Eclectic Muddlehood

It is a sad scene, often repeated over and over again in this country with a terribly messed up birth culture.  A mother learns she is pregnant with multiples.  Her thoughtless, institutionalized doctor fills her head and heart with crushing, fear inducing phrases- high risk, preterm labor, bed rest, preeclampsia, mandatory c-section, TTTS, long NICU stay, placental failure, survival rate, danger, death and on and on it goes.  Most Americans truly believe twins and triplets will always be premature, always be tiny, always be born via c-section and always end up in the NICU.  A dear friend, and fellow twin mother, has assembled an absolutely gorgeous montage that makes one simple fact poignantly clear.  Expectant multiple mothers have options.  Lots of them.  And they should have hope.  Hope for fully developed, huge, safely and naturally birthed multiples.  I know many of the mothers and babies featured in this film.  They are real women who believed in themselves and their babies.  They worked very hard to take excellent care of themselves during pregnancy and to surround themselves with highly trained, but also highly supportive professional care providers.  The message here is a powerful one.  One that I hope with all my heart reaches many and at the very least inspires a few to replace fear and pain with hope and faith as they welcome their own precious multiples into the world.

Natural Childbirth of Twins and Triplets

For more support and the chance to talk to real mothers of multiples who have had amazing experiences like these ones, try the Parenting Multiples forum of MotheringDotCommune.