Great article on double ovulation!

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Registered: 09-16-2003
Great article on double ovulation!
Tue, 09-30-2003 - 1:39pm
Because I felt intense o pains on both sides this month (and it kind of freaked me out) I did some searching around for info on double ovulation and the associated incidence of fraternal twins.

What I found was a fascinating article on this subject detailing a study that was done. The one thing they *don't* examine in their study is what number of double ovulations from a single ovary versus double ovulation from both sides results in dizygotic twins. They give the total number of twins conceived in women who double ovulated but they don't distinguish whether or not a single ovary releasing two eggs versus one from each ovary had any correlation to whether or not twins were conceived.

Anyway, it's a good article! (link is to the pdf file and you'll need Acrobat Reader to open it in your browser)

http://donoghue.neuro.brown.edu/pubs/Serruya2002Instant.pdf

(edited to add that you have to go to page 2 to view the article)

-Wendy, ttc#2, c2, 2dpo


Edited 9/30/2003 1:58:39 PM ET by wlw29

-Wendy

Baby Julian born June 15th!!!