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The Multiples Manual by Just Multiples ($13.95) --1,002 essential tips for expectant mothers of twins and/or triplets. Written by a mother of triplets who is an identical twin herself.

Everything You Need to Know to Have a Healthy Twin Pregnancy By Gila Leiter ($15.95) -- This is a highly recommended, excellent resource for all women pregnant with multiples.

The Pregnancy Bed Rest Book:  A Survival Guide for Expectant Mothers By Amy E. Tracy ($14.00) -- A survival guide for something that many moms of multiples-to-be may have to experience--doctor-ordered bed rest.

When You’re Expecting Twins, Triplets or Quads By Dr. Barbara Luke Tamara Everlein  ($14.00) -- A terrific reference material for all parents expecting multiple births.

Ready or Not…Here We Come!  By Elizabeth Lyons ($17.87) -- The subtitle of this book is 'The REAL Experts' Cannot-Live-Without Guide to the First Year with Twins' and it's billed as sort of a "girlfriend's guide" to the first year with twins.

Program Your Baby’s Health: The Pregnancy Diet for Your Child’s Lifelong Well-Being  By Dr. Barbara Luke and Tamara Eberlin  ($14.00) -- Dr. Luke uses the concept of metabolic programming in this guide to establishing a lifetime of well-being for your baby (or babies) that begins during your pregnancy.

Multiple Pregnancy Sourcebook By Nancy Bowers ($17.95) -- Written by the founder of the Marvelous Multiples prenatal classes for expectant parents of multiples.

Having Twins and More  By Elizabeth Noble ($18.95) -- A recently-revised (Summer 2003) handbook for expectant moms of twins-and-higher by one of the foremost experts on the subject, Dr. Elizabeth Noble.

Mothering Multiples:  Breastfeeding & Caring for Twins or More  By Karen Kerkhoff Gromada ($14.95) -- Updated (1999) version of the La Leche League oversized best seller (380 pages) specifically written for the mom looking to breast-feed her twins, triplets or higher order multiples.

Raising Multiple Birth Children  By William and Sheila Laut and Kristin Benit, RN, MSN, ND, CPNP  ($19.95) -- A fun and valuable reference material for parents of multiples during those especially difficult early years (birth to age 3).

Double Duty:  The Parents’ Guide to Raising Twins from Pregnancy Through the School Years  By Christina B. Tinglov  ($14.95) -- The author interviewed 20 sets of parents of twins while preparing for the birth of her fraternal sons, Joseph and Michael, and collected that advice into this helpful guide. Focuses primarily on preparing for the first year of newborn twins. 

Twins!: Advice From Two Practicing Physicians on Pregnancy, Birth, and the First Year of Life With Twins  By  Dr. Connie L. Agnew and Alan H. Klein  ($14.95) -- Book bills itself as an "authoritative reference that adequately focuses on the unique concerns of the parents (expecting twins)."

From Conception to Birth:  A Life Unfolds  By Alexander Tsiaris and Barry Werth  ($35.00) -- Astonishing new book which captures images inside the womb like no others ever seen. As seen in the November 11, 2002 Time Magazine, these stunning photographs will give the expecting parents (whether it be of one, two or more children) a better glimpse at their unborn children than they've ever been able to view before. A wonderful holiday gift for the expecting parents.

Mothering Twins:  From Hearing the News to Beyond the Terrible Twos  B y Linda Albi ($14.00) -- Several mothers of twins offer information and advice focusing primarily on potential problems in raising twins.

Twins:  From Fetus to Child  By Alessandra Piontelli ($27.95) -- Scientifically based, but warmly human in content as well, this study follows the development and behavior of 30 pairs of twins from their early life in the womb through to their third birthday

The Joy of Twins and Other Multiple Births:  Having, Raising, and Loving Babies Who Arrive in Groups  By Pamela Patrick Novotny ($16.00) 

Triple Fun:  From Infertility to Triplets  By Lia Shakleford ($13.95)

What Every Mom Needs   By Elisa Morgan & Carol Kuykendall ($12.99) -- Written by a pair of MOPS (mothers of pre-schoolers), this book received a hearty thumbs-up from moms of twins, lisadgogo, on our Twinstuff message boards, who felt "it reinforced a lot of good things I was already doing as a mom."

Preemies:  The Essential Guide for Parents of Premature Babies B y Dana Wechsler Linden ($24.95) -- Although not written specifically for parents of multiples, this comprehensive resource offers more than 500 pages of information that any mom who will be delivering premature twins-or-higher should find valuable. This book has been highly recommended by many Twinstuff.Com visitors who delivered premature twins.