> She needs  to have at
> least
> 6 friends possibly 9 who will help her rotate the other babies and then
> have
> each baby spend a rotation of 4 hours twice a day with her or however else
> it fits around the times the babies will feed.
>
I agree this would be helpful. However, I am always nervous about the
message this gives, sort of like the "it takes three to breastfeed"
(singletons, they mean LOL), it suggests that breastfeeding without the
support of a partner and, in this case, many more, is not possible. Can
we say, "it would be very helpful for her to have..."?
I know many mothers of twins who had little or no non-spousal support,
some with little or no spousal support and one who was a single mother
of four children when her twins were born. She didn't breastfeed for
long, but she was able to breastfeed. I know how blessed I was to have
such an involved partner, but I was pretty discouraged whenever people
told me I really needed more help and support with all those kids. Yes,
a living grandparent would have been wonderful, but I guess I lived up
to my motto of making do...
When I was working with immigrant mothers, I had to be really careful
not to give them any additional reason to believe they couldn't
breastfeed. We can start from the assumption that a mother of triplets
has already been told she won't be able to breastfeed, and one situation
or another will have given rise to making it more challenging than
necessary. I realize it is already a huge challenge.
Jo-Anne

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