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When Do You Find Out About Twins?

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Pregnant and wondering if your symptoms are from TWO babies? Or curious to see when other twin parents found out about their dynamic duo? Here’s a rundown of when you can find out if you’re having two and a look at when other twin parents found out for the first time too!

If you’re in the early stages of pregnancy and wondering if your symptoms could be pointing to not one but two babies, you’re not alone. It’s common for expecting parents to wonder “When do you find out about twins?”

And the answer to this is pretty straightforward. Usually, you’ll find out at your first ultrasound if you’re having twins or not. That could be anywhere starting around 6 weeks through the end of your first trimester.

when do you find out about twins

That said, it is possible for doctors to miss seeing the twins at your first scan. (As you’ll soon see below). But by the time you reach your 20-week anatomy scan, it’s highly unlikely that twins would go unnoticed.

If it does happen to be twins, by the time you reach your 12-week scan, your doctor should also be able to tell if the babies share a placenta or not.

How far along were you when you found out you were having twins? Was it your 1st ultrasound, a later one, not until birth?

Here’s what our biggest fans shared about when they found out they were having twins:

“7 weeks—IVF!”

“13 weeks, found out I was pregnant at 11 weeks.” 

“6 weeks, FET ultrasound to confirm pregnancy.” 

“1st ultrasound at 8 weeks.” 

“21 week anatomy scan ultrasound!”

“About 7 weeks! From the very beginning!” 

“7 weeks!”

“12 week scan.” 

“5 weeks! I had an early scan at the hospital due to intense cramps.” 

“12 week ultrasound!” 

“5 weeks.” 

“First ultrasound!” 

“7ish weeks.” 

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“7 weeks.” 

“3rd ultrasound by technician.”

“13 weeks.” 

“9 weeks.” 

“First ultrasound at 8 weeks.” 

“5 weeks, 5 days.” 

“9 weeks!”

“6 weeks.”

“6 weeks, first scan.”

“7 weeks.” 

“First ultrasound.”

“First ultrasound at 11 weeks!”

“8 weeks.”

“10 weeks!”

“1st ultrasound at 8 weeks, 5 days! I will obviously never forget that day!”

when do you find out if it's twins

“1st ultrasound!”

“Viability ultrasound.”

“1st ultrasound at 10 weeks.” 

“1st ultrasound at 6 weeks.”

“8 weeks!”

“6 weeks!”

“8 weeks at my first ultrasound.”

“7 weeks.”

“First ultrasound — 9 weeks.”

“2 weeks (IVF) Our blood test indicated possibly multiples, likely 3. 2 was a relief!”

“1st scan.” 

“5 week ultrasound.”

“13 weeks!”

“13 weeks.”

“1st ultrasound, 5 – 6 weeks max.”

when do you find out its twins?

“8 weeks, but something inside knew all along.”

“1st ultrasound at our fertility clinic (after 4th IUI). I was 6 weeks, 5 days along.”

“6 weeks, 6 days with ultrasound.”

“7 weeks. First ultrasound!”

“First ultrasound at 8 weeks.”

“Missed on 8 week scan despite asking doc to be sure (I’m an identical triplet). 16 weeks was a surprise!”

“First ultrasound at 9 weeks.”

“10 weeks at first ultrasound.”

“1st ultrasound at 10 weeks.”

“First 6-week ultrasound. It was triplets.” 

“8 weeks pregnant.”

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“11 weeks, first ultrasound.”

“1st ultrasound at 9 weeks, and I thought something was wrong because I had no pregnancy symptoms.” 

“10-ish weeks, first ultrasound.”

“1st ultrasound. But I had a cousin who didn’t find out until 21 weeks along!”

“Around 9 weeks, first ultrasound and pregnancy. Completely surprised!”

“10-week ultrasound.”

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When Do You Find Out About Twins?

Paige Figueroa is a mom to fraternal twins. After teaching English for 9 years, she now works from home as a content marketing strategist and entrepreneur so she can spend more time with her children. She loves helping other moms and women enjoy more freedom in their lives by monetizing their passions. You can follow her on IG and TikTok @mombossfreedom.

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