Having Twins And More: A Parent's Guide to Multiple Pregnancy, Birth, and Early Childhood

by Leo Sorger M.D., F.A., Elizabeth Noble

Overview

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.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780618138739
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	07/24/2003
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	592
Sales rank:	699,860
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.52(d)

About the Author

Elizabeth Noble is the author of seven books, including Essential Exercises for the Childbearing Year, Childbirth with Insight, and Having Your Baby by Donor Insemination. She is the founder of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Section of the American Physical Therapy Association, and of the Maternal and Child Health Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Contents Foreword by Louis Keith, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. vii Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii 1 The Fascination with Multiple Births 1 2 How Are Multiples Formed? 27 3 Who Has Multiples? 51 4 Awaiting Multiples: Parents’ Feelings and Practical Considerations 63 5 Bonding with Multiples 87 6 Sharing Space: Twinship Experiences in Utero 101 7 Potential Hazards of Multiple Pregnancy 109 8 How to Give Your Babies the Best Chance with Optimal Nutrition 147 9 Prenatal Care and Screening Tests 195 10 How to Prepare for a Multiple Birth 213 11 Labor and Birth of Multiples 233 12 Caesarean Delivery of Multiples 269 13 The Feeding of Multiple Infants 281 14 Caring for Two or More 303 15 As Multiples Grow 323 16 Having Supertwins: Triplets, Quads, and More 335 17 The Older Sibling/s 357 18 Some Special Features of Twinship 363 19 Treatments to Prolong Pregnancy — To Prevent Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight 383 20 The Care of Multiples Born Too Soon (Premies) 405 21 Multiples with Special Needs 429 22 The Death of a Multiple: Parents’ Perspectives 435 23 Survivors of a Twin Pregnancy 453 Appendix 1: Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) 469 Appendix 2: Declaration of the Rights and Statement of Needs of Twins and Higher-Order Multiples 471 Appendix 3: Biography Becomes Biology! 477 Appendix 4: Summary of Essential Prenatal Exercises 479 Appendix 5: Summary of Essential Postpartum Exercises 481 Appendix 6: Summary of Essential Exercises after a Caesarean 483 Appendix 7: Posture Checklist 485 Appendix 8: Medical Risks of Epidural Anesthesia during Childbirth 487 Appendix 9: Plans for Parents and Hospital Personnel in the Event of Loss 489 Glossary 495 Resources 503 Bibliography and Further Reading 529 Photo Credits 546 Index 547