Multiple Birth Families Association

Multiples 101 prenatal course

What to expect when you're bringing home multiples

Our prenatal course offers insights, guidance and suggestions in addition to true-life stories about coping with newborn multiples. It also gives expectant parents the opportunity to participate in a supportive network with others who are expecting twins or more.
This class is not designed to provide medical information and is not a replacement for hospital prenatal classes. It is taught by volunteers who are parents of multiples (not medical professionals). We share our own experience and ideas to help you manage life with twins, triplets or higher order multiples.

Upcoming classes:

Next class to be announced soon

This session will held virtually with a link distributed closer to the date.

How to register

Click on the Register button on the event from the MBFA calendar.

Topics:

We cover these topics and others that are of interest to the class:

Introduction to the MBFA
Prenatal nutrition and activity
What to do if put on bed rest
Common worries, concerns and how to cope
What it means to be classified as a "high risk pregnancy"
Other complications of multiples pregnancies
Signs of pre-term labour and what to do
Labour and delivery of multiples
What to expect and how to cope if you have premature babies
Pregnancy, labour and delivery stories from parents of multiples and their tips for coping at home
Medical and non-medicated forms of pain control during labour and delivery
What to expect if a cesarean section is required
Post-partum recovery for mom and babies
Post-partum mood disorders
Caring for your babies
Feeding babies: schedule vs. on-demand, bottle, breast, pumping breast milk, etc.
Surviving at home with multiples, including what equipment, clothing, etc. that other parents of multiples have found useful
Guest speakers from our community

Cost:

The following fees are per couple, not per person, and include all relevant materials for the course:

$40 for members
$60 for non-members

Contact:

For more information, please contact prenatal@mbfa.ca.

Upcoming events

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MBFA, PO Box 5532 Station ‘F’, Ottawa ON K2C 3M1

"Multiple Birth Families Association" is a non-profit organization