Having Twins And More: A Parent's Guide to Multiple Pregnancy, Birth, and Early Childhood by Elizabeth Noble Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Having Twins And More: A Parent's Guide to Multiple Pregnancy, Birth, and Early Childhood
Book Review: A wonderful and informative book!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was very relived after reading this book.
It offered many insights on risks and consequences of things that hadn't previously occured to me.
Book Review: Excellent book for those willing to learn
Summary: 5 Stars
I nearly didn't buy this book at all after reading all the negative reviews here, but I'm very glad I did. Yes, Elizabeth Noble is opinionated regarding circumcision and the over-medicalization of pregnancy. Yes, her language is strong at times. And yes, I found the section on hypnosis and memories of the in-utero experience to be a bit kooky. But anyone who thinks the other books about multiple pregnancy are somehow "unbiased" just because they are more mainstream or encourage pregnant women to blindly trust their doctors is kidding themselves. Noble presents a valuable, underrepresented viewpoint and is a strong advocate for pregnant women and their multiple babies. Book Review: HORRIBLE
Summary: 1 Stars
Shouldn't pregnancy books be unbiased, truthful and scientific? This book is the LEAST of all three. The author is overly opinionated, uses scare tactics and everything I was looking for WAS NOT found in this book.
If you believe that formula will kill your baby, that circumcision is mutiliation that your child will never forgive you for, and that if you don't attachment parent your child, it will grow to be unemotional or emotionally retarted, then this book is for you.
If you are looking for science and information to help you get through your pregnancy, look at another book. I am TAKING THIS BOOK BACK!
Book Review: Please buy another twin pregnancy book
Summary: 1 Stars
What I find most disturbing about the positive reviewers on here is when they say "women have been birthing babies for millions of years." Yes, they did. And many of them died: the babies and the mothers. ESPECIALLY multiples. Thank God for the medical interventions that have raised the survival rates of both women in childbirth and of infants. I had an emergency c-section at 34 weeks, and without it both my babies and I would have died. I had preeclampsia, which turned into full-blown toxemia. I was carefully monitored throughout my pregnancy by my wonderful pair of obstetricians (who were perfectly content to let me deliver vaginally if my preeclampsia cooperated), along with the perinatologist who kept monthly tabs on my boys' development in case the preeclampsia that had started at 10 weeks suddenly became an imminent danger to all of us. I'm just lucky I was able to carry them as long as I did. If I'd tried for a homebirth, without medical supervision of any kind during my pregnancy, it would have been disastrous. This book tells you that high blood pressure is nothing to worry about - it's normal with twin pregnancies, she says, and to be expected and nothing to seek a doctor's help over. If I'd listened to the advice of Ms. Noble, I would have died and so would my children. And THAT is why I give this book one star (and would give it zero if I could). Her advice on many things is her own opinion, to which she is entitled, but on others she is handing out dangerous advice that is medically unsound and could endanger the lives of both you and your babies.
This book is frightening, pedantic, abrasive, ill-informed, archaic, and dangerous. The small pieces of good information she does provide do not make up for the bad advice that may endanger you and your children, and the good is so badly packaged it's hard to see it. Consider buying one of the other books available for multiple pregnancy instead (I like Connie Agnew and Nancy Bowers). Yes, you don't HAVE to have a c-section when you have multiples. Yes, a multiple pregnancy doesn't necessarily mean a high-risk pregnancy. But it is a FACT that multiple pregnancies are more likely to be high-risk. Carrying multiple babies puts you at a higher risk of developing pregnancy complications, many of which are life-threatening to either you or your babies, or both. It's entirely possible you'll have a totally unremarkable pregnancy and deliver your twins and full-term, vaginally, like my best friend did with her girls. It's equally possible that you'll have complications: preeclampsia, preterm labor, a funneling cervix, gestational diabetes, IUGR, and the mo-mo specific twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. You don't have to be afraid of a multiple pregnancy and medical interventions, but you should be prepared and informed. This book will not help you in that.
Book Review: This Book is Biased, Unscientific, and Unhelpful
Summary: 1 Stars
I am pregnant with twins and I've read six books so far on pregnancy and this is the only book I've read that reads like an opinion column and not one based on any medical facts or published studies. Worse yet, the author presents her strong biases only and her views are not ones that are supported by the majority of OB/GYN doctors, including mine. Beyond the misinformation, I just did not enjoy this book at all and thought it was a big waste of money. Among other things, I was really offended by the author's preachy tone and lack of any factual support for her opinions on the evils of all milk and dairy products, circumcision, and C-sections for babies in the breech position. I did not learn a single thing from this book. There are so many other twin books out there and ALL of them are more helpful than this one.