OT: Another Patriots WR about to become a daddy

[ctpatsfan77]

 

[Mike the Brit]

Congrats, Chris! Bring them up Pats fans.

 

[PittPatriot]

IVF, probably.

 

[Snake Eyes]

IVF, probably.

Why do you say that?

 

[oldrover]

Mazel tov! Playoff time...



...and the Hogans land both the #1 AND the #2 seed.

 

[Brick27]

Wonder what name they've settled on for the girl? I'm assuming Hulk is set in stone for the boy.

 

[DaBruinz]

Why do you say that?

It is more common for people who have gone through IVF to have twins or triplets than it is for people who have procreated the normal way.

 

[ForThoseAboutToRock]

Wonder what name they've settled on for the girl? I'm assuming Hulk is set in stone for the boy.

Holly[wood] ?

 

[PittPatriot]

Why do you say that?

I am guessing based on the following info:
1. They are fraternal twins (boy and a girl)
2. The incidence of fraternal twins in a natural setting is less than 8/1000 (it mean 2 eggs ovulated, which is a very rare occurrence).
3. They conceived during football season (less likely due to travel/being apart for much of the year)
4. If 2 embryos are transferred, IVF is the most common cause of twinning (especially fraternal twins).

 

[slam]

Someone find an image of twin babies with ginormous eyes.

 

[brdmaverick]

Someone find an image of twin babies with ginormous eyes.

His wide eyes do freak me out sometimes. Brings back unwanted memories of Reche Caldwell.

 

[brdmaverick]

I am guessing based on the following info:
1. They are fraternal twins (boy and a girl)
2. The incidence of fraternal twins in a natural setting is less than 8/1000 (it mean 2 eggs ovulated, which is a very rare occurrence).
3. They conceived during football season (less likely due to travel/being apart for much of the year)
4. If 2 embryos are transferred, IVF is the most common cause of twinning (especially fraternal twins).

Good answer. I think the person asking the question was suggesting the comment was made b/c he/she felt Hogan might not actually like women............not that there is anything wrong with that.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Congrats to Chris and his wife. Aren't too many days in life happier than that.

 

[irishfanatic]

Wonder what name they've settled on for the girl? I'm assuming Hulk is set in stone for the boy.

Congrats to the Hogans. If I was an Uncle to them I would name them Denise and Denephew

 

[PatsDeb]

I am guessing based on the following info:
1. They are fraternal twins (boy and a girl)
2. The incidence of fraternal twins in a natural setting is less than 8/1000 (it mean 2 eggs ovulated, which is a very rare occurrence).
3. They conceived during football season (less likely due to travel/being apart for much of the year)
4. If 2 embryos are transferred, IVF is the most common cause of twinning (especially fraternal twins).

As a mother of two sets of fraternal twins born through IVF (and proud of it), I must take issue with the overall premise that having fraternal twins naturally is that rare. It isn't. Not sure where you got your numbers, but the liklihood of having fraternal twins is actually a fairly common gene (releasing two eggs at once) that is passed down through female members of a family, although it can skip a generation. That's why you often hear people ask, "do twins run in your family?" when they learn someone is expecting twins. Identical twins are random, not "caused" by fertility treatments, and only occur about 1/3 of the time in twinning.

Chris Hogan and his wife are young. I would not assume (and did not even think it despite my own experience) that their twins are the result of IVF treatment. In fact, I would say that if conception occurred during the football season that it probably wasn't IVF, as that process (unfortunately) takes over your life when you have to go through it.

In any event, however they got here, twins are an incredible blessing and I congratulate Chris and his wife!!

 

[ctpatsfan77]

It is more common for people who have gone through IVF to have twins or triplets than it is for people who have procreated the normal way.

Well, when you put 6+ embryos in. . . .

 

[ctpatsfan77]

In any event, however they got here, twins are an incredible blessing and I congratulate Chris and his fiancée!!

FTFY.

 

[oldrover]

"My boys can swim!!!"

 

[ctpatsfan77]

BTW, two of the caption hashtags are priceless:

#playoffsfirstbabieslater #momsokaywiththat

 

[PittPatriot]

Good answer. I think the person asking the question was suggesting the comment was made b/c he/she felt Hogan might not actually like women............not that there is anything wrong with that.

Oh. I think whether likes them or not...women like Chris Hogan.
...and maybe some men like him too.