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Summary: The WORST book on pregnancy EVER!!!!!!
Review: My husband and I have two children and just recently found out that we are expecting twins. I found that I wanted to read as much as I could on having multiples and so I began my research. After reading two wonderful books on having multiples I picked up Having Twins and More thinking it would give similar information and hopefully more that I didn't know. To say the least I was shocked and disgusted at Noble's one sided, fanatic stance on nearly everything I read. Some parts were down right funny (she says that if you have your sons circumcised you aren't taking the whole baby home)...until I realized that many women who were reading this book were pregnant for the first time and how horrific and shocking her views would be. Please do your homework before buying this piece of trash! I have had two high risk pregnancies and expect that this one will be as well. I use an OB, have ultrasounds, have formula fed my children (not by choice),drink milk, and have had both of my boys circumcised and I refuse to feel guilty about any of it!!!! In fact if you are in a high risk pregnancy the advise in this book borders on malpractice if given in the form of medical advise which is what Noble tries to to do. This book made it less than 24 hours in our house, thank God the book store refunded our money otherwise it would of been left in the hands of my 1 year old (he would of destroyed it in a matter of minutes).
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Summary: I threw my book in the garbage.
Review: Noble couldn't be more judgmental if she tried. Her introduction includes a critique of Assisted Reproductive Technology that strikes me as highly inappropriate for the audience to whom this book is addressed. I would bet that a majority of those pregnant with multiples have had no choice but to resort to ART in order to have longed-for families. Noble is entitled to her negative views about ART but this is not the right forum to pursue them. It would be like writing a book about the history of Judaism and including in the introduction a section entitled "Hitler was a visionary leader."And, speaking of Jews, Noble's gratuitious, unbalanced bashing of circumcision (referring it to "abuse", "mutilating surgery" and a "barbaric act") fails to accord any significance whatsoever to the legitimate religious and cultural reasons many parents choose to circumcise. Equating circumcision with female genital mutilation, as Noble does, is offensive on so many levels that I won't begin to go into them here. Finally, Noble's mistrust of the medical profession and her views on nutrition (particularly the "dairy is evil" mantra) are, shall we say, not quite mainstream.
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Summary: Negative, one-sided, unforgiving
Review: Noble provides a wealth of information about good nutrition, birthing practices, and the risks of multiple pregnancy. The problem is that the factual evidence is smothered in a heavy handed, one-sided viewpoint that seems to originate from the fascist regime of down-with-all-modern-medicine. This is my second pregnancy, and I recently found out that I'm carrying twins. I was interested in the possibility of a vagnial birth with minimal intervention, but I'm more shaken than encouraged by Noble's stance on the evils of c-sections and other possible complications. This book was NOT the one I needed to help me discern what was best in the upcoming months.
The nutrition information had a solid core, but Noble pushed the envelope with her own agenda of anti-dairy pro-vegan diets. This would have been much better received and better understood had it less of a screaming banshee tone.
Good luck, and you might want to find a different book.
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Summary: GREAT RESOURCE!!!
Review: Once again, Elizabeth Noble has brought a more "normal" attitude toward twin pregnancy and birth. As a childbirth educator and doula specializing in multiple birth, and as a mother of twins myself and also a mother who experienced very complicated pregnancies, it is always so encouraging to read Elizabeth's research and picture proof that multiple pregnancies aren't always chocked full of problems... and yet... there is so much information also given regarding all the "what if's" and explanations of what happens when those "what if's" do happen. Seeing all the updates that Elizabeth has made to her latest edition is also a testament to her ongoing research on the subject of multiple birth. I would continue to recommend this book to any mom/couple pregnant with twins. It's not necessary to read all chapters to get what you need from this commanding resource of information.
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Summary: Refreshing!!
Review: Thank you, Ms. Noble, for reminding all of us that being pregnant is not a DISEASE or a diagnosis but a naturally occuring event in our life cycle. She eloquently reminds us all to embrace our bodies, minds and spirits to nurture and protect our unborn children as well as ourselves. She provides glorious insight into the choices that we are capable of making. Most of us are scared into beleiving we need every test and measure simply because it is the "norm" in today's standards. Not many of us keep in mind that giving birth is the one process that has been occuring long before the medical profession has intervened in this process. Ms. Noble focuses her energy and attention on wellness and prevention which is a refreshing change from all the books out there that focus on interventions available. Maybe if more of us paid attention to our well being we wouldn't need so much intervention from the medical community. I must commend her for writing such a comprehensive book that truly empowers women to make choices.
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Summary: Thanks for the Courage to Tackle Tough Issues
Review: Thanks to Elizabeth Noble for the updated version of her informative book. She provides much-needed facts about a number of issues that need to be addressed. As an obstetrical unit nurse, I saw horrific things happen to mothers and babies in a setting that I thought should be respectful of the mother and infant, where I thought mother and baby would be protected. I was sadly mistaken. While it is not easy to learn about the horrors of what goes on behind closed hospital doors, it is crucial if parents are to make truly informed choices. Only fear-based parents -- those who want to bury their heads in the sand and pretend awful things don't happen in the hospital -- will want to deny the important information offered in Having Twins and More. I found the material on the importance of maternal/infant bonding, unnecessary medical procedures (episiotomy and more), and the pain, trauma, and lifelong consequences inflicted on an unconsenting male by unnecessary non-therapeutic amputation of a part of male genitalia (euphemistically called circumcision) to be especially important, and I applaud Elizabeth Noble's willingness to tackle sensitive, even taboo, subjects to bring them into the light and expose them for what they are -- most often unnecessary medical intervention. This is no easy feat when challenging the dominant paradigm, the status quo, and the current medical model. Having Twins and More, with it's healthy approach to the normal birth process and promotion of minimal intervention, is an important book for parents and health-care professionals alike! Marilyn Fayre Milos, RN, Executive Director
National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers, San Anselmo, California
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Summary: from the right perspective
Review: The book is great. It put the needs of the babies above the needs of the medical establishment.
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Summary: Horrible book for first time parent's!!!
Review: The title should read "Having twins and more, ELIZABETH NOBLE'S one sided, narrowminded, religious undertoned guide to multiple pregnancy, birth and early childhood." This was the first book my wife and I received as a gift shortly after we found out we were expecting twins. We have no children and I was eager to start educating myself about having multiples. As mentioned in another review I should have taken note that she mentions the negative criticism about this book on Amazon. She mixes old and new data and statistics to find the hair in the egg on just about every subject. She also includes many statistics from other countries that just do not apply to the U.S. She refers to this as "telling it how it is." She claims that she has a duty as an author to present the facts good or bad, but is it her duty to inflect her own personal opinions and agenda within the data and have the nerve to market this book as an impartial guide to parenting? Example one, she refers to IVF as imposing on God's will. Specifically "The risks associated with higher-order multiples is the price parents pay to enter the club where formerly "only God chose the members."" Example two, Circumcision- "One hundred percent of baby boys oppose this mutilating surgery and so should you-their screams of betrayal and protest are ignored by those who are cutting." It's this kind of opinionated shock writing that she imposes on the reader throughout the book. She does not just present the facts as she would like you to believe, she repeatedly injects her own biased opinions at the expense of making an expecting parent feel guilty and ashamed if they differ from her methods and values. Please research this book before you purchase it.
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Summary: Having Twins and More
Review: There are several areas within this book which misrepresents published data - a concerning example of misinforming the public concerning areas in obstetrics which the authors obviously lack knowledge. The chapter on Prenatal Care and Screening Tests has inaccuate data on ultrasound and makes ultrasound seem unsafe. In fact, the reasons patients were having ultrasound exams in the first place were because they were having complications. The authors twist the data to make it sound as though the ultrasound caused the problems. Ultrasound equipment utilized in the USA has strict safety criteria to ensure safe use in fetuses. Too bad they forgot to describe how much perinatal care has advanced because of sonography.
My patients find this book confuses them and misleading.
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Summary: be careful with this advice
Review: This author offers a lot of advice that, in my opinion, make a multiple-birth pregnancy more, rather than less, risky. With any multiple pregnancy you would be playing it safe to weigh the unconventional advice against the more conventional.
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