Documents:
Multiples Research Links:
Research Projects:
Twin Birth Study Recruitment
Multiple Birth DVD Project
Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction Survey
University of BC Study - Mother's feelings on mothering and premature infant's sleep patterns
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Twin Birth Study (TBS) - Recruitment
If you are pregnant with twins, this international research study may be of interest to you.
If you are a healthcare provider for families expecting twins, this international research study may be of interest to you.
This study is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and co-ordinated at the Maternal, Infant & Reproductive Health Research Unit at The Centre for Research in Women's Health, Toronto, Canada.
If you choose to participate in this study, you will contribute important information that may help future pregnancies similar to yours. The results of the study may influence the practices of physicians and medicine in countries worldwide.
TBS Information for Parents and Families pamphlet (PDF format)
TBS Information for Parents and Families pamphlet (MS Word)
Right click, choose Save Target As and save on your computer under a different name.
TBS Information for Physicians and other Healthcare Providers pamphlet (PDF format)
The Twin Birth Study (TBS) Abstract (PDF format)
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Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction Survey
If you have had or are considering a Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction, please consider being a part of the following survey for a Graduate Nursing Study? Please click on the below link and complete the survey. It will take no longer than 10 minutes depending upon how much you would like to share. Thank you in advance for your input. It is greatly appreciated.
Here is the link for the survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?
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University of British Columbia Study - Mothers' feelings about being a mother and premature infants' night sleep patterns
Dear Mother,
You are invited to participate in a study that explores relationships between mothers’ feelings about mothering, mothers’ settling behaviors, and preterm infants’ sleep patterns.
Your participation is crucial to understanding why some preterm infants signal (cry for their parents) when waking and others do not, when they have the potential to resume sleep upon night waking on their own around 5-6 months of life.
Download Word file with more details on the study.
Click here for PDF flyer on study and information on entering your name in a draw for 4 prizes of $100.
Link to the survey here.
Canadian Multiple Birth Trends
- Approximately 3 percent of Canadian babies arrive in sets of two, three or more, and about 95 percent of these children are twins. In 2002, there were 9,712 multiple-birth babies born in Canada. (Statistics Canada 2004)
- Approximately 41% of multiple-birth children born in Canada live in the province of Ontario. (Statistics Canada 2004)
- On average, more than 26 multiple-birth infants are born each day in Canada. (Statistics Canada 2004; Health Canada 2004)
- Due primarily to assisted reproductive technologies, and an increase in births to older mothers, Canadian multiple births continue to accelerate. Between the years 1993 and 2002 the multiple birth rate increased by 18% while the overall Canadian birth rate dropped 19%. (Statistics Canada 2004; Health Canada 2004)
- In Canada, there are approximately 120,000 multiple-birth children under 13 years of age, and 48,000 multiple-birth children five years of age and under. (Statistics Canada 2004)
- Approximately thirty-five percent of all Canadian multiple births result from infertility treatments (fertility drugs and/or reproductive technologies). (Health Canada 2004; Canadian Fertility & Andrology Society 2004)
- Incidence of multiples without the assistance of infertility treatments is about:
one in 90 births for twins
one in 8,100 births for triplets
one in 729,000 births for quadruplets
one in 65,610,000 births for quintuplets
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