Multiple Blessings [Paperback]

Betty Rothbart (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 26, 1994

In her clear presentation of all the facts, the co-author of Your Pregnancy helps parents through all stages of pregnancy, providing advice on feeding, home care, juggling hectic schedules, and other critical issues related to the raising of twins and triplets. Foreword by Ronald M. Caplan, M.D. Illustrations.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

With equal amounts of plain facts and sensitive, thoughtful advice, Betty Rothbart, M.S.W., presents an excellent resource for expectant parents of multiples. A psychiatric social worker by trade, Rothbart uses her counseling skills to guide readers through four easily digestible sections of her book: pregnancy, life with multiples, help and support, and parenting challenges and joys. In each section, she carefully supplies knowledgeable answers to common yet vital questions, thereby preparing moms and dads for the many unusual challenges they'll face--in the delivery room and beyond.

Other resources, including When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads provide more thorough information on prenatal care, nutrition, fetal development, and potential complications involved with carrying and delivering multiple babies. However, Rothbart's 100-page pregnancy section includes a wonderful chapter of checklists for prospective parents, references, and resources for help. Her serious chapter on premature babies smartly outlines the NICU (neonatal intensive-care unit) experience, technical terms that may fly around the delivery room, and most importantly, lots of reasonable advice on facing the emotional upheavals often associated with the experience. The bulk of her text focuses on life after the babies arrive: breast-feeding and bottle-feeding; ways to make time for each child (including older siblings), spouses, and yourself; mealtime, bedtime, toilet training, and trip-planning strategies; even a 25-item list outlining the ways others can lend help (and it sounds like much help will be needed). Rothbart's conversational tones and logically organized chapters combine expertly to create a quick--but tremendously valuable--read. --Liane Thomas

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Harper Perennial; 1st edition (May 26, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688116426
• ISBN-13: 978-0688116422
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #601,223 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #51 in Books > Parenting & Relationships > Family Relationships > Twins & Multiples

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If You Are Expecting Twins (or More), Get This Book!, March 25, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Multiple Blessings (Paperback)

My husband and I are expecting twins. We have read about five different books regarding pregnancy, birth and raising multiples, but this was the best book by far. It includes an incredible amount of practical information, including a great set of check lists that will help you prepare for birth. This is the book that I recommend to every couple that I know who are expecting more than one baby.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WONDERFUL RESOURCE FOR PARENTS OF MULTIPLES, February 7, 2002

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Daryl T. Johnson (Bonney Lake, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Multiple Blessings (Paperback)

This book is full of helpful tips and hints. It's a no-frills design, but it packs a lot of information. Out of all the books on parenting multiples that I have read, this one has given me the most/best information. I HIGHLY recommend it.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars God's Gift, August 22, 2001

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Mommy Warden (PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Multiple Blessings (Paperback)

This book helped me through the hardest time of my life. It exampled what I was going through and why I was going through it better than any other book I read on pregancy.

I thank God every day for my little gifts and having the strength to endore the pregnancy and the birth. This book helped me through both. I would recommend it to anyone expecting a multiple birth.