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Summary: A good supplement
Review: A pretty good book for information on the "normal" twin pregnancy. The month-by-month info is very helpful, the family forums are mediocre and never really applied to me. I had healthy full term fraternal twins and I was constantly referring to "What to expect...". This book is definately full of good and useful info.
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Summary: Simplified American-only Information
Review: As an American living in Europe, I was very disappointed with this book. Much of the information applies almost exclusively to the U.S., i.e. what occurs during physician exams and various insurance issues. The book is written obviously in an unscientific manner, omitting many important factual details, e.g. identical twins are described as "rare and remarkable twinning", rather than providing statistics such as % of identical twins vs. fraternal twins. There is a whole chapter devoted to prenatal care, which I found to be totally useless since I am already expecting twins. The roundtable discussions are space-fillers, do not relate to the chapters, and do not represent any form of "alternative" family units. The only positive comment I have for this book is that it contains some interesting illustrations.
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Summary: Our constant companion!
Review: As you can imagine, we're pretty busy, but I wanted to say how great this book has been. I mean it HAS been a constant companion, since an hour after we learned we were having twins. The pregnancy information was especially helpful in guiding the questions I had for my doctor, and my husband actually read all the pregnancy chapters. Our kids are eight months old and my mother just bought is Raising Twins, also co-authored by Ganon.
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Summary: The best up-to-date book for parents and families of twins.
Review: At last! A book that I can recommend to the hundreds of couples who are hungry for information about the special pregnancy they are going though. This is a positive, well written book that parents will turn to again and again. The Elizabeth Noble book is scary and so negative. This easy to read book is not only a joy to read from cover to cover, but also well indexed so parents can go directly to the chapters they need. Most parents expecting twins cannot find material,let alone information that is both practical and up to date. I publish childrens books for families of multiples and receive up to 30 calls a day which mostly consist of Moms and Dads in shock over the news that they are having twins or more! This book fills an important need and I am happy to send my customers to buy it. What a great shower gift and along with the authors 2nd book, "Caring for your Premature Baby," these parents will be fully prepared to be knowledgeable concerning this wonderful time in their lives. I only wish that it had been available when my daughter was expecting her twins. Don't walk,run and get this book,read it and then relax,enjoy this special time. God Bless you all.
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Summary: Good information, but somewhat incomplete
Review: Being pregnant with twins, I have found it difficult to find good information about this unique type of pregnancy. This book has good information, month by month, but I found that it did not answer many of my questions and concerns, or not in enough detail. The "roundtable" discussions in each chapter did not correspond to the monthly developments and were therefore fairly useless. I found the ultrasound images and the illustrations very useful to help put things in perspective each month. Overall, this book is a good supplement but I think that Barbara Luke's book had much more complete and detailed information.
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Summary: Wonderful resource for pregnancy and beyond
Review: I am currently 28 weeks pregnant with fraternal twins and this book has been a great help to me. The book's monthly sections on fetal and maternal progress are missing from many twins books, and are a god-send to anyone expecting twins or more. I especially appreciate the sections on how to make your other children comfortable with the idea of new babies during your pregnancy, and how to include them in your new family structure post-partum.The only problems I have with this book are pretty minor. I would've appreciated longer, more detailed sections on pregnancy itself and less of the forum discussions by parents of twins. Although interesting, the forum discussions are far less useful to me than hard facts. Also, for a book on twins, there is a real lack of information on the possible complications a mother of twins may face during her pregnancy. When I suffered an abruption of the placenta 3 weeks ago, it was not this book that helped me one bit, but my old standard What to Expect When You're Expecting. I really feel this book could be improved by a section on pregnancy complications. For anyone who is expecting twins, I would definitely suggest you purchase this book. I would also recommend that you buy a good book on high risk pregnancies as well.
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Summary: Twins! Expert Advice from two practicing physicians on pregn
Review: I am so glad that I didn't just buy this book as a means of sussing out important twin information. Informative, yes, but there were many points left out & a lot of silly little sections of parent conversations that could have been easily excluded. I also found that I was able to skim & the skip the whole first section of the book because while interesting to some, I didn't have the time or the need to read in detail about how twins come to be. You'd think if you were having twins, you'd already know that from that initial conversation with your doctor, right? Overall, it was nice to have a book just on twins, but the singleton books seem to have a lot more of the basics.
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Summary: Use as a 2nd Source of Info Only
Review: I am so glad that I didn't just buy this book as a means of sussing out important twin information. Informative, yes, but there were many points left out & a lot of silly little sections of parent conversations that could have been easily excluded. I also found that I was able to skim & the skip the whole first section of the book because while interesting to some, I didn't have the time or the need to read in detail about how twins come to be. You'd think if you were having twins, you'd already know that from that initial conversation with your doctor, right? Overall, it was nice to have a book just on twins, but the singleton books seem to have a lot more of the basics.
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Summary: Twins! Expert Advice from two practicing physicians on pregn
Review: I bought this book for my daughter, who, having a tragic miscarriage several months ago, just found out she was pregnant with twins. We all were so incredibly happy, so my husband and I went right out to get her some books about twins. I started skimming the book on the way home. My first reaction was how much "gloom and doom" was in this book. Maybe with our first experience with the miscarriage, we were ultra sensitive to risks and uncertainty, but I for one found all the negative information very unsettling. I gave the book to my daughter just the same so she could judge it for herself. The beginning was extremely scientific and hard to wade through. To make a long story short, my daughter gave me the book back and asked me to return it to the bookstore, which I did. (...)
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Summary: Good for first time parents...
Review: I concur with another reviewer. I have two other children and need much more specific details regarding the in utero development of twins, how to manage my prenatal diet differently than the single pregnancy and the logistical side of having twins in the home. The book included 'round-table' discussions with parents of twins but the vast majority of these parents had no older children.
Overall, a good/great GENERAL book for a first time mother who happens to be pregnant with twins. I will search on for a more detailed instruction.
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