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		<title>Supplementing dilemma</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynda P. Haddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It isn&#8217;t widely understood that after a baby&#8217;s suckles, the breasts are not &#8220;empty&#8221; as many people think they might be.  Breasts never completely empty after a feed.  Pumping for multiples after breastfeeding is very common with Moms of multiples and what is collected is saved, frozen and ready to use at another time.  There [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=multiplebirth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8328209&amp;post=166&amp;subd=multiplebirth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It isn&#8217;t widely understood that after a baby&#8217;s suckles, the breasts are not &#8220;empty&#8221; as many people think they might be.  Breasts never completely empty after a feed.  Pumping for multiples after breastfeeding is very common with Moms of multiples and what is collected is saved, frozen and ready to use at another time.  There won&#8217;t be a huge supply, but you can collect anywhere from maybe 1/2 ounce to 1 ounce additional milk.  A bonus is that when pumping, your breasts are receiving the message that there is a greater demand and therefore the supply increases.  Some Moms feels the need, and their babies indicate the need, to supplement.  It is helpful to keep in mind that each time we supplement, we are by passing the message to our breasts of a greater demand, so it can feel necessary to continue supplementing due to &#8216;lack of supply.&#8217;  Supplementing can set up a vicious circle and cause Mom much anxiety as she may feel her babies are hungary and she really doesn&#8217;t have enough milk.  Breast feeding the babies as they need/demand will, over 2-4 days, increase the milk supply to satisfy them.</p>
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		<title>See ALL babies right after birth</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynda P. Haddon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Breastfeeding multiplies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is really important that EACH or ALL babies be brought to the parents after birth so that both parents and the babies themselves can be touched, loved on, smelled and cooed over.  You don&#8217;t want a time lapse between having both or all babies with you, right from the beginning.  One Mom did not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=multiplebirth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8328209&amp;post=101&amp;subd=multiplebirth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is really important that EACH or ALL babies be brought to the parents after birth so that both parents and the babies themselves can be touched, loved on, smelled and cooed over.  You don&#8217;t want a time lapse between having both or all babies with you, right from the beginning.  One Mom did not see Twin B until one hour after birth but she had Twin A from birth.  There were bonding difficulties and a preference as a result.  The decision not to bring Twin B to the parents was made by a well-meaning nurse, who apparently thought, &#8216;they look so comfortable with their baby, I will just take this one to the nursery.&#8217;  Babies are not interchangeable and it is recommended that both or all babies be seen and held after birth.  This skin to skin connection also helps with breastfeeding and milk stimulation.</p>
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		<title>MBC and new web site</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynda P. Haddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Multiple Births Canada (MBC) needs your help!  MBC has entered the Aviva Community Fund Competition and we have successfully made it to the semi-finals! We are hoping to get a grant to improve our website.  We want it to be bilingual, more interactive, easy to navigate and most importantly &#8211; reach more families with multiple births. Click on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=multiplebirth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8328209&amp;post=98&amp;subd=multiplebirth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Multiple Births Canada (MBC) needs your help!  MBC has entered the <a href="http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf13028">Aviva Community Fund Competition</a> and <strong><em>we have successfully made it to the semi-finals</em></strong>! We are hoping to get a grant to improve our website.  We want it to be bilingual, more interactive, easy to navigate and most importantly &#8211; reach more families with multiple births. Click on the link above to obtain more information about what we are trying to do through this competition, and learn more about the competition in general. This link also brings you to the page where you would return each day to vote.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong><em>We need your support as we are so close to the finish!</em></strong>  We think this video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y9pNfZlQIk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y9pNfZlQIk</a> truly illustrates why Multiple Births Canada needs your support and your time to vote for us in this competition.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s very easy to vote and it does not take much time at all.  First you have to register which takes only a few minutes and does not require any other personal information, but your email address and you can say no to being contacted.  After that, you are given 15 votes to use until the 16<sup>th</sup> of December – make sure to come back each day to use those votes.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong><em>Please share with your family and friends, through social media and on websites where possible.</em></strong> Our hashtag (for those who use social media) is #helptwins. We have found daily reminders via Facebook to be really helpful. If you are on Facebook and would like to be part of our MBC Facebook Aviva Event page please feel free to join us at: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/282136971821489/">https://www.facebook.com/events/282136971821489/</a> and join in with the excitement.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Thank you!  I really appreciate your support and your VOTES!</p>
<p>Lynda</p>
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		<title>Please vote for Multiple Births Canada</title>
		<link>http://multiplebirth.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/please-vote-for-multiple-births-canada-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynda P. Haddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Multiple Births Canada has needed a new website for some time. We may have found a way to get the donation to fund it from AVIVA. All we need to do is get all our friends and family &#8211; and their friends and family &#8211; to vote for our project idea for the next 15 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=multiplebirth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8328209&amp;post=96&amp;subd=multiplebirth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Multiple Births Canada has needed a new website for some time.</p>
<p>We may have found a way to get the donation to fund it from AVIVA.<br />
All we need to do is get all our friends and family &#8211; and their friends and family &#8211; to vote for our project idea for the next 15 days.</p>
<p>Would you please consider helping us?  You register once with your email address (and create a password &#8211; use &#8220;twinsplus&#8221; so it&#8217;s easy to remember).  After that you just sign in and vote for the idea &#8211; which takes about 15 seconds a day.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the link with the details:<br />
<a href="http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf13028">http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf13028</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynda P. Haddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Multiple Births Canada has needed a new website for some time. We may have found a way to get the donation to fund it from AVIVA. All we need to do is get all our friends and family &#8211; and their friends and family &#8211; to vote for our project idea for the next 15 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=multiplebirth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8328209&amp;post=94&amp;subd=multiplebirth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Multiple Births Canada has needed a new website for some time.</p>
<p>We may have found a way to get the donation to fund it from AVIVA.<br />
All we need to do is get all our friends and family &#8211; and their friends and family &#8211; to vote for our project idea for the next 15 days.</p>
<p>Would you please consider helping us?  You register once with your email address (and create a password &#8211; use &#8220;twinsplus&#8221; so it&#8217;s easy to remember).  After that you just sign in and vote for the idea &#8211; which takes about 15 seconds a day.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the link with the details:<br />
<a href="http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf13028">http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf13028</a></p>
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		<title>PLEASE VOTE FOR MULTIPLE BIRTHS CANADA</title>
		<link>http://multiplebirth.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/please-vote-for-multiple-births-canada/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynda P. Haddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Multiple Births Canada has needed a new website for some time. We may have found a way to get the donation to fund it from AVIVA. All we need to do is get all our friends and family &#8211; and their friends and family &#8211; to vote for our project idea for the next 15 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=multiplebirth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8328209&amp;post=91&amp;subd=multiplebirth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Multiple Births Canada has needed a new website for some time.</p>
<p>We may have found a way to get the donation to fund it from AVIVA.<br />
All we need to do is get all our friends and family &#8211; and their friends and family &#8211; to vote for our project idea for the next 15 days.</p>
<p>Would you please consider helping us?  You register once with your email address (and create a password &#8211; use &#8220;twinsplus&#8221; so it&#8217;s easy to remember).  After that you just sign in and vote for the idea &#8211; which takes about 15 seconds a day.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the link with the details:</p>
<p>http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf13028</p>
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		<title>Sufficient weight gain while pregnant with multiples.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynda P. Haddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our local paper says that &#8216;Mariah Carey hid her pregnant body from hubby&#8221; when she was expecting her twins earlier this year. I am so sorry to read this and that her body shape gave her angst. Adequate weight gain for the babies&#8217; proper growth and development is essential in order to give them the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=multiplebirth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8328209&amp;post=89&amp;subd=multiplebirth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our local paper says that  &#8216;Mariah Carey hid her pregnant body from hubby&#8221; when she was expecting her twins earlier this year.  I am so sorry to read this and that her body shape gave her angst.  Adequate weight gain for the babies&#8217; proper growth and development is essential in order to give them the best start in life.  I&#8217;m not tall, put on about 65 lbs. with twins who delivered at 6lbs. 9ozs. and 5lbs. 10 ozs. after 40 weeks and 1 day gestation.  It wasn&#8217;t easy but our girls were healthy and came home with me from the hospital.  It is essential that there be adequate weight and as such, there is nothing to be ashamed about.  Giving our babies the best start possible is the responsible thing to do, and Mariah, I think you did a great job for your babies and it wouldn&#8217;t surprise me if your husband would be grateful to you too for providing his babies with the best start possible.  Best wishes.</p>
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		<title>Multiple Births Families Association of Ottawa</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynda P. Haddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Multiple Births Families Association (MBFA) in Ottawa has been providing support and resources for parents with multiples for 50 YEARS THIS YEAR! What a wonderful milestone. Multiple birth parents helping multiple birth parents. If you are a current or past member of MBFA and would like to join the celebration this 5th November &#8211; Kids [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=multiplebirth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8328209&amp;post=87&amp;subd=multiplebirth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Multiple Births Families Association (MBFA) in Ottawa has been providing support and resources for parents with multiples for 50 YEARS THIS YEAR!  What a wonderful milestone.  Multiple birth parents helping multiple birth parents.  If you are a current or past member of MBFA and would like to join the celebration this 5th November &#8211; Kids are welcome &#8211; you can get more information at events@mbfa.ca</p>
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		<title>There are advantages to having multiples</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynda P. Haddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ADVANTAGES OF HAVING MULTIPLES They are finally here!  The many doctor’s appointments, the pregnancy and births went well and now you are enjoying so many of the experiences around raising your multiples.  Following are some thoughts which parents of multiples have shared about what they enjoy about having multiples. One pregnancy can mean an instant [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=multiplebirth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8328209&amp;post=84&amp;subd=multiplebirth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>ADVANTAGES OF HAVING MULTIPLES</strong></p>
<p>They are finally here!  The many doctor’s appointments, the pregnancy and births went well and now you are enjoying so many of the experiences around raising your multiples.  Following are some thoughts which parents of multiples have shared about what they enjoy about having multiples.</p>
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<li>One pregnancy can mean an instant family.</li>
<li>A unique parenting experience at every stage.</li>
<li>The children have each other as playmates and a source of entertainment, and as they grow older may play freely for longer periods.</li>
<li>A wider variety of games can be played because of built-in playmates, e.g. tag, board games, playing school, etc.</li>
<li>Parents have two or more little faces looking up at them at once with love and affection.  Multiply the giggles, kisses and hugs.</li>
<li>Many of life’s lessons are built-in with multiples:  sharing, negotiation, waiting your turn, compromise, learning a task from the other, e.g. getting dressed.</li>
<li>One of life’s challenges is the fear of being alone.  Multiples are never alone unless they choose to be.</li>
<li>The children may take the same programs and activities on certain occasions, which gives them the security of a buddy, makes the family schedule simpler and which may include less driving.</li>
<li>If it works for everyone, only one birthday party a year.</li>
<li>They can potentially be best friends.</li>
<li>There can be a special sense of status with being a multiple.</li>
<li>A special bond and friendship is often experienced between the  multiples themselves.</li>
<li>The joy of growing up together.</li>
<li>Interesting for a parent to watch them grow and develop.</li>
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		<title>Longer version re ultrasounds for twin pregnancies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynda P. Haddon</dc:creator>
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