live sperm in your system from both guys at the same time, within the time frame suggested by your due date from your 12th week ultrasound.
If your due date had come from an ultrasound in your 6th week, it might suggest the second guy has a teeny bit more of a chance to be the dad than the first guy. But because your first ultrasound was in your second trimester, it has no better accuracy than plus or minus a week or more either way. Babies grow at different rates, and only quite early in the pregnancy can ultrasounds be used to try to determine who the dad is, if the sex was so close together. (If the guys had been four weeks apart, you could use an ultrasound at the 12th week for this purpose, but not when they were just days apart.)
You'll have to do DNA tests with both babies and both men, once the babies are born. Even the best labs that do DNA testing before the baby is born don't do it when there are twins. When you do test, don't test with only one man and just assume the other man is the dad. Test with both men -- one man's positive will confirm the other man's negative.
I'm sorry there is no way to know before that.
I hate to say, but since fraternal twins come from two eggs (not one that split, as identicals are), you could possibly be pregnant with one baby from one guy and one baby from the other. You would have had had live sperm in your system from both guys at the same time, within the time frame suggested by your due date from your 12th week ultrasound.
If your due date had come from an ultrasound in your 6th week, it might suggest the second guy has a teeny bit more of a chance to be the dad than the first guy. But because your first ultrasound was in your second trimester, it has no better accuracy than plus or minus a week or more either way. Babies grow at different rates, and only quite early in the pregnancy can ultrasounds be used to try to determine who the dad is, if the sex was so close together. (If the guys had been four weeks apart, you could use an ultrasound at the 12th week for this purpose, but not when they were just days apart.)
You'll have to do DNA tests with both babies and both men, once the babies are born. Even the best labs that do DNA testing before the baby is born don't do it when there are twins. When you do test, don't test with only one man and just assume the other man is the dad. Test with both men -- one man's positive will confirm the other man's negative.
I'm sorry there is no way to know before that.
Is there any way possible that guy 1 could be the father? Considering sperm lives a few days and that there's no definite day that I ovulated. My conception date says 3/5 and I most definitely had sex with guy 2 that day using pull out method. After that It was guy 1 again. I have read that fraternal twins have different daddies sometimes as well...
Is there "any way possible" that guy 1 could be the father?
Your data doesn't favor one guy over the other. That means either one could be the dad. (Or even both, since the babies are fraternal twins.) If your data pointed to one guy over the other I would have said so. I guess if what you really meant was "Please reassure me that guy 1 is not ruled out," well, that is what the data not pointing clearly to one guy over the other means. From what is known at this point, it would be perfectly logical and unsurprising for either guy to be the dad.
Your data doesn't favor one guy over the other. That means either one could be the dad. (Or even both, since the babies are fraternal twins.) If your data pointed to one guy over the other I would have said so. I guess if what you really meant was "Please reassure me that guy 1 is not ruled out," well, that is what the data not pointing clearly to one guy over the other means. From what is known at this point, it would be perfectly logical and unsurprising for either guy to be the dad.
Oh, and if what you meant is "Is there any way to promise me that guy 1 is the father?", no, that can't be promised. Both guys have a chance.
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