coconut / 8430 posts
They are so adorable! Other than satisfying curiosity, is there benefit or practical reason to knowing if they are identical or fraternal?
persimmon / 1165 posts
@tequiero21: I'm all for keeping this a secret as well because it really shouldn't matter. They were born just 1 minute apart, really.
persimmon / 1165 posts
@Mrs. Jacks: the cheapest I've found is $99 to test both of them. It's not too bad, but I just wish that's something the hospital could have told us for sure!
@sunny: if they are identical, it's good to know in case either of them ever develops any medical issues. Then we know to expect or get it checked out with the other.
blogger / pomegranate / 3300 posts
I would want to know but it's up to you. They are super cute.
persimmon / 1165 posts
@tequiero21: gah ... no. We haven't tested them yet. I need to get over to the hospital's medical records office when they're open to find out if they have the same blood type. From there, we'll know if we need to get twin testing done. My DH and I still maintain that they're fraternal. Thoughts?
pineapple / 12053 posts
@sunshineandsushi: from this angle, they look different: their noses and their eyes.
they are so cute! i don't think i've seen a photo in a while!
persimmon / 1165 posts
@birdofafeather: their eyes are definitely different. I guess at this point I'm not sure how different identical twins can look.
bananas / 9973 posts
SOOOO cute! I could see them being fraternal, but they look very, very similar! I'd want to do the testing either way, just to know!
bananas / 9118 posts
Adorable! Cool to see how they have grown
For what it's worth, my nephews are identical (for sure identical, they had TTTS), but they have some differences between their features, a pretty similar degree to your little guys. I'll definitely be interested in hearing the results when/if you decide to find out more.
clementine / 943 posts
Aw they're cuties! I think they look very very similar but not necessarily identical. They look like they have slightly different face shapes (the chins) plus their eye shape is different.
honeydew / 7968 posts
When they were younger, I totally thought identical. Now, they look so similar, like brothers, but more fraternal... Mostly cuz of the eyes. I've seen identical twins who didn't look alike though. Would be nice and easy if they had different blood types!
blogger / pomegranate / 3300 posts
Mine are identical but they look very different to me. People tell me they are hard to tell apart but I don't have trouble. I think yours look similar enough that they could be identical but I do see some differences. And they are also just too cute!
bananas / 9229 posts
They looked more identical in the first photos but the recent one you posts looks more fraternal.
honeydew / 7235 posts
Adorable!!! They look so much alike! But not sure! My friend has identical twin boys and I think they look different! Your twins almost look more identical than them!
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
Omg they're so cute!! They look fraternal to me!
persimmon / 1165 posts
I pulled the trigger and ordered a twin DNA test today! It'll still be a few weeks before we get the results, but now we'll definitely know for sure soon enough!
grapefruit / 4703 posts
@sunshineandsushi: oh good, I wondered what you decided to do! I'll be interested to hear the outcome those boys just keep getting cuter!
pear / 1614 posts
@sunshineandsushi: OMG soooooooooo adorable. Keep us posted! and keep posting pics! They are so precious.
grapefruit / 4731 posts
Wow u are amazing to get them both to smile at the same time! I would totally get them tested.
pear / 1998 posts
Your pictures are too cute! It's neat to see how much they've grown. You have some adorable babies.
pineapple / 12053 posts
@sunshineandsushi: ah, so cute! so they had the same blood type?
persimmon / 1165 posts
@birdofafeather: I have not! I give up ever trying to get that info. I did drive to the hospital one day to request the records, then I realized when I parked that I forgot their social security numbers, which I needed to complete the request form. So I've bit the bullet and I'm just doing the test, since it doesn't require me to drive anywhere.
bananas / 9118 posts
@sunshineandsushi: oh goody, I'm definitely interested in the results! They sure are getting big!
PS- I love their baseball shirts!
blogger / pomelo / 5361 posts
@sunshineandsushi: I think they have a good chance of being identical! Like @Mrs. Train: said in one of her previous comments on this thread (which I just saw for the first time), our boys look significantly different to us and a lot of people that are around them much at all can tell them apart. Identicals definitely don't have to look exactly the same, and your LOs look quite similar. I'm soo curious to see if it's just a brotherly resemblance of if their identical.
Also, they're insanely cute. The end.
persimmon / 1165 posts
I am impatiently waiting any day now for the results! You'd think since I waited so long to test them (15 months now) that I wouldn't be so impatient, but that is totally not the way it goes, haha!
"On or before April 21" we will have our results!
grapefruit / 4731 posts
@sunshineandsushi: Haha I clicked on this thread thinking you would announce! Oh well just a little bit more to wait
persimmon / 1165 posts
@Raindrop: Oops! Sorry, just venting my impatience!
Should I be that crazy person and call them asking where my results are at? They have a "real-time" status you can check and it's complete all the way up to the "Send Results" part. Ahhhh.
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