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When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads: Proven Guidelines for a Healthy Multiple Pregnancy
A Clinically Proven Program for Women Pregnant with Multiples
Completely Updated, with 50 Recipes for Optimal Birth Weight
You're expecting more than one baby? Congratulations In "When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads," Dr. Barbara Luke's practical, nutrition-based program has been proven to lower complications, resulting in much healthier babies. This
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Published
June 1st 2004
by HarperResource
(first published 1999)
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This is for my doula continuing education, not for personal use. Luke runs a Multiples Clinic in Michigan and has lots of strategies for helping grow healthy, term multiples, or at least giving higher order multiples the best shot at getting as fat and developed as possible before they have to be born. She really emphasizes nutrition, starting in the first trimester, and also emphasizes slowing down and taking excellent care of yourself, something that is hard for go-getter mamas to do. Luke has...more
I suppose this is an announcement of sorts to my goodreads friends :) But nothing on facebook please, we'll be announcing on there in a couple of weeks, after one more good ultrasound...
Very informational, focuses on diet. The diet here isn't anything radical, though the idea that you should gain most of your weight in the first part of the pregnancy is. She includes some practical tips for dealing with kids while they're here (and this book also features many sets of supertwins, which might be helpful). Nothing radical but pretty sound information. Also includes 75 pages of recipes - most of which are pretty easy and tasty (though I don't know how many people have pumpkin ...more
I found this book to be outdated with it's information. Maybe I go to an extremely advanced OB, but it really didn't give me much of anything I didn't already know. Rest alot, eat alot, use supplements. I will say the only reason I gave it 2 stars is because my dr. and I did have a good conversation about her section on supplements, but in the end I stuck to my by-prescription-only pre-natal vitamin.
It said that most women don't know they are having twins until their first sonog...more
It said that most women don't know they are having twins until their first sonog...more
Perhaps it's alarmist and extreme, but it's helpful to get some perspective on what might happen during a multiple pregnancy - more so than the average book about a singleton pregnancy. The info about nutrition was also helpful, but seemingly really difficult to near impossible to follow completely. There's no way I can eat 150g of protein per day plus 8 servings of calcium on top of other things (fruits, veggies, fats, etc.)
If you are expecting twins or higher-order multiples, or even a singleton with other high-risk possibilities like IUGR or such, this is a very nice resource. The diet detailed can be over-the-top and hard to do at times, but even half-following it can make a big difference. It also is very well-informed of different things about twins plus makes a great intro into the light of preemies/special needs infants and risky births.
I am so glad I found this book! It is the only comprehensive twins book I have read that actually sites scientific papers and gives detailed information on dietary recommendations for women pregnant with multiples. I appreciate that Luke outlines the real risks associated with twin pregnancies. I now feel much more prepared for the coming weeks of my pregnancy.
I'm so happy I received this book. The authors' position is that food is the most important factor (within your control) in order to carry your babies full term. I didn't follow their diet exactly, but I came close, and I ate an extraordinary amount of food. I never would have eaten that much on my own. My twins were induced at 39 weeks and weighed 6lbs 12oz and 7lbs 13oz. One of my little girls had a birth defect and needed surgery when she arrived. Her weight and general good health convinced ...more
Most people will never have to read this book but if you find yourself pregnant with multiples I highly recommend it. It has very good info. It even has recipes, but some of them sound a little to weird for me. Also it encourages the eating of ice cream, what more could a pregnant woman want :)
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This is the bible for multiple pregnancies, and it was very helpful. Mostly though, I am posting this to evidence my excuse for being absent from goodreads for so long. True, I was gone long before the pregnancy began, but that's my story, and I am sticking to it.
This was a great book to read during my pregnancy with my twins because it helped me feel more prepared for the unknown and gave me much needed nutritional advice. I know you're reading this Bianca- good luck- and eat lots of protein and asparagus!
Read this before my miscarriage. Although slightly out of date, the statistics and information about twins was informative. I found the recommendations about calorie intake to be a little daunting and overwhelming.
This is a must have for parents of multiples. I found this book late in my pregnancy and wished I had it from the start. I recommend this to everyone that I know having multiples.
Best book I've read on having twins. The author runs a multiples clinic, and the mothers who follow her guidelines have good-sized babies at term--an admirable outcome for multiples.
This book was so helpful while I was pregnant with my twins. I feel like it was a big reason why my twins stayed inside me for 38 1/2 weeks and weighed 6 1/2 and 7 pounds! This book is definitely "pro"-gaining weight, which is exactly what I did. I gained exactly what the book said (more than any of the other twin pregnancy books and more than my doctor recommended)and had perfect healthy babies and lost ALL my baby weight three weeks after they were born! I'm a strong believer tha...more
Really learned a lot from this book, and felt like her dietary suggestions were very useful throughout my pregnancy.
Excellent book! It was technical, but not difficult to understand. It helped a ton for my twin pregnancy!
This is a great resource guide for anyone pregnant w/multiples. My perinatologist recommended it.
Scared straight! That is the last time I have sex with two, three, or four men at the same time.
The most informative book out there on multiple pregnancies.
I think the main thing I came away with from this book is that I should eat. A lot, a lot, a lot. And I should rest a lot too. And I was just assuming everything would be healthy like my other two pregnancies but this book opened my eyes to how much more likely it is that there could be some complications somewhere along the way and that I should take precautions so I am doing better at taking care of myself.
Can't wait to meet our twins!!!
Can't wait to meet our twins!!!
This was the most helpful book I read about having twins.
Great information for those expecting multiples!
Good read if you are expecting twins. A friend of mine followed the guidelines (basically eat ALOT and take it easy physically) and carried her twin girls to full term and they weighed 8 lbs 5 oz and 7 lbs 12 oz. That is huge for twins! Inspires me to eat more!
Very informative!
Lots of good info you won't find anywhere else about being pregnant with multiples. A little scary, but definitely motivates you to eat, eat, eat and let the babies grow! One of the perinatologists that I saw had actually worked with Dr. Luke and said her diet works. I just couldn't make myself eat that much food! But my girls were born full-term and at 5.5 and 6 lbs...had I followed the diet more closely, I think they would have been bigger but I credit the book for getting us to that point...more
Dr. Barbara Luke's book has tons of good info, and I may appreciate it even more after our twins are born. I did find the writing to be a bit self-indulgent at times, and often felt like she was almost guilting the reader into doing things her way. I've heard mixed things about the huge amounts of calories she recommends that expectant multiple moms get. But apparently she has the data to back it up. Worth a read for anyone expecting multiple babies.
Tons of information and good advice for parents expecting multiples. Learned so much about diet requirements and that milk shakes and takeout can be your friend during pregnancy and that no doctor should be cautioning a multiple mom to watch her caloric intake during pregnancy. Those babies need all they can get. Also that I was more than justified in seeking out secondary expert care. My friend, Kim, gave this to me and I am so grateful.
I highly recommend this book for muliple moms. If anything, it reminds you of what you should be eating, drinking, etc. and how much. It also gives greats tips on feeding two babies at once after they are born, NICU time if needed, bed rest, etc. It mainly mentally prepares you for "just in case". Also, the diet piece of it is invaluable! The doctors and other baby books do not even compare. Especially as a multiples mom to be.
This is a GREAT book for anyone finding themselves having multiples! It teaches how to eat best to gain weight and develop your multiples appropriately. Having more than 1 baby is SO much different than a singleton pregnancy and you feel really alone if you don't know anyone who has been through it. This book gave me ALOT of valuable insight into what I needed to be doing differently to give my babies the best fighting chance.
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