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- ON - Multiple Birth Families Association of Ottawa - One of the largest multiple births associations in the country, and the largest chapter member of Multiple Births Canada. The geographical regions served includes Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec.
- VA - Tidewater Mothers of Multiples - The Tidewater Mothers of Multiples Club offers support and guidance to parents and expectant parents of multiple birth children in the Hampton Roads area. Come and discuss the wide range of issues related to pregnancy, birth and raising of multiples.
- NC - Charlotte Mothers of Multiples (CMOMs) - A non-profit organization providing support to parents of twins and higher order multiple birth children. Serving the larger Charlotte community to raise awareness about multiple births.
- Multiple Birth Families - For multiple birth expectant parents, grandparents, healthcare providers. Bereavement support for families who have lost one, more or all of their multiple birth babies.
- Facts About Multiples - Information on twins, triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets and higher order multiples. Features a database of multiple birth families, statistics, basic information on twinning, world records and information on fakers.
- About.com: Parenting of Multiples - A site dedicated to multiple birth families, with original articles, chat, newsletters and multiples-related links.
- Multiple Births Canada - MBC's mission is to improve the quality of life for multiple birth individuals and their families across Canada. Provides support, education, research, and advocacy.
- Center for Loss in Multiple Birth (CLIMB), Inc. - By and for parents who have experienced the death of one or more, both or all, of their twins or higher multiples during pregnancy, at birth, in infancy or childhood.
- Multiple Blessings International - Multiple Blessings International is a web based support group for parents of multiple birth children and children close in age.
- Multiple Births - This group is designed for families who have multiples or are expecting multiples (twins, triplets and more).
Wikipedia Articles
- List of multiple births - For notable twins, see List of twins and :Category:Fictional twins.
- Runt - In a group of animals (usually a litter of animals born in multiple births), a runt is a member which is smaller and/or weaker than the others. Due to its small size, a runt in a litter faces some disadvantages, including difficulty in competing with its siblings for survival and possible rejection from its mother.
- Half twins - Half twins are a very rare development in the area of multiple births.
- Booroola Merino - The Booroola is a merino strain that has a high rate of multiple births .
- Fairbanks disease - Fairbanks disease or multiple epiphyseal dysplasia (MED) is a rare genetic disorder (dominant form--1 in 10,000 births) which affects the growing ends of bones. Bones usually elongate by a process that involves the depositing of cartilage at the ends of the bones, called ossification.