Mothering Challenges
Organizations and Websites
Exceptional Parent Magazine's website (www.eparent.com): Provides information, support, ideas,
encouragement and outreach for parents and families of children with disabilities, and the professionals
who work with them.
Full House Mothers of Multiples (www.fullhousemoms.com): Provides information and support to families
with multiple-birth children.
Karen Kerkoff Gromada's website on mothering multiples (www.karengromada.com): Provides information
and support related to mothering twins, triplets, and more!
Moms Alive! (www.moms-alive.org): Provides support and information to women diagnosed with cancer
during pregnancy or mothering.
Mothers of Supertwins (www.mostonline.org): Provides information and resources to families with triplets,
quadruplets and more.
National Organization of Rare Disorders (www.rarediseases.org): Provides information and support for
people living with rare diseases.
Pregnancy With Cancer Network (www.pregnantwithcancer.org/enter.shtml) A support network for women
who have been diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy.
Premature Baby—Premature Child (www.prematurity.org): Provides information and support for the parents
of premature babies.
Books and Articles
Batha, E. Down's syndrome: "She wasn't the daughter I wanted." The Independent. September 19, 2006.
URL: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article1619323.ece
Good Mojab, C. Good Mojab, C. Congenital disorders in the nursling. Unit 5. Lactation Consultant Series II.
Schaumburg, IL: La Leche League International, 2002.
Good Mojab, C. Congenital disorders: Implications for breastfeeding. Leaven 2000; 35(6): 123-128.
URL: http://www.lalecheleague.org/llleaderweb/LV/LVDec99Jan00p123.html
Gotsch, G. Breastfeeding your Premature Baby. Schaumburg, IL: La Leche League International 1999.
Gromada, K. Mothering Multiples: Breastfeeding and Caring for Twins or More! Schaumburg, IL: La Leche
League International 1999.
Hilden, J., Tobin, D., and Lindsey, K. Shelter from the Storm: Caring for a Child with a Life-Threatening
Condition. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing 2003.
Leff, P., and Walizer, E. Building the Healing Partnership: Parents, Professionals, and Children with Chronic
Illnesses and Disabilities. Brookline, MA: Brookline Books 1994.
Noble, E. Having Twins and More: A Parent's Guide to Multiple, Pregnancy, Birth and Early Childhood.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003
Sears, W., Sears, R., Sears, J., and Sears, M. The Premature Baby Book : Everything You Need to Know
About Your Premature Baby from Birth to Age One. New York: Little, Brown and Company 2004.
Exceptional Parent Magazine's website (www.eparent.com): Provides information, support, ideas,
encouragement and outreach for parents and families of children with disabilities, and the professionals
who work with them.
Full House Mothers of Multiples (www.fullhousemoms.com): Provides information and support to families
with multiple-birth children.
Karen Kerkoff Gromada's website on mothering multiples (www.karengromada.com): Provides information
and support related to mothering twins, triplets, and more!
Moms Alive! (www.moms-alive.org): Provides support and information to women diagnosed with cancer
during pregnancy or mothering.
Mothers of Supertwins (www.mostonline.org): Provides information and resources to families with triplets,
quadruplets and more.
National Organization of Rare Disorders (www.rarediseases.org): Provides information and support for
people living with rare diseases.
Pregnancy With Cancer Network (www.pregnantwithcancer.org/enter.shtml) A support network for women
who have been diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy.
Premature Baby—Premature Child (www.prematurity.org): Provides information and support for the parents
of premature babies.
Books and Articles
Batha, E. Down's syndrome: "She wasn't the daughter I wanted." The Independent. September 19, 2006.
URL: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article1619323.ece
Good Mojab, C. Good Mojab, C. Congenital disorders in the nursling. Unit 5. Lactation Consultant Series II.
Schaumburg, IL: La Leche League International, 2002.
Good Mojab, C. Congenital disorders: Implications for breastfeeding. Leaven 2000; 35(6): 123-128.
URL: http://www.lalecheleague.org/llleaderweb/LV/LVDec99Jan00p123.html
Gotsch, G. Breastfeeding your Premature Baby. Schaumburg, IL: La Leche League International 1999.
Gromada, K. Mothering Multiples: Breastfeeding and Caring for Twins or More! Schaumburg, IL: La Leche
League International 1999.
Hilden, J., Tobin, D., and Lindsey, K. Shelter from the Storm: Caring for a Child with a Life-Threatening
Condition. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing 2003.
Leff, P., and Walizer, E. Building the Healing Partnership: Parents, Professionals, and Children with Chronic
Illnesses and Disabilities. Brookline, MA: Brookline Books 1994.
Noble, E. Having Twins and More: A Parent's Guide to Multiple, Pregnancy, Birth and Early Childhood.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003
Sears, W., Sears, R., Sears, J., and Sears, M. The Premature Baby Book : Everything You Need to Know
About Your Premature Baby from Birth to Age One. New York: Little, Brown and Company 2004.
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