National Organization of Mothers
of Twins Clubs, Inc.
NOMOTC, Inc. offers a wide variety of support to not only individual parents of
multiples but also to the Twins Clubs.
Some of the benefits to Clubs are; educational materials, research,
referrals, non-profit status, NOMOTC's Notebook to name a few.
On an individual level they have "Special Needs Programs", which include,
bereavement support, specials needs children support, single parent support and higher order multiples
support.
SCMOTC Bereavement
Brochure - Printable pamphlet of information for parents who
experienced death of one or more of their multiples.
CLIMB (Center
for Loss in Multiple Birth, Inc.)
This organization provides support by and for parents of multiples who have
experienced death of one or more, both or all during pregnancy, at birth, in infancy or in childhood.
They also
have a number of pamphlets available.
Fetal Hope
Aligned with some of the world’s leading fetal medicine
centers, Fetal Hope has been organized to provide accurate and factual
information for families dealing with syndromes and distresses such as
Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS), Acardiac Twinning (TRAP sequence),
Amniotic Band Syndrome (ABS), Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR),
Selective Intrauternine Growth Restriction (SIUGR), Fetal Lower Urinary
Tract Obstruction (LUTO) and many other fetal distresses and syndromes.
This
organization is about HOPE. No family should
ever be left without HOPE.
ITA (International Twins Association)
ITA is a non-profit organization promoting the spiritual, intellectual and
social welfare of twins throughout the world. This organization is mainly a SOCIAL club which issues two
newsletters a year and holds TWIN conventions every year over Labor Day. Their goal is to invite
all twins; identical, fraternal & twinless to join their special club.
Mothers of SuperTwins (MOST)
MOST is a support network of families who have or are expecting triplets,
quadruplets or more. They have quarterly newsletters, a resource network of volunteers, along with a variety of
other information packets and
merchandise.
Multiple Birth
Resources (MBR)
MBR specializes in educating and preparing expectant parents for pregnancy, delivery and
life with more than one baby.
Side Lines
Sidelines is a community based, non-profit organization supporting women with
complicated pregnancies and their families. Some of the services they provide are as follows;
trained peer phone "counselors", national & local newsletters, bed rest resource
directory, lending library of books & videos, information packets about high risk pregnancy, practical suggestions from
experience, information and suggestions for family & friends and support for families experiencing
loss & grief.
Triplet Connection
The Triplet Connection is
an international "network of caring and sharing for multiple birth families"
which was founded in 1983. They have worked with
over 35,000 expectant parents of triplets and higher-order multiple births.
Their site provides an array of
information and resources for parents of, and expectant parents of triplets
or more.
Twins Foundation
This organization is primarily a research information center on twins and
other multiples. It serves twins, their families, the media, medical & social scientist and the general public through
its publications, its National Twin Registry and its multi-media resource center. An international
membership organization, it was established in 1983 by twins to collect, preserve and communicate
information about twins and other multiples and twin research.
Twin Services
Twin Services, founded by a mother of twins in 1978, gives twin families
information, advice and moral support to help raise healthy, happy children. They offer publications for parents,
such as Your Twins First Year, Surviving with Toddler Twins, Twins in School
Apart or Together, just to name
a few.
The Twin to Twin Transfusion
Syndrome Foundation, Inc.
This organization is dedicated to
providing educational and emotional support to families,
medical professional, twins club and other care givers before, during and after diagnosis of
TTTS. TTTS newsletter and many resources are
available upon request.
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting
the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products. You can find
information on over 4,000 product recalls and recall alerts using the various searches on this
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