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When you're pregnant with more than one baby, your excitement and anxiety may be multiplied! To ensure that you and your babies are safe and healthy during your pregnancy, it's important to understand how this pregnancy will be different. It's helpful if you are aware of the various tests that might be administered and what to watch for during this exciting time.

Doctor-approved and practical, this Quick Guide covers what you need to know. its easy-to-follow format gets you to the facts quickly:

• Nutritional needs and target weight gain for a mother expecting more than one baby
• Suggestions for coping with pregnancy discomforts
• Information about premature birth and how you can protect yourself and your babies
• Explanations of some special tests for mother and babies
• Advice if you're an older mother-to-be or a working woman
• From birth presentation to monitoring during labor, what may happen during childbirth
• Vaginal birth and Cesarean delivery with multiples-the facts about both