Fun Facts about Multiples!
 

• Worldwide there are at least 125 million
  living multiples and about 1 in 250 pregnancies
  result in identical twins

 

• The incidence of twin types and genders are oddly symmetrical. One third of all twins born are identical. One third are same sex fraternal and one third are male/female fraternal. Of the identical twins, half are male/male and half are female/female. Of the same sex fraternal half are male/male and half are female/female

 

• Did you know that up to 22% of twins are
  left-handed. In the non-twin population the
  number is just under 10 percent

 

• Identical twins and multiples exhibit almost identical brain wave patterns

 

• Twins and multiples have been know to develop their own 'language' that only they understand. This is known as cryptophasia or idioglossia

 

• The average time between the delivery of the first and second twin is 17 minutes