Testimonials

Below are testimonials sent to MOST from families of multiples whose lives have been touched by the work of MOST and MOST volunteers. We welcome all feedback so that we may continue to improve and grow to serve the mutliple birth community. Learn how your MOST membership makes a difference in the lives of multiple birth families. Read more testimonials from families helped: During the 2005 hurricanes By MOST's Adopt a Family program By MOST's daughter organization PreemieCare MOST Celebrates 20 Years of Service (PDF)
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I have such wonderful memories of the support and listening ear you and your team were able to give us over the pond, in England, when I was pregnant with our precious quadruplets. I delivered our three surviving quadruplets at 34 weeks and 5 days! We had a really emotional time, having lost our daughter, and gained three special children, after having waited 6 years to conceive.

I cannot believe that as I write to you, our kids are bathing themselves upstairs (now nearly 8 years old), they are independant, adventurous and caring human beings, strong and capable, inspite of their rough start in life. We miraculously had another child when our 'triplets' were 2 1/2 years old. Now we have 2 boys and 2 girls and are loving being parents, guides, teachers and students all at once.

Thanks so much once again for all of your advice and encouragement, care and concern during what was a very emotional time in our lives. I have referred so many people to your organisation and look forward to reading updates from all over the world about the impact MOST has had on so many lives the world over. Tamara R.

This is the first time I have been able to sit down and write to MOST to say Thank You, for all you do, for all your support, and most of all your dedication and hard work. MOST is the most wonderful organization and support tool there is for parents of multiples. Our triplet boys will be 23 months tommorow, and were born one day short of 35 weeks. They are the greatest joy that I could ever know or have ever expected. I never thought in my life we could be so blessed. 

MOST's SUPERTWINS magazine was such a phenomenal support tool for us through a trying and scary pregnancy. To read of others heroic stories and wonderful outcomes gave us a lot of hope. We still had our obstacles, praying we would make it to 31 weeks at best. We would read everyones little tips and it is still so inspiring to us. We only wished the magazine came out more often. We literally comb the mail for it.   

The feeding charts were of huge use to us, and the MOST carnival we attended when they were only 6 months was a wonderful event. It led to a new friendship with another mom who has triplet boys 6 months older than mine.  Even though I don't see her often, I always know she is a phone call away, and I would not know her if it wasn't for MOST.  

Thank you so much for all you do and for supporting all multiple birth families. Lisa V. 

I would NEVER have made it through the first few years without MOST. Through pregnancy, birth, NICU, leaving my job, friends and family to move to a new small town, nursing and pumping and nursing and pumping, monitors, teething (and the subsequent biting), divorce, potty training, joint parenting, preschool, first stitches, and the million of other moments when I remembered something I had learned from MOST that saved my life.

I seriously owe you and the other MOST families a huge debt of gratitude, an extra large dose of humility, and a gigantic group hug. I am a very proud single mom to four awesome, albeit attitude-riddled, teenagers, and you were "the village" that helped me start them on that path while maintaining my sanity. Thank you! Krisellen L.

Thank you for adding me as a friend on Facebook. I've been a MOST member since 1999 when I was pregnant with triplets. Recently I joined the Board of Directors of Multiple Births Canada: an exciting challenge. I still love reading SUPERTWINS and appreciate the wonderful information MOST writes and shares with members and the public. Your recent work on the Divorce Survey and the paper on Multiples and the Media are great! Shelia C.

MOST has been an amazing support system for me. I do not know how I would have survived the last year without their support. Lisa J. Mom to Isabella, Juliana, Matthew 16mos & Luke 4

We are the happy parents of a set of triplets born January 2008. We know the struggle of dealing with a new set of triplets while trying to manage an almost teenager daughter with her daily needs. Looking at your site is a relief and it gives us hope. Keep up the good work and hopefully soon when I can manage my house demands I can also contribute. Marino and Shadia C.

 

MOST has helped me feel like our family is "normal." It has given me a place to visit and magazine to read that shares things about other families that we also deal with. I have many friends and family members to talk to, but no one understands that challenges of raising multiples like other multiple families. Family memebers could have been there from day one, but still not fully understand everything that goes on in the mind of a mother or father of multiples. Thank you for being a place we can feel grounded and not so different or isolated from the rest of the world. Nicole S.

I can't begin to express how much I look forward to reading the magazine.  I just gives us a sense a peace that we aren't alone in a singleton world.  Sometimes I feel like we're looked at as such a nuance, but when I see the stories from MOST, I know we are prefectly normal and much happier as a MOST family. I look forward to the day when I have the time to sit down and write about our experience like I see so many mothers online and in the magazine do. I LOVE being a Triplet MOM! Nikki S.

I truly thought that this was going to be incredibly hard - but it has been so easy!  I didn't know how I was going to work full-time and take care of triplets. but it is very doable and so much fun!!! They are now 7 months sleeping through the night and playing a lot during the day. I havn't taken them out of the house except on doctors appointments becauseI am so scared of germs and RSV!!!  I know when they get close to two-years-old we should be in the safe zone!

I LOVE your magazine and website.  I use both a lot for ideas etc.  And I truly do appreciate your emails and following up with me.  I can't thank you enough!! Thanks again for all that you do and especially caring for all of the multiple moms out there! Kristin S.

 

I am writing to thank you for publishing the article on Breastfeeding higher-order multiples by Karen Berg in the Vol. 17 No. 3 issue of SUPERTWINS. I read the article while I was pregnant with my triplets and found it to be very inspiring. I felt it was important to have a positive attitude and do everything in my power to carry my babies full-term. Most articles I read online and in magazines focused on how to cope with babies in the NICU and how long the hospital stay would be.

I have Type I diabetes and am on an insulin pump which made the pregnancy even more complicated. Despite the odds, I am happy to say my babies all came home with me from the hospital after 3 days and never spent any time in the NICU. I carried them full-term and currently breastfeed them. They are 16 weeks old and doing wonderful. It was inspiring to read Karen Berg's story because it gave hope for full-term babies and breastfeeding triplets. Thank you for the inspiring article. I think it is important to make people who are pregnant with multiples aware that they don't have to assume they will have a scary experience or that their babies will all spend time on machines and in the hospital. Karen B.

MOST has touched our family by helping to remind us that we aren’t alone in our challenges and in a reminder how lucky and thankful we are to have been blessed with higher-order multiple birth children. Our triplets are 3.5 years old now, born at 32w1d, and they have been healthy their entire lives, and that is in large part to the wonderful research and guidance I was able to receive from MOST and other higher-order multiple resources.  My children are miracles and my husband and I are so blessed.  Thanks for the wonderful support system you provide for all multiple birth families. Karen of Ohio

MOST has been a life saver and a real support to our family.  Having a place to turn to for answers to our questions and having people to talk to about what we’re going through has been very helpful. Just being able to read others’ stories has helped us through some hard times. Knowing that we weren’t alone in raising our triplets has made all the difference.  I read and respond to other members on the forum web site as well, which is entertaining and helpful and even sometimes heartbreaking. Please keep up the great work you are doing for families! Lisa of Maryland

My quadruplets are almost 12 and our oldest will be 17 in January. I can not imaging not being a part of MOST during my pregnancy and baby stage. I found great comfort and strength with MOST when my quadruplets were little. Life is much easier now. I appreciate MOST.

MOST helped carry me through the loss of my son, Carson Matthew Brewer. If it wasn't for MOST and my wonderful QQS friends, I don't know what kind of shape I would be in. Thank you MOST and QQS. I love you all!!

The help we received at Christmas time is something I will never forget. My kids had a great Christmas thanks to a wonderful angel. I don't know what I would have done without your outreach program.

Thank you for such an informative and user-friendly website! As an expectant mother of triplets I really appreciate all that you offer. Thank you so very much!

When I was on hospital bedrest, I was supported by three separate moms who called me. One mom called me almost everyday to see how I was doing. When I had our children at home I was able to help support other moms in a similar situation. I think without the support I received, I wouldn't have been as hopeful that my high risk pregnancy would have a positive outcome. Towards the end of my pregnancy, my doctor said he admired my determination and that I should help other moms in need. That's what I did and MOST provided the network to help me do that. Thank you!

MOST reminds me I'm not alone in this world. The testimonials of others allow me to reflect on the past and maybe prepare for what eneviatably I can't prepare for...but accept.

Thank you for offering a place for mothers of multiples to get together; I love the magazine and website! Keep up the outstanding work! Nikki of OK, USA

 

 

I live in Thibodaux Louisiana, and am currently 16 weeks pregnant with triplets. We are about an hour from New Orleans. I just wanted to let you know that I am safe. We had very little damage compared to so many other families. I lost 2 baby beds and we lost all of our food. My husband couldn’t work due to the storm and we are having a hard time making it, but we are so much better off than so many other families. We are so very grateful!

Thank You for being so concerned. I love you MOST. Expectant Mom in LA

Thank you for your concern...those of us in Birmingham, Alabama are doing well - we had a lot of trees down and widespread power outages, but we cannot complain. (I am a mom of 14-month old triplets.) I know of a few families in Mobile, Alabama and they had a lot of structural damage. My understanding from friends who are nurses and have gone to Biloxi, MS say that it is completely devastated. It is so sad and tragic - we are praying for all the families affected.

I have 9 year old triplets and I live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and I've gotten a couple of phone calls from MOST regarding how we're doing down here. And we're doing fine! We have power and my kids are going to school and things like that. We're all safe and we're all healthy. I think it's very sweet that y'all called to check on us.

It's very crowded. Baton Rouge had 240,000 people now we have about 800,000 people. So our traffic is really bad and our schools are really crowded but other than that we're doing fine. Thanks for calling I think that was very nice and thoughtful to think about us

Thanks so very, very much for staying in touch with us throughout our pregnancy and especially since hurricane Katrina. Luckily they were in a safe place when the storm hit. Our triplets were born in Baton Rouge a bit early, at 29 weeks, in mid-August and were safe and sound in the NICU during the hurricane. They are doing well and we are really grateful for all of the support and concern we have received from your organization throughout this Katrina nightmare.
My only concerns now are the NICU being over crowded and the constant news crews in the nursery. I hope that everyone from New Orleans has found their babies. I can't imagine not knowing were my children are. New Mom from LA

A triplet Dad in Destrehan shares: His home just barely missed being flooded and they have no wind damage. They thank their blessings that they were spared and have a home to come back to!

We had my triplet+ moms meeting last night, and I told everyone about the work MOST is doing to get help directly to the HOM families who have lost so much in the south. I shared some of the stories of these families with them, and they agreed that we all want to do something as a group to help out. We are having our huge (VERY popular) rummage sale at the end of October, and we're going implement a $1 cover charge during our peak hours to raise money for the Katrina victims. I had an idea last night on my way home. What if you got the word out to all HOM support groups that they can adopt one family each, maybe more than one if the group is large enough.

You could pair up Katrina families with a group, and then that group could raise money or send donations of specific items that one family is in need of. The groups could stay in contact with their adopted family throughout their rebuilding and/or relocation process. This would be a great outreach opportunity for the groups around the country who feel like we want to do more to impact a specific family that is in need. We could call it the MOMS

Helping MOMS program (Moms of Multiples). What do you think?? Jennifer P.

You are doing a fabulous job, I am so impressed with the active role that
MOST has taken in tracking down these families to help them, and the
communication that you and the group are effecting. I'm proud to be part of
such a wonderful and caring group. Thanks, Kathie from NJ

Thanks for your response and generosity. I never knew there were so many loving, caring people left in this tough world, so it means alot to me and my family that you and others have reached out to help us! Thank you!

A MOST member family from CA has even offered to let our family stay with them until we figure out what we are going to do since our home (our TOWN) was destroyed. God Bless you all and we will keep ya'll posted! Sincerely, Jerri R.

I just have to say what an awesome group the MOST-QQS email group is! Recently, one of our members was displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Members of the QQS group immediately began to try to contact her, offering lodging, clothes, gift cards, money and prayers. There were two families within the area that offered their homes to this family. One of these families ended up housing the family for a few days, gathered some gift cards and cash for them, and helped them find supplies they needed to make it back to check on their house. One member went as far as to open up her grandmother's home, so that this family could have a place to call their own until they got back in their house. She called on her family members to come clean, furnish and stock the pantry and fridge, so they would feel welcome. She contacted the school, and made preliminary arrangements for them to enroll their children in school. Other members began to coordinate sending gift cards and items for this family and other families in hurricane shelters.

I have to say that this outpouring of support towards this family and the other victims of the storm shows me what MOST is truly about -- supporting families of multiples in times of need, no matter what the need is. An appreciative Mom of Quads

Thank you for sending this email. I have been asking other national organizations via email to put a similar message on their website since the Greater New Orleans clubs email is being returned. I know there are many multiple birth families in the US who are worrying about fellow multiple families. I know many clubs are thinking and planning on helping multiple families in need. We needed an emergency communication site for members of all multiple clubs to work together to assist multiple families affected by Katrina.

Thanks for your work, Tammy

It's wonderful to read stories about what other parents of multiples are going through. When you read them you don't feel so alone.

I had spoken to Maureen Doolan Boyle a while back when I was pregnant with my three boys and she gave me great advice which, I believe, helped me through a lot of my pregnancy.

My boys were born on May 30, 2005 (Memorial Day) and spent only two weeks in the NICU. They are healthy, happy little boys and getting so big already. I was so pleased to have their birth announcement appear in your last issue of "Supertwins".

If you would also consider it to be included in your online photo album that would be terrific. As with all other moms of multiples, I am so proud of my three little angels and am thrilled when I get a chance to "show them off"!

Thank you for your consideration! And thank you for running such a great organization. I am so fortunate to have met many of the other mothers via MOST and cherish every bit of advice I receive from them and your website. Sincerely, Kristine and Marc F.

Dear MOST: Our daughter Molly Ann was born 10/8/03 and just 10 months later on 8/20/04, at 29 weeks, our triplets were born. Meghan Rose, Kaitlyn Grace and Emma Jean are 9 months now and are doing wonderful. Your magazine helped me through a very difficult pregnancy and 7 long weeks of hospitalization.Thanks for all you do. Sincerely, Theresa

 

I joined MOST when my triplets were over a year old. They are b/g/b and are now 26 months. You have a great organization and I really enjoy reading your quarterly journal. I find the articles extremely informative and helpful. Thanks. Pamela

I am mother to 7 wonderful children. (1 year old quintuplets, 10 year old and a 6 year old)

I have enjoyed getting emails and going to the MOST web site.We have not had the pleasure of getting any emotional or financial support from anyone, as we have no family to speak of. However, it is consoling to know that there are mothers and familes that know the daily struggles of raising such a large and demanding family. Thank you for keeping up the good work! Here is a picture of our Magnificent 7 as we call them.

I would like to thank MOST for featuring an article about Early Intervention Services in the last SuperTwins Quarterly issue (December 2004). I had no idea that there was a state-funded program available and having some concerns over my 1-yr old triplets' resistance to transitioning to table food, I contacted the numbers included in the article. After being referred to my county office, I set up an appointment to have them assessed.

The intake process was simple and I had an in-home evaluation appointment within two weeks of placing the call. A very thorough and comprehensive evaluation took place over a three hour period and the case worker spent time watching the girls play, eat and interact, as well as performed a battery of tests to evaluate specific skills sets. Their adjusted age at the time of the evaluation was exactly 12 mos(to the day)and I am relieved to say that they are well within the "normal" limits in all areas (and actually advanced in one or t wo areas!). The case worker spent alot of time with me and my husband going over the evaluation results and making suggestions on how to develop their skills in the coming months and advice on transitioning them to table food (I learned that part of the problem was that they weren't sitting properly in their highchairs). We were made aware of "warning signs" (with respect to delayed skills) and we were given metrics to track the girls' milestones over the next 12 months. Before leaving, the case worker gave us alot of reading material on raising healthy toddlers (and even sent additional material from her office based upon our questions and discussions during the visit). We were also encouraged to call and ask for another evaluation if at any time we believed the girls were not hitting the milestones appropriate for their adjusted age (again, based on the state-approved metrics given to us).

This is a wonderful program that everyone with pre-mature infants/toddlers should take advantage of. It is free of charge and best of all, it will give you piece of mind to know that your child is either developmentally on track, or that you've identified trouble spots and can take the necessary steps for early intervention.

Thank you MOST for always keeping us informed! Kristina MOST Member since 2003

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Updated 12/28/09

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