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Jo Tantum offers support to new parents with twins
It doesn’t need to be double the trouble. Jo Tantum, the UK’s leading baby sleep expert and author of the best seller Baby Secrets book, offers her advice to new parents with twins. With over 24 years of knowledge and experience, Jo has seen it all. She has worked with nearly 600 babies, nearly as…
Question: Low amniotic fluid levels
Q: “I am 31 weeks pregnant with twins and, at my 30 week scan, one of the baby’s reports said that the amniotic fluid was ‘subjectively reduced’ (the other said ‘normal’). When I asked about this, I was told that it was nothing to worry about but no explanation was given. Can you shed some light…
Posted in Pregnancy, Pregnancy Tests, Question & Answer
Tagged Amniotic fluid, diabetes, fluid, scan, Twins
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Are my twins identical?
Expecting twins is very exciting and many parents experience double the excitement at their prenatal scans, but during prenatal scans almost 15% of parents may be misinformed about whether their twins are identical or not, says a new study from UCL. The research has highlighted the difficulties associated with determining whether same-sex twins are from…
Posted in Antenatal Care, Baby, News
Tagged dating scan, fraternal twins, identical, identical twins, News, Prenatal development, scan, Twins
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Warnings for expectant mothers of multiple births
Research by Tamba have found that mothers to be of multiple babies are not warned that their babies may need to spend time in a neonatal unit. With a figure of 1 in 5 expectant mothers of twins, triplets or more not being warned have now got access to a “Multiple Births – A Parents’ Guide to…
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Tagged Birth, Hospital, Multiple birth, neo-natal unit, Pregnancy, premature birth, Tamba, Twins
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Why do twins occur?
Over 9,500 sets of twins were born in the UK in 2001. But, how and why do twins ‘happen’, and how do you tell if you’re carrying identical or fraternal twins? Twins can occur in two ways. In around a third of cases just one egg is fertilised but within days it splits, each half developing…
Posted in Multiple Births, Pregnancy
Tagged Baby, conception, Conjoined twins, fraternal twins, identical twins, Multiple birth, Placenta, Twin, Twins, why
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Antenatal testing for multiple births
Antenatal care for twins or multiple pregnancies is similar to a single pregnancy but there are more scans and hospital visits, particularly in the last two months. Some of the tests designed to reassure parents that their baby is healthy are unreliable in a twin pregnancy, which can be unsettling. However, nuchal translucency screening, where…
20 questions about twins
When parents find out that they’re expecting twins, their initial reaction is often one of shock. Regardless of whether or not this is a first pregnancy, most couples have a lot of questions that they need answering. Nurse, and mum of twins, answer your most common queries. How common are twins? Twins occur in about 1 in 80…
Posted in Multiple Births
Tagged Breastfeeding, Caesarean section, fraternal twins, identical twins, morning sickness, Multiple birth, Pregnancy, premature, scan, Special Care Baby Unit, support, Tamba, triplets, TTTS, twin pregnancy, Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, Twins, Ultrasound
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Twins: How to cope during the first year
Having twins, triplets or more is a wonderful but exhausting experience. Linda, mum to Emily and Melissa, shares her survival strategies… For the first year I lurched from one day of feeding, changing, winding, and more nappy changing to the next. The only way to make sense of the chaos is to organise yourself. Try and…
Posted in Baby Development, Multiple Births
Tagged Baby, baby routines, Babycare, Help, Multiple birth, support, triplets, Twins
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Why twin mums must learn a new skill
Twins mums must adapt to many things but, above all Susannah Peel mum of twins, must learn to ask for help. We would rather admit to having plastic surgery or an illicit affair before admitting we need help to raise our kids. Why not make your New Year resolution to call for back up?! Multi-tasking down to a fine…
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Tagged Baby, Help, Multiple birth, support, Suzannah Peel, The Survival Guide, Twins
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Breastfeeding twins
However you choose to do it, feeding twins is time-consuming! The choice of breast or bottle feeding is complicated and it’s important not to feel pressured. In the early days, you may need to mix breast and formula feeds as well as using milk from a milk bank. If you have twins, your body will respond to the feeding…
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Tagged Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding support, expressing breastmilk, Feeding your baby, Twins
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