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[SnowBirdie]

Please post your book reviews here. let us know if you liked it, didn't, or thought the info was accurate or not.

thanks!!!

[Supercalafragilistic]

along with a link to the book if you can!

[Frenchy]

I am assuming these are pregnancy/twin/parenting related right?


During pregnancy:

The girlfriends guide to pregnancy http://www.amazon.com/Girlfriends-Guide-Pregnancy-everything-doctor/dp/0671524313

This book was hysterical, and so true. In reading some of the other books I really found them to be very clinical and some what intimidating. This really was like talking to a girlfriend, she seemed to cover all the topics that you were curious about but too embarrased to ask. This is the only pregnancy book that I read cover to cover. It provided lighthearted reading, with some great advice.


Book of baby bargains http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Bargains-Furniture-Equipment-Maternity/dp/1889392049

This book was such a huge help for a first time mom. Its really easy to get wrapped up in all the stuff that is out there for babies. Before you know it you can spend $1000's on crap! I used this book as a reference when we registered and I am sure I saved a lot of money. We all know how important that is!


Twins
http://www.amazon.com/Twins-2e-Pregnancy-Birth-First/dp/0060742194/sr=1-6/qid=1161696449/ref=sr_1_6/104-9778420-9820723?ie=UTF8&s=books

I got this book late in my pregnancy, so I really didn't refer to it that much. I have barely looked at it for their first year, so I am probably not the one to review this book.


I am supposed to be working, so I will have to come back to add to this.

[Frenchy]

http://www.amazon.com/Preemies-Essential-Parents-Premature-Babies/dp/067103491X/sr=1-1/qid=1161697210/ref=sr_1_1/104-9778420-9820723?ie=UTF8&s=books

I hope that no one ever has to read this, but this book really helped us get through our NICU experience. We were really overwhelmed when we were in the NICU and visiting the girls, when the drs would talk to us we would sometimes just have to say "can you write that word down" then we would look it up when we had a chance. There is so much to wrap your head around when you are dealing with a sick child, this was a great reference for us. I still refer to it sometimes.

[Twintastic]

http://www.amazon.com/Preemies-Essential-Parents-Premature-Babies/dp/067103491X/sr=1-1/qid=1161697210/ref=sr_1_1/104-9778420-9820723?ie=UTF8&s=books

I hope that no one ever has to read this, but this book really helped us get through our NICU experience. We were really overwhelmed when we were in the NICU and visiting the girls, when the drs would talk to us we would sometimes just have to say "can you write that word down" then we would look it up when we had a chance. There is so much to wrap your head around when you are dealing with a sick child, this was a great reference for us. I still refer to it sometimes.

I second this book. It was great!!

[Iggy]

Best List for Twin Parenting from Pregnancy to Adolescence

Twins! 2e : Pregnancy, Birth and the First Year of Life
by Connie Agnew (new edition)
http://www.amazon.com/Twins-2e-Pregnancy-Birth-First/dp/0060742194/sr=1-1/qid=1168384336/ref=sr_1_1/103-9036436-9781454?ie=UTF8&s=books

The Multiple Pregnancy Sourcebook: Pregnancy and the First Days with Twins, Triplets, and More
by Nancy Bowers
http://www.amazon.com/Multiple-Pregnancy-Sourcebook-First-Triplets/dp/0737303069/sr=1-1/qid=1168384383/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-9036436-9781454?ie=UTF8&s=books

Your Pregnancy Quick Guide: Twins, Triplets, And More; the book you need to have when you're having more than one
by Glade B. Curtis
http://www.amazon.com/Your-Pregnancy-Quick-Guide-Triplets/dp/0738210080/sr=1-9/qid=1168384424/ref=sr_1_9/103-9036436-9781454?ie=UTF8&s=books

Expecting Twins, Triplets, and More : A Doctor's Guide to a Healthy and Happy Multiple Pregnancy
by Rachel Franklin
http://www.amazon.com/Expecting-Twins-Triplets-More-Pregnancy/dp/0312328230/sr=1-5/qid=1168384469/ref=sr_1_5/103-9036436-9781454?ie=UTF8&s=books

Raising Twins After the First Year : Everything You Need to Know About Bringing Up Twins--From Toddlers to Preteens
by Karen Gottesman
http://www.amazon.com/Raising-Twins-After-First-Twins/dp/1569243387/sr=1-1/qid=1168384505/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-9036436-9781454?ie=UTF8&s=books

Mothering Multiples
by Karen Kerkhoff Gromada
http://www.amazon.com/Mothering-Multiples-Breastfeeding-Caring-Twins/dp/0912500514/sr=1-1/qid=1168384542/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-9036436-9781454?ie=UTF8&s=books

Twinspiration: Real-Life Advice From Pregnancy Through the First Year for Parents of Twins and Multiples
by Cheryl Lage
http://www.amazon.com/Twinspiration-Real-Life-Pregnancy-Through-Multiples/dp/1589792807/sr=1-1/qid=1168384574/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-9036436-9781454?ie=UTF8&s=books

Everything You Need to Know to Have a Healthy Twin Pregnancy
by Gila Leiter, M.D.
http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Need-Know-Healthy-Pregnancy/dp/0440508789/sr=1-1/qid=1168384646/ref=sr_1_1/103-9036436-9781454?ie=UTF8&s=books

When you're expecting twins, triplets, or quads: proven guidelines for a healthy multiple pregnancy
by Barbara Luke
http://www.amazon.com/Youre-Expecting-Twins-Triplets-Revised/dp/0060542683/sr=1-7/qid=1168384679/ref=sr_1_7/103-9036436-9781454?ie=UTF8&s=books

Ready or Not...Here We Come! The REAL Experts' Cannot-Live-Without Guide to the First Year with Twins
by Elizabeth Lyons
http://www.amazon.com/Ready-Not-Experts-Cannot-Live-Without-Guide/dp/0974699004/sr=1-1/qid=1168384717/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-9036436-9781454?ie=UTF8&s=books

Raising Twins: What Parents Want to Know (And What Twins Want to Tell Them), from birth to adolescence
by Eileen M. Pearlman
http://www.amazon.com/Raising-Twins-What-Parents-Want/dp/0062736809/sr=1-1/qid=1168384754/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-9036436-9781454?ie=UTF8&s=books

The art of parenting twins: the unique joys and challenges of raising twins and other multiples
by Patricia Maxwell Malmstrom
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Parenting-Twins-Challenges-Multiples/dp/0345422678/sr=1-1/qid=1168384793/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-9036436-9781454?ie=UTF8&s=books

Double Duty: The Parents' Guide to Raising Twins, from Pregnancy Through the School Years
by Christina Baglivi Tinglov
http://www.amazon.com/Double-Duty-Parents-Raising-Pregnancy/dp/0809230194/sr=1-1/qid=1168384832/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-9036436-9781454?ie=UTF8&s=books


My top selections, which I own and recommend to mothers of multiples, are Agnew, Bowers, Lage, and Gottesman. Mothers who plan to breastfeed their twins would benefit from reading Gromada’s “Mothering Multiples”, although I generally recommend they visit their local La Leche League, because an in-person counsel from a lactation consultant is a much greater aid than a book. Breastfeeding is easier to understand from demonstrations than drawings and text descriptions. “Mothering Multiples” is currently out of print, but you can generally pick up a copy on eBay or borrow one from another mom of twins if the local library doesn’t have a copy.


Gottesman, Karen. “Raising Twins After the First Year: Everything You Need to Know About Bringing Up Twins – From Toddlers to Preteens.” Marlowe & Co., 2006.
http://www.amazon.com/Raising-Twins-After-First-Twins/dp/1569243387/sr=1-1/qid=1168384505/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-9036436-9781454?ie=UTF8&s=books

Laid out by age, with detailed chapters on each year of life from one to ten, this book covers everything from the terrible twos and potty training to twin rivalry to cryptophasia (“twin language”), with such entertainingly well-written sections of practical advise as “Eating Out: How Not To Get Kicked Out of Your Favorite Restaurant.” Gottesman goes into refreshing detail about raising elementary school-aged twins. Her list of resources is up to date and extensive. This is an excellent book, high-quality and very useful, with much more detail on the ages covered than other books on older twins.


Agnew, Connie L. “Twins! Pregnancy, Birth, and the First Year of Life.” 2nd edition. Collins, 2006.
http://www.amazon.com/Twins-2e-Pregnancy-Birth-First/dp/0060742194/sr=1-1/qid=1168384336/ref=sr_1_1/103-9036436-9781454?ie=UTF8&s=books

Dr. Connie L. Agnew is a perinatologist in private practice in Los Angeles. She's a leading specialist in the care of high-risk mothers and infants. One of my favorite parts of this book is the breakdown of pregnancy by weeks, with an illustration of your twins in utero. No other book has that for twins. The second edition of this book has updated medical advice, expanded and updated resources lists (websites, addresses, organizations, etc), and revised immunization schedules. Dr. Agnew addresses in detail pregnancy, labor and delivery or cesarean birth, and the first year of life with twins. Transcriptions of roundtable discussions with real parents of twins at the end of chapters are also quite helpful and encouraging to read.



Leiter, Gila. “Everything You Need to Know to Have a Healthy Twin Pregnancy.” Dell, 2000.
http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Need-Know-Healthy-Pregnancy/dp/0440508789/sr=1-1/qid=1168384646/ref=sr_1_1/103-9036436-9781454?ie=UTF8&s=books

Dr. Gila Leiter is an OB/GYN and mother of twins. Her writing is clear and concise, friendly and not too clinical, and her medical advice for pregnancy is exhaustive. Dr. Leiter’s nutrition advice and lists of medications are second to none, and her three chapters on complications and pre-term labor are an excellent resource. Her in-depth descriptions of labor and delivery, and what happens immediately after the birth, are a necessary resource for the pregnant mother of twins.


Pearlman, Eileen M. “Raising Twins: What Parents Want to Know (And What Twins Want to Tell Them).” Collins, 2000.
http://www.amazon.com/Raising-Twins-What-Parents-Want/dp/0062736809/sr=1-1/qid=1168384754/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-9036436-9781454?ie=UTF8&s=books

This book has a different perspective than most parenting books for twins, because it was written by a twin instead of a mom of twins, who is also a family therapist. She addresses physical, cognitive, and developmental issues of life with twins, from twin talk to teenage twins (the only book to address parenting issues of teenage twins), to twins with different needs, to death of a twin.


Lage, Cheryl. “Twinspiration: Real-Life Advice from Pregnancy Through the First Year for Parents of Twins and Multiples.” Taylor Trade Publishing, 2006.
http://www.amazon.com/Twinspiration-Real-Life-Pregnancy-Through-Multiples/dp/1589792807/sr=1-1/qid=1168384574/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-9036436-9781454?ie=UTF8&s=books

Written by a mom of twins, Lage’s book is chock-full of all the practical advice that I desperately wanted when my boys were infants. How I wish she’d published this two years ago! It may not have the in-depth, professional medical advice that Agnew has, but this is the real deal. No other twin book I’ve ever read has had such real-life advice on how to handle your twins, logistically speaking. My favorite part is her in-detail description on how to maneuver a double or tandem stroller through any kind of door (push versus pull, left-open versus right-open, etc). Lage speaks in real language, addressing every possible concern or worry you might have about how you’re going to survive pregnancy and the first year. It’s like having a long conversation with your best friend. This book is wonderful and absolutely necessary. I’ve put it at the top of my recommended reading lists to new mothers of twins.


Tinglov is planning to publish a book about older twins (third grade and higher) sometime this fall/winter. I'm going to try to find and review it when it's published.

[SnowBirdie]

wow! thanks, everyone! these are great reviews, and thanks for the links, too! iggy, thanks for all that info as well. you picked some great books, and thanks for taking the time to add these. you guys all rock!:flowers

[Twintastic]

I am up to this point in submissions

[Twintastic]

I added links to the books to make it easier.

[Twintastic]

I also wanted to add another book.

The Premature Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Premature Baby from Birth to Age One by Dr. William Sears

http://www.amazon.com/Premature-Baby-Book-Everything-Parenting/dp/0316738220/sr=1-2/qid=1168385233/ref=sr_1_2/103-9036436-9781454?ie=UTF8&s=books

It was really informative to a preemie mom like myself. It gave lots of descriptions to things I heard in the NICU.

[YoMomma]

Belly Laughs by Jenny McCarthy


http://www.amazon.com/Belly-Laughs-Naked-Pregnancy-Childbirth/dp/0738210072/sr=1-1/qid=1168387662/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-0047959-0275260?ie=UTF8&s=books

This isn't a factual book per say, nor on multiples. However, it gives the real down and out truth about being pregnant and makes you laugh so hard, you swear your baby(ies) will come out right then and there! A good pick-me-up when you are having a bad day!