After reading Sunday's post (in "graduated" about possible twins) where she said that you're more likely to conceive twins while breastfeeding, I decided to look into this because twins run on my father's side and I got curious...
Needless to say, Sunday IS right-- you are more likely to conceive twins while breastfeeding... but I found something else that struck me as interesting:
Diet: Yams & Dairy No one is quite sure why, but the Yoruba tribe in West Africa has the highest rate of twinning in the world. A study concluded that the mother's diet was the cause, being high in cassava, a type of yam or sweet potato. The peelings of this vegetable are thought to contain a chemical that causes hyperovulation. In addition, a 2006 study found that women who consume dairy are five times as likely to have twins.
So, anyway, I just thought I'd pass along a natural way to potentially increase ovulation :o)
I personally hate sweet potatoes, so I won't be trying this, but I did fit 2 of the other criteria in addition to BF-ing: being fat and tall :o)
take care...
