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It's pretty common to bloat early in pregnancy and think it's the pregnancy showing... If you are concerned, see if you can have another U/S. I know that usually they spot twins early, but sometimes if they have different gestational ages and one is located in a tricky spot, they can be hard to see early.

Having identical twins in the family doesn't increase your chances of having twins yourself, it is fraternal twins that run in the family, and that has to be on your mothers side to affect you. Your doctor would have had some idea by the size of your uterus, with twins the uterus often measures quite a bit taller than with just one. If you are quite small you might seem to show early, your uterus is growing and pushing all your organs upwards and in a small woman that can be very noticeable early on, or, it could just be a little bit of bloat. Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy, whether one or two babies =)

sportsfreak, sorry to break it to ya, but twist is right. being an identical twin just means that the one egg happened to split. it has nothing to do with genetics, Fraternal twins on the hand are genetic, and can run in families, but not in your case. the release of multiple eggs during ovulation is a gene that is only pa__sed down maternally, so all the twins on your dads side of the family do mean darn thing to your chances of twins. as far as your moms uncle, (wouldnt she have two uncles, or an aunt and uncle who are twins, instead of just one uncle?) If it was your grandpas brother (i.e. your moms uncle) it wouldnt have any effect on your genetics either.

***I meant to say DONT mean a darn thing***Your moms uncle would have to have been your grandmas brother, but the one instance of your great grandma ovulating multiple eggs doesnt make it a genetic factor that runs in your family, Just a coincidence.

ladies thats not entirely true, science does not yet know why the egg splits to create identical twins. it could be genetic it could be random chance. 1 in 6 ppl have an identical twin that does not make, it is called vanishing twin syndrome, sometimes the twin is absorbed back into the uterus. the discovery health channel did a speacial on multiple births called inside the womb, you should check it out.

Juststartingout, I love the Into The Womb series, especially the four-dimensional images of the baby in the womb, I wish I could see my bub as clear as that. I'm interested to know though, where you got your info from, science may not know exactly why one egg splits into two, but it is pretty clear from every source I have found that genetics have been ruled out when it comes to identicals. "What to expect when expecting" claims that black women are more likely to have twins than white, and asian and hispanic women are less likely, that is the only connection I have found so far in all my extensive research (and I've done plenty lately, having both fraternal and identical twins in my family and just found out my uterus is measuring very large for dates, anxiously awaiting a scan to rea__sure me there's only one in there) Fraternal twins are also more common in women over 35 and those who have had IVF, regardless of genetics.

I have to correct myself now, since doing even more research I've found out that it doesn't matter whether the fraternal twins are on your mothers or fathers side, the tendency can be pa__sed from father to daughter. I guess when they say 'maternal' they just mean that the father-to-bes family history has no influence at all.

Now, I am confused with this whole twin business and whether its genetic or not...... My cousins are identical twin girls , their father was a twin (had an identical brother -died age 36),and his father (so cousins grandfather) was a twin (had a twin brother(unsure whether identical/faternal) .... where in science can i find an explanation for that?!! Is that a conicidence???? And while I am at questioning - my cousins were produced from my mothers side (her sister) and no twins exist as far as we have been able to trace back on my mothers side as far as 1812. Anyone with info on that, would be appreciated!!

twist---so if i understand you correctly- a father wont influence whether or not his daughter will be a twin, but can pa__s the gene to his daughter so she could have twins? That is interesting, yet odd. Did it say if twins is a recessive gene? Where did you find that info? I would love to read up on it as well.

I'm sorry, I don't have any actual links, I just googled fraternal twins and read so much information I'm almost cross-eyed, lol! I always believed that the gene was pa__sed only from mother to daughter and that's what some sites said, but most said the father can pa__s it on too. All I know really about the gene is that it causes the tendency for more than one egg to be released at ovulation, but the increased chances of twins are actually quite small. I'm keen to find out more, too, but often the net has so many sites reciting exactly the same info it can get quite boring. One interesting thing I did find out is that fraternals are twice as common as true identicals, but are often mistaken for identicals because they look very similar, I think only a DNA test can determine for sure unless there are signs like a shared placenta.

thanks :)