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

Name: Having Twins and More A Parent's Guide to Multiple Pregnancy, Birth, and Early Childhood
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ISBN: 9780618138739

ISBN-10: 0618138730

ISBN-13: 9780618138739

Edition: 3rd 1980

Authors: Elizabeth Noble, Louis G. Keith, Leo Sorger

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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…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1980
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 7/24/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English

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.

Louis G. Keith is a contributor for the following Houghton Mifflin Company Title: Having Twins And More

Leo Sorger is a contributor for the following Houghton Mifflin Company Title: Having Twins And More



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Fascination with Multiple Births



How Are Multiples Formed?



Who Has Multiples?



Awaiting Multiples: Parents' Feelings and Practical Considerations



Bonding with Multiples



Sharing Space: Twinship Experiences in Utero



Potential Hazards of Multiple Pregnancy



How to Give Your Babies the Best Chance with Optimal Nutrition



Prenatal Care and Screening Tests



How to Prepare for a Multiple Birth



Labor and Birth of Multiples



Caesarean Delivery of Multiples



The Feeding of Multiple Infants



Caring for Two or More



As Multiples Grow



Having Supertwins: Triplets, Quads, and More



The Older Sibling/s



Some Special Features of Twinship



Treatments to Prolong Pregnancy--To Prevent Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight



The Care of Multiples Born Too Soon (Premies)



Multiples with Special Needs



The Death of a Multiple: Parents' Perspectives



Survivors of a Twin Pregnancy



Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)



Declaration of the Rights and Statement of Needs of Twins and Higher-Order Multiples



Biography Becomes Biology!



Summary of Essential Prenatal Exercises



Summary of Essential Postpartum Exercises



Summary of Essential Exercises after a Caesarean



Posture Checklist



Medical Risks of Epidural Anesthesia during Childbirth



Plans for Parents and Hospital Personnel in the Event of Loss


Glossary


Resources


Bibliography and Further Reading


Photo Credits


Index