Great Information for Naturally-Minded Twin Moms

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	• Having Twins And More: A Parent's Guide to Multiple Pregnancy, Birth, and Early Childhood Elizabeth Noble Houghton Mifflin, 2003 - 592 pages view larger image
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Great Information for Naturally-Minded Twin Moms

This book isn't for everyone. That said, as a naturally minded mother who had sought natural births, breastfed, coslept, and done attachment parenting with my older three children, I found almost every other twin book I picked up discouraging, disheartening, and negative. The message inherent in most of them was clear: you may have strong feelings about pregnancy, birth, and parenting, but you're having twins now so you lose the right to have an opinion. Those other books also worried me (wrongly) that all twin pregnancies are scary, that all twins are born early and by cesarean, and that it's too hard to breastfeed twins. These messages were not only emotionally traumatic for me, they are patently untrue and not supported by the research.

When I was expecting twins, I consulted this book, but I also read hundreds of studies on pubmed. What I found was that Having Twins and More is consistently right when it references studies about pregnancy and birth. Although I could have done without some of the twin psychology bits, and I can see how someone who is pro-circumcision (I'm not) could be put-off by her clarity on circumcision as a painful and unnecessary violation of basic human rights, there is not a twin book out there that offers mothers a more realistic, helpful, and proactive view of twin pregnancy and birth. There are ways you can improve your chances of a positive outcome with your twin pregnancy-- she addresses them. Women are often scared unnecessarily into medical procedures and birth interventions for no reason other than because they are carrying twins, without medical necessity, without true informed consent. This book helps give mothers the information they need to avoid becoming yet another statistic of iatrogenic (physician-caused) prematurity, unnecessary cesarean, or breastfeeding relationship destroyed before it ever had a chance to begin. It is also the only twin book I've found that addresses the reality that twin births can happen safely in multiple birth environments (hospital, home, birth center), thus supporting birth choice.

The bottom line: If you are currently against natural family living or attachment parenting, you will hate this book (and, apparently, go on to write scathing reviews of it on Amazon). If you are not already leaning toward natural family living or attachment parenting but have an open mind, you may or may not like this book, but might find parts of it useful anyway. If you are currently a natural family living, attachment parenting, pro-breastfeeding mama, this book is the only one you'll find that is made for mothers like you.

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Now in a third edition, the best-selling guide on multiple births, Having Twins - and More, covers everything from conception through childhood.

With ongoing advances in assisted reproduction, increasing numbers of women are having twins, triplets, and more, and they're having them later in life. Having Twins -- and More is the original source parents consult for guidance through the multiple birth experience.
For three decades Elizabeth Noble, a respected name in the field, has provided expectant parents with everything they need to make informed, safe choices and give birth to healthy babies. This comprehensive handbook emphasizes optimal health as well as physical and emotional adjustments to bearing and raising multiples, and it offers striking new insights into risks, complications, and treatments -- candid information that is gathered only in this book.

Featuring
tips on setting goals, assembling help, and reducing anxiety
the latest nutritional information for mother and child
details about the dangers of drugs and bed rest
essential exercises for pregnancy and recovery
information on the benefits of vaginal birth and breastfeeding
facts about cesarean section and recovery
tips for helping siblings adjust
recommendations for parenting multiples with special needs
more than 100 new photographs, charts, and tables
exhaustive resources, expanded to include the Internet

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