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Online Practical Multiple Birth Pregnancy Class
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Online classes for Parents of Multiples
Online Practical Multiple Birth Pregnancy Class
Six units, with 10 modules in each unit.
Each unit is designed to equate to one month of your pregnancy (starting from week 13). Each module is in the approximate order you need to ensure you don't become overwhelmed.
Start the course whenever you are ready. All information is delivered at once. So you can work through them as fast (or as slow!) as you want.
Our Online Practical Multiple Birth Pregnancy Class is not a medical course on multiple birth pregnancy - that is what your Doctor is for. Instead, it is a practical course on multiple birth pregnancy. It is jam packed full of practical tips and information, written by other parents of multiples, or industry experts.
Most of the units are accompanied by videos and links to external resources. So you can feel confident you are getting all the relevant practical information.
Choose what you want to learn next and re-visit modules as needed.
Twinformation is designed to:
- To help you, inform you and guide you as you navigate the unknown.
- To reassure you and prepare you.
- To help you feel confident in taking your babies home.
- Learn online from those who have walked the path of becoming parents to twins, triplets or more.
- Let Twinformation share first hand, real life, experiences with you.
Unit One - Approximately weeks 13 - 16
- Hearing the news: You are having multiples!
- Surviving the second trimester when pregnant with twins or triplets
- Dealing with advice when pregnant with twins or triplets
- Telling family and friends
- Support for families expecting twins, triplets or more
- Getting the most out of your appointments
- Multi v single pregnancy
- Having a student midwife follow your pregnancy with twins or triplets
- Having a Doula assist - pregnancy, birth and beyond
- Finding out the gender of twins or more
Unit Two - Approximately weeks 17 - 20
- Mourning the loss of the parent you thought you would be
- Practical tips for preparing for maternity leave
- Getting a good night sleep when pregnant with multiples
- Equipment - What you really need 2 or more of
- Choosing a pram for twins or triplets
- Exercising when pregnant with twins and more
- Life organisation - BEFORE your babies arrive
- Baby Shower for twins and triplets
- Babymoon when pregnant with twins or triplets
- Choosing names for twins and triplets
Unit Three - Approximately weeks 21 - 24
- Working while pregnant with twins
- Life admin - BEFORE your babies arrive
- Asking for help - how to do it, what to ask for help with
- How Grandparents can support your multiple birth pregnancy
- How partners can help during pregnancy & birth
- Talking perinatal depression & anxiety
- Packing your hospital bag
- Preparing siblings & pets
- Your pelvic floor and multiple birth pregnancy
- NICU and SCN - What to expect and tips for your stay
Unit Four - Approximately weeks 25 - 28
- Surviving the third trimester
- Creating your birth plan
- Bedrest during twin or triplet pregnancy
- Caring for other children while pregnant with multiples
- Preparing your home & car for your babies arrival
- Maintaining an intimate relationship during pregnancy
- Logistics of three or more
- What to expect with a vaginal birth with twins or triplets + vaginal birth stories
- What to expect with a c-section + c-section birth stories
- Birth stories - Babies born between 25 - 28 weeks
Unit Five - Approximately weeks 29 - 32
- The science of sleep
- Sleeping options for twins and triplets
- Situational circumstance - stories by parents of multiples
- The importance of baby first aid
- Maintaining your relationship after multiples
- Nappies - cloth v's disposable
- Breastfeeding your multiples
- Expressing for twins or triplets
- Formula feeding for twins or triplets
- Birth stories - Babies born between 29 - 32 weeks
Unit Six - Approximately weeks 33 plus
- Who is doing what - Tracking your babies inputs and outputs
- Meal prep and snack prep
- Newborn sleep
- Importance of routines with newborns
- Attachment parenting and multiples
- Treating your multiples as individuals
- Birth recovery prep & loving your new body
- Helping your toddler adjust to your newborn multiples
- Bringing your babies home
- Birth stories - Babies born 33 weeks plus
By the end of your pregnancy do you want to feel confident taking your babies home?
Our Online Practical Multiple Birth Pregnancy Class is here to help work through the fears you may have about how you will cope with multiple babies.
6 Units
Unit One- Approximately weeks 13 - 16
Congratulations. You are officially in the second trimester of your multiple birth pregnancy.
For many of you, now is the exciting time that you can announce to the world (i.e your Facebook and Instagram friends!) that you are expecting twins or triplets!
Unit Two - Approximately weeks 17 - 20
Congratulations, you are nearly in the middle of your second trimester of multiple birth pregnancy.
This is a time of rapid growth for both you and the baby.
By now you will most certainly be sporting a beautiful baby bump. Carry it with pride, and enjoy letting people help you where possible.
Unit Three - Approximately weeks 21 - 24
Congratulations, you are nearing the end of the second trimester.
By now you are probably feeling your babies move, and are having fun trying to work out who is who in there. Hopefully it wont be long before you can feel them moving from the outside when you place your hand on your belly.
Unit Four - Approximately weeks 25 - 28
Congratulations! You are officially entering your third trimester.
By the end of this month you may start to have some of those annoying first trimester symptoms starting to come back - like always needing the bathroom and feeling exhausted. But that is perfectly natural, its hard work growing multiple babies!
Unit Five - Approximately weeks 29-32
Congratulations! You are now well into the third trimester.
By now things are probably aching as the ligaments start softening in preparation for birth. Braxton Hicks are another way your body is getting ready for the arrival of your babies. Try to rest as much as you can.
Unit Six - Approximately weeks 33 plus
Congratulations! You are on the homeward stretch now.
You will probably get to see your babies more often this month, as your appointments will be more frequent. Enjoy seeing them on the screen, as it wont be long until you are holding them in your arms.
