Pregnancy
with Multiples
 | Twin Care: Prenatal to Six Months, Multiple Births Canada
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 | 1000 Parenting Tips, by Elizabeth Pantley |
 | Twins! Pregnancy, Birth and The First Year of Life, by
Connie Agnew, Alan Kleen & Jill Alison Ganon |
 | Multiple Birth, by Landry |
 | When Pregnancy Isn't Perfect, by Laurie A. Rich [offers
comprehensive information for that not so perfect pregnancy. It
includes a wealth of advice for multiple pregnancy, cesarean
section and a special chapter for fathers] |
 | Multiple Blessings, From Pregnancy Through Childhood: A Guide
for Parents of Twins, Triplets or More, Betty Rothbart, M.S.W.,
Hearst Books 1994 |
 | In Addition Two!, Calgary POMBA |
 | Mothering Twins: Advice & Support from Five Moms who’ve been
there and lived to tell the tale by Linda Albi, Deborah
Johnson, Debra Catlins, Donna Florien Duerloo & Sheryll Greatwood,
Simon & Schuster, 1993 |
 | Multiple Births: Preparation, Birth, Management Afterwards, by
Judy Linney, Multiple Birth Foundation, UK |
 | Twins & Multiple Births: The Essential Parenting Guide from
Pregnancy to Adulthood by Carol Cooper |
 | The Care of Twin Children: A Common Sense Guide for Parents,
by Rosemary Theroux and Josephine Tingley |
 | The Joy of Twins: Having, Raising & Loving Babies Who Arrive
in Groups, by Pamela Patrick Novotny, Crown, 1994 |
 | The Parents Guide to Raising Twins, by Elizabeth Friedrich
and Cherry Rowland |
 | The Twin Book, by Honor Walters and Alan Hopgood |
 | The Twinship Source Book: Your Guide to Understanding
Multiples, by Barbara Unell, TWINS Magazine |
 | Twins: From Conception to Five Years, by Averil Clegg and
Anne Woolett |
 | Twins in the Family: A Parent’s Guide, by Elizabeth Bryan,
Multiple Birth Foundation, UK |
 | Twins, David Fields, Ruth Sandweiss, Rachael Sandweiss,
Running Press, 1998 |
 | Pediatrrics for Parents: A Thoughtful Guide for Today’s
Families, by Elmer Grossman, M.D., 1996 |
 |
When You’re Expecting Twins, Triplets or Quads, by Dr. Barbara
Luke and Tamara Eberlein |
 | Everything You Need to Know to Have a Health Twin Pregnancy by
Gila Leiter, M.D., 2000 |
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Prematurity
 | The Premature Baby Book: A Parents Guide to Coping and Caring
in the First Years by Helen Harrison, 1983 |
 | Breastfeeding Your Premature or Special Care Baby: A Practical
Guide for Nursing the Tiny Baby by Jeanne Driscoll & Marsha Walker
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 | Your Premature Baby, by Frank Manginello & Thersa Foy
Digeronimo [ a guide to everything you need to know about your
premature baby with updated resources and the latest procedures],
John Wiley & Sons, 1998, revised Edition |
 | New born Intensive Care, by Jeannette Zaibkin, RNC.MN [for
parents of sick or premature babies- guides the parent through the
experience of high risk birth into the newborn intensive care
experience, through homecoming concerns, and beyond] |
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Breastfeeding Multiples
 | Nursing Your Infant Twins, Multiple Births Canada
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 | Breastfeeding Your Twins, Lactation Associates |
 | Mothering Multiples: Breastfeeding and Caring for Twins, by
Karen Gromada, R.N, La Leche League International, 1985 |
 | The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, La Leche International |
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The Early Years
 | Baby Games: The Joyful Guide to Child’s Play form Birth to
Three Years, by E. Martin, running Press, Philadelphia, PA
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 | Double Duty: The Parents Guide to Raising Twins, from
Pregnancy Through the School Years, by Christina Tinglof
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 | Infant Massage (Revised): A handbook for Loving Parents, by
V.S. McClure, Bantam Books, New York |
 | Keys to Parenting Twins, by Karen Kerkhoff Gromada and Mary
C. Hurlburt |
 | Make Room for Twins: A Complete Guide to Pregnancy, Delivery
and the Early Years, by Terry Pink Alexander |
 | Raising Multiple Birth Children: Surviving the First Three
Years of Twins and Supertwins, by William and Sheila Laut and
Kristin Benit |
 | Twins: A Survival Guide for Parents, by Carola Zentner
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 | Twins and Supertwins, by Amram Scheinfeld, Penguin
Books, 1974 |
 | Twins and the Family, by Audrey Sandbank, Twins &
Multiple Births Association (TAMBA), 1998, UK |
 | Twins and Twin Relations, by Helen L. Koch AV BUT ONLY
FROM A REPRINT HOUSE AT $90.00 US |
 | Twins: Toddler and Pre-School, Multiple Births Canada
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Sleeping
 | Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems by Richard Ferber |
 | Crying Baby, Sleepless Nights, 1983 |
 | Helping Your Child Sleep Through The Night, Joanne Cuthbertson,
Susie Schevill, 1985 |
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Toilet Training
 | Toilet Training With Love: Singletons, Twins, Triplets, by
Lucielle Proulx Jodoin |
 | Toilet Learning by Alison Mack |
 | Dry All Night by Alison Mack |
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Parenting
 | The Art of Parenting Twins: The Unique Joys and Challenges of
Raising Twins and Other Multiples, by Patricia Maxwell
Malmstrom and Janet Poland |
 | The Child-Proofing Checklist: A Parent's Guide to Accident
Prevention from Birth to Age Five, Doubleday, 1998, Mary
Metzger & Cinthya Whittaker |
 | The Courage to Raise Good Men by Olga Silverstein and Beth
Rashburn |
 | Feeding Your Baby (in the Nineties) by Louise Lambert
Lagace |
 | Getting to Know Your One-Year-Old, Janet Poland, St.
Martin’s, 1995 |
 | Greater Expectations by William Damon |
 | How To Talk so Kids Can Learn by Adele Faber and Elaine
Mazlish |
 | How To Talk so Kids Will Listen by Adele Faber and Elaine
Mazlish |
 | Kids are Worth It by Barbara Coloroso |
 | Making Friends with Your Three Year Old, Janet Poland,
St. Martin’s, 1995 |
 | On Becoming a Special Parent: A Mini-Support Group in a Book,
Marcia Routburg, Parent/Professional Press, PO Box 5930,
Chicago, IL 60645, 1986 |
 | Raising Self Reliant Children In a Self Indulgent World by
H.S. Glenn and Jane Nelson |
 | Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
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 | Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
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 | Single Parents of Multiples, Multiple Births Canada
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 | Surviving Your Two Year Old, Janet Poland, St.
Martin’s, 1995 |
 |
The Ten Greatest Gifts I Give My Children by Steven Vannoy
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They Love You They Love Me Not by Dr. Vera Rabie-Azoory
|
 | Taking Charge of Your T.V. (video) hosted by Rosie
O'Donnell |
 | The Secret of Parenting: How to Be in Charge of Today's Kids -
From Toddlers to Preteens - Without Threats or Punishment by
Anthony E. Wolf, PhD, 2000 |
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Special
Situations
 | Multiples With Special Needs: A Parents Handbook and Guide,
Multiple Births Canada |
 | The Twin (and Triplet) with Special Needs and their Family – a
booklet for parents, Dr. Elizabeth Byan, MBF, 1999 |
 | The Child With Special Needs: Encouraging Intellectual &
Emotional Growth, by Stanley Greenspan & Serena Wieder [offers
special ways of helping all children reach their full potential]
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 | Raising a Handicapped Child, Charlotte Thompson, M.D.,
Ballantine, 1986 |
 | How it Feels to Fight For Your Life by Jill Krementz, 1989,
Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Toronto, London |
 | Our Brother Has Downs Syndrome: An Introduction for Children
by Shelly Cairo, 1985, Annick Press Ltd, Toronto |
 | Someone Special Just Like You, text by Tricia Brown,
Photographs by Fran Ortiz, 1982, 1984, Henry Holt and Company, New
York |
 | About Handicaps, by Sara Bonnett Stein, 1974, Walker &
Company, New York, New York |
 | And Don’t Bring Jeremy by Marilyn Levinson, Illustrated by
Diane de Groat, text 1985, Henry Holt and Company, New York |
 | Parenting Plus: Raising Children With Special Health Needs by
Peggy Finston, M.D., 1990, Dutton, New York |
 | The Family Book: A Resource for parents who have learned their
child has a mental handicap, by Margaret Coshan and Miria Ioannou,
1986, G. Allan Roeher Institute |
 | In Time and With Love: Caring for the Special Needs Baby by
Marilyn Segal, Ph.D., 1988, Newmarket Press, New York |
 | Adaptive Play for Special Needs Children: Strategies to
Enhance Communication and Learning, by C.R. Musselwhite, Ed. D.,
College Hill Press, San Diego, CA |
 | Creative Play Activities for Children With Disabilities: A
Resource Book for Teachers and Parents, by L.R. Morris and L.
Schulz, human Kinetics Books, Champaign, IL |
 | Teaching the Young Child With Motor Delays: A Guide for
Parents and Professionals, by M.J. Hanson and S.R. Harris, Pro-ed,
Austin, TX |
 | The Language of Toys: Teaching Communications Skills To
Special-Needs Children, by S, Schwqartz and J.E. Heller Miller,
Woodbine house, Bethesda, MD. |
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Higher
Order Multiples
 | Breastfeeding Triplets and Quadruplets Pamphlet - Multiple
Births Canada |
 | The Dionne Years, by Pierre Burton |
 | Family Secrets: The Controversial & Shocking Story of the
Dionne Quintuplets, by Jean-Yves Soucy with Annette, Cecile &
Yvonne Dionne |
 | Finding Our Way, Triplets, Quads and Quints Association,
2001 |
 | Higher Order Multiples Booklet, National Organization of
Mothers of Twins Clubs (NOMOTC), 2000 |
 | Make Way for Triplets, by Fran Bevington |
 | Managing Supertwins: Triplets, Quadruplets or More, by Elinor
Davis , Twin Services |
 | More Than One: Prenatal, Postnatal Care of Twins and Triplets,
by Di McDonald |
 | Quadruplets and Higher Multiple Births, by Marie M. Clay,
Supertwins Guide, by Kathy Topping, Twins and Multiple Births
Association (TAMBA) |
 | Seven From Heaven – The Miracle of the McCaughey Septuplets,
by Kenny & Bobbi McCaughey with Gregg & Deborah Lewis [a
celebration of a family that has confounded the experts and
charmed the world] |
 | Special Delivery: The Handbook for Parents of Triplets,
Quadruplets and Quintuplets,Multiple Births Canada |
 | Special Delivery – How We are Raising America’s Only
Sextuplets – and Loving It, by Dilley [an in-depth insight from
pregnancy through the first year of life] |
 | The Stork Brought Three: Our Epic Journey as Parents of
Triplets by Jean Hall |
 | Three, Four and More: A Study of Triplet and Higher Order
Births, by Beverley Botting, Alison MacFarlane and Frances Price,
Multiple Birth Foundation, UK |
 | Time of Their Lives: The Dionne Tragedy, by J. Nihmey and S.
Foxman |
 | Triple Trouble, Triplet Treat, by Mary Fiebelkorn and Sue
Burch |
 | Triplet Birth, by Martin |
 | Triplets, Quads, by Betty Rothbart |
 | Triplets, by Mollie Gregory |
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Education
 | Multiples in School. Multiple Births Canada |
 | Twins: A Guide to Their Education, by Meyer, Baker |
 | Twins and You: A Guide for Parents and Teachers, by Anne
Corrigan |
 | Every Child Can Succeed, by Cynthia Ulrich Tobias |
 | What Every Parent Needs to know about 1st, 2nd & 3rd Grades,
by Bickart, Dodge & Jabion |
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Teenagers
 | Teenage Twins: A Guide for Parents, by Kay Whowell |
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Psychology
 | Twins: And What They Tell Us About Who We Are, by Lawrence
Wright NL |
 | The Psychology of Twins, by Herbert Collier, Ph. D, revised,
Twins Magazine Publications, 1996 |
 | The Psychology of Twinship, by R. Ainslie, revised edition,
Jason Aronson, Inc., 1997 |
 | Twins: An Amazing Investigation, by Jay Ingram |
 | Twins and Higher Multiple Births - A Guide to Their Nature and
Nuture, by Elizabeth Bryan, Multiple Birth Foundation, UK |
 | Twins: Nature 's Amazing Mystery, by Kay Cassill, Atheneum,
1982 |
 | Twins on Twins, by Frances McLaughlin Gill and Kathryn
McLaughlin Abbe |
 | Gemini - The Psychology and Phenomena of Twins, by Judy
Hagedorn and Janet Kizziar, Droke/Hallux, 1983 |
 | Entwined Lives: Twins & What They Tell Us About Human
Behavior, N.Y. Dutton Press, 1999, by Dr. Nancy L. Segal |
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Loss
 | The Loss of a Multiple: Miscarriage, Stillbirth, Infancy,
Multiple Births Canada |
 | The Loss of a Multiple: Childhood, Teens, Multiple Births
Canada |
 | When a Multiple Dies: The Role of a Parents of Multiple Club,
Multiple Births Canada |
 | Death of an Infant Twin, Centering Corporation |
 | Living Without Your Twin by Betty Jean Case, Tibbutt
Publishing |
 | The Worst Loss: How Families Heal from the Death of a Child,
by Barbara D. Rosof, Henry Hold and Co., N.Y. |
 | On Children and Death, by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Collier Books
|
 | Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby,
by Deborah L. Davis, Fulcrum Publishing |
 | Questions and Answers on Death and Dying, by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross,
McMilliam Publishing Co. |
 | Living, When a Love One has Died, by Earl A. Grollman, Beacon
Press |
 | Giving Sorrow Words, by Candy Lightner and Nancy Hathaway,
Warner Books |
 | When a Baby Dies: A Handbook for Healing and Helping, by Rana
K. Limbo and Sara Rich Wheller, RTS Bereavement Services |
 | Winter Grief, Summer Grace, by James E. Miller, Augsbury |
 | After the Darkest Hour, the Sun will Shine Again (a parent’s
guide to coping with the loss of a child), by Elizabeth Mehren,
Fireside Books |
 | Men & Grief (a guide for Men surviving the Death of a Love
One), by Carol Staudacher, New Harbinger Publications |
 | When Hello means Goodbye, a guide for parents whose child dies
before Birth, at Birth or Shortly after Birth, by Pat Schwieber
and Paul Kirk, Perinatal Loss |
 | Trying Again: A Guide to Pregnancy After Miscarriage,
Stillbirth and Infant Loss, by Ann Douglas and John R. Sussman
M.D., 2000 |
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Books for Kids
 | The Browne Twins by Patricia Frehtman ** there is a series of
books |
 |
Chickadee Magazine, Owl Communications |
 | Davis, Donny and Darren: A Book about Identical Triplets by
Virginia Aldape |
 | Forty Four Freckles by Peggy Heinrich |
 | Harry and Tuck by Holly Keller |
 | I Love You the Purplest by Barbary M. Josse, Illustrated by
Mary Whyte |
 | Lady Bug and Owl Magazines by Owl Communications |
 | Sixty Fingers, Sixty Toes: See How the Dilley Sextuplets Grow
by Becki and Keith Dilley |
 | Twice Mice by Wendy Smith |
 | Twinnies by Bunting/Carpenter |
 | Twins! by Elaine Scott |
 | Twins: An Amazing Investigation by Jay Ingram |
 | Twins by Monico Colli & Filippo Brunello |
 | Two are Twins A Story for Their Family, by June Albertsen |
 | Two Dog Biscuits by Beverly Cleary |
Humour
 | Mother’s Love is Solar Powered by Candi McLean |
 | Surviving a Nuclear Powered Family by Candi McLean (cassette
and Book) |
 | Twin Toons by Nacy Bea Miller |
 | Twice as Funny by David Lochner |
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Miscellaneous
 | The Singleton Siblings of Multiples, Multiple Births
Canada |
 | Multiples and Safety, Multiple Births Canada |
 | New Father Book, by Wade F. Horn & Jeffrey Rosenberg of the
National Fatherhood Initiative, offered by Better Homes & Gardens,
1998 |
 | Separated Angels – Shannon and Megan Fanning, The Story of
Conjoined Twins, by Larry Fanning |
 | More Than One: Twins and Multiples and How to Survive Them, by
Lindsay Simpson & Andiee Paviour |
 | Twins, Triplets and More: Their Nature, Development and Care,
by Elizabeth Bryan , Multiple Birth Foundation, UK, St. Martin’s
Press, 1992 |
 | Twinshock. Twins are a Hard Happiness, by Patricia M.
Malmstrom , Twin Services |
 | Two by Two, by Margaret McClamroch |
 | We Are Twins, But who Am I?, by Betty Jean Case |
 | No Parent is an Island, by Paula Johnson |
 | Exploring Twin Relationships – Is Being a Twin Always Fun?, by
Betty Jean Case |
 | Full House: The Story of the Anderson Quintuplets, by K.
Anderson and J. Robinson |
 | Having Twins, by Elizabeth Noble, Houghton Mufflin, 1991 |
 | How Twins Grow Up, by Mary Rosambeau |
 | A Full House, by Feenie Ziner |
 | All About Twins, by Gillian Leigh |
 | Being a Twin, Having a Twin, by Maxine B. Rosenburg |
 | Born Two-gether, by Jan Brennan |
 | My Twin and I, by Ethel M. Jones |
 | Play for Twins, Triplets and More, by Phillipa Barton |
 | Fetal Reduction, by Elizabeth Bryan. Multiple Birth
Foundation, UK |
 | Twins to Quints: The Complete Manual for Parents of Multiple
Birth Children, National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs (NOMOTC),
2002 |
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