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

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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

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Author Biography: Elizabeth Noble

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.

Book Synopsis

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

Table of Contents

Forewordvii
Acknowledgmentsxi
Introductionxiii
1The Fascination with Multiple Births1
2How Are Multiples Formed?27
3Who Has Multiples?51
4Awaiting Multiples: Parents' Feelings and Practical Considerations63
5Bonding with Multiples87
6Sharing Space: Twinship Experiences in Utero101
7Potential Hazards of Multiple Pregnancy109
8How to Give Your Babies the Best Chance with Optimal Nutrition147
9Prenatal Care and Screening Tests195
10How to Prepare for a Multiple Birth213
11Labor and Birth of Multiples233
12Caesarean Delivery of Multiples269
13The Feeding of Multiple Infants281
14Caring for Two or More303
15As Multiples Grow323
16Having Supertwins: Triplets, Quads, and More335
17The Older Sibling/s357
18Some Special Features of Twinship363
19Treatments to Prolong Pregnancy--To Prevent Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight383
20The Care of Multiples Born Too Soon (Premies)405
21Multiples with Special Needs429
22The Death of a Multiple: Parents' Perspectives435
23Survivors of a Twin Pregnancy453
Appendix 1Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)469
Appendix 2Declaration of the Rights and Statement of Needs of Twins and Higher-Order Multiples471
Appendix 3Biography Becomes Biology!477
Appendix 4Summary of Essential Prenatal Exercises479
Appendix 5Summary of Essential Postpartum Exercises481
Appendix 6Summary of Essential Exercises after a Caesarean483
Appendix 7Posture Checklist485
Appendix 8Medical Risks of Epidural Anesthesia during Childbirth487
Appendix 9Plans for Parents and Hospital Personnel in the Event of Loss489
Glossary495
Resources503
Bibliography and Further Reading529
Photo Credits546
Index547

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