I echo everything Karen said.

Another writer compared mothering more than one baby to becoming
multilingual:

http://www.lalecheleague.org/NB/NBMayJun96p68.html

For the same reasons that immersion programs work, mothers can learn to
read and respond to one baby. Learning a second baby's cues and being
able to respond to them with the same immediacy and intensity is
difficult. There were times a mother feels that it is fine if everything
is working smoothly, but there seems to be no plan B when it doesn't --
and it often doesn't. Things just aren't as spontaneous -- in the same
way, you can't just scoop up a baby and nurse; the juggling is always a
bit more complicated. As a result, it is harder for the mother to
develop a sense of competence. I frequently hear mothers say: "This is
so easy! Why doesn't everyone breastfeed?" -- but those mothers don't
have more than one newborn.

Lots of info. in Karen's book and here:
http://www.lalecheleague.org/NB/NBmultiples.html

Jo-Anne Elder-Gomes, IBCLC, mother of two sets of twins

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