List Books » Having Twins And More: A Parent's Guide to Multiple Pregnancy, Birth, and Early Childhood
Authors: Elizabeth Noble, Leo Sorger (With), Louis G. Keith
ISBN-13: 9780618138739, ISBN-10: 0618138730
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date Published: May 2003
Edition: Subsequent
A former British publishing exec, Elizabeth Noble took a hiatus from the corporate world to have children, and while she was at it penned The Reading Group -- an instant bestseller about the trials and tribulations of a group of women who meet regularly to read and discuss books.
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 Twinsand 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 treatmentscandid 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
Foreword | 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 |