Carla made a comment on my previous post about twins, that her identical twin boys were in their own sacs with their own placentas. My very basic understand of the mechanics of multiple births is that there are a number of different variations on the theme (and in a future post, I might talk a little bit more about the things I’ve learned about the genetics of twins). In our case, though, we were relying on our doctor’s opinion that they were fraternal twins, and I really think that our experiences with them are in line with that opinion — I know that a lot of people, relatives included, have trouble telling them apart, but honestly: they really are NOT identical.
I’ve been trying to find pictures that demonstrate the fact that their faces are slightly different shapes, but I’m not coming up with any.
If you can get close enough to them, there are two dead giveaways:
