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The American Pregnancy Association is a national health organization committed to promoting reproductive and pregnancy wellness through education, research, advocacy, and community awareness. |
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BabyCenter.com, the leading destination on the Internet for new and expectant parents, together with its companion site ParentCenter.com, a Web resource for parents of children ages 2 to 8, is dedicated to helping you find the information and support you need during pregnancy and in caring for a baby, toddler, or child.
Having a baby is a life-changing event, and raising a child is an exciting ongoing challenge. We're here to offer guidance, with easy-to-use sites that feature original high-quality content and practical advice from trusted sources such as obstetricians, pediatricians, developmental experts, nutritionists, and fellow parents.
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Welcome to MOST (Mothers of Supertwins)! MOST (www. mostonline.org) is an international support network of families who are parents or expectant parents of triplets, quadruplets or more. The word supertwins is a medical term commonly used in the 1970-80s to describe pregnancies of more than twins. MOST was founded in 1987 by a group of families with triplets on Long Island, NY. Over the next 10 years this grassroots organization touched over 15,000 families throughout the world. MOST's main goals have always been mutual support, education, and networking.
In a high-risk pregnancy such as a higher-order multiple gestation or parenting the not so typical family, being in touch with families who have been down the same road makes all of the difference. MOST believes each parent is entitled to and obligated to become a healthcare advocate for his or her children starting at time of conception. In order to do this, parents must be educated health care consumers. Through education, MOST strives to empower families with the information they need to make informed decisions regarding pregnancy, child development, and education.
I am the mother of two singletons and triplets who were born in 1987. My singleton pregnancies, one before and one after the triplets, were not considered high risk pregnancies, and during both I delivered around my due date. My triplet pregnancy was at the other end of the spectrum. This high risk pregnancy included medications and technologies to help prolong my pregnancy, anti-partum hospitalization and a premature delivery. My husband, Jack, and I are so very fortunate to have healthy and active children, but we are also very familiar with the challenges families like ours face getting to this point. Families who are expecting triplets should know that pro-active prenatal care during pregnancy signifcantly increases the chances of having three very healthy babies.
Also, many parents of multiples find that life with multiples is a little different from the lives of their family, friends, and neighbors. You will never know such love as that times three, four, five or more. You will understand both a parent's joy and despair, pleasure and pain, frustration and simplicity: much more intensified than you can imagine. Your heart will expand in ways you never dreamed possible. The little pleasures in life will hold new meaning for you. For example, the phrase "time for bed." will mean something totally different to you compared to typical families who can only vaguely appreciate the significance: bedrest during pregnancy, blurred but poignant memories of those sleepless newborn weeks, simple goals for getting some rest at the end of the day during infancy, bedtime battles during toddlerhood, squeezing in one last commercial before lights out in the elementary school years, and then telling your children you are the one going to bed when they hit high school. Some of these experiences hold such a different meaning once you have 3,4,5 or more children the same age helping you redefine life.
We invite you to meet the many wonderful families here at MOST, who just like your own, are managing the trials and blessing of raising higher-order multiples. Through the MOST website and the pages of SUPERTWINS magazine, we share our stories and support one another, so welcome to our home for higher-order multiple (HOM) families! If at any time we can help you or your family, please do not hesitate to let us know. MOST has a vast array of resources and information on every stage of parenting HOMs ready waiting.
Maureen A. Doolan Boyle
Executive Director
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Multiple Births Canada (www.multiplebirthscanada.org) strives to improve the quality of life for multiple-birth individuals and their families in Canada. With an extensive network of local chapters, health care professionals and organizations, we are the source for information on multiple-births in Canada.
By Mail: Multiple Births Canada
PO Box 432
Wasaga Beach, Ontario L9Z 1A4
Canada
By Phone: 705-429-0901or Toll Free in Canada 1-866-228-8824
By Fax: 705-429-9809
By Email: office@multiplebirthscanada.org
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The Triplet Connection (www.tripletconnection.org)
"A Network of Caring and Sharing for Multiple-birth Families"
The Triplet Connenction is an international "network of caring and sharing for multiple birth families" which was founded in 1983. We have worked with over 35,000 expectant parents of triplets and higher-order multiple births. For expectant parents of triplets or more, we have a fantastic packet of information which helps parents know exactly what they're up against, and specifically what they can do to enhance and promote the best possible outcomes to their pregnancies. For expectant parents of twins, we have a wonderful book available: "Exceptional Pregnancies - a Survival Guide to Parents Expecting Twins."
For parents who already have higher multiples we have a Quarterly Magazine, which networks families from everywhere, sharing in the joy and miracle of their children! The magazine includes articles on many topics dealing with multiple birth children, from preganancy through adulthood!
The Triplet Connection has a fantastic Scientific Advisory Board, comprised of some of the most experienced physicians in the United States in regard to successful multiple birth management. Our organization houses the largest database of medical information in the world in regard to triplets and higher-order multiple births.
Membership to The Triplet Connection, which lets you network with thousands of parents of higher-multiple birth, and gives you our quarterly magazine, is $22 per year ($29 U.S. funds outside the U.S.).
For parents who are expecting triplets or more, our Expectant Parent's Packet (which includes our new book, "Exceptional Pregnancies: a survival guide for parents expecting triplets or more,") is $26.00 ($28.00 U.S. funds outside the U.S.). For parents expecting twins, our book, "Exceptional Pregnancies: a survival guide to parents expecting twins," is $12.99 (plus ship/hndl).
The Triplet Connection was founded to provide much-needed information for parents expecting triplets or more, and now has the largest medical research database in the world specifically for higher-order, multiple-birth pregnancies and delivery outcomes. Over the past 22 years The Triplet Connection has received more than 35,000 detailed medical questionnaires from parents of triplets, quadruplets or more. The information in our medical database contains valuable, life-saving information for parents expecting multiples, medical doctors and others. To learn more about our medical database, please call 435-851-1105 or e-mail TC.
I invite your membership in our organization if you have or are expecting triplets or more! If it is twins you are expecting, I urge you to purchase "Exceptional Pregnancies" for twins! Sign-up for Membership online now or mail payment to:
Triplet Connection
P.O. Box 429
Spring City, UT 84662
Sincerely,
Janet L. Bleyl
Founder and President
The Triplet Connection
(435) 851-1105
FAX: (435) 462-7466
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