Many years ago (somewhere around 1979-1982) I remember reading about a  
woman who nursed her identical triplet daughters with no supplementation until  
they were about 18 months. Her article was in the La Leche League  
newsletter that I used to get. It so impressed me, I have never forgotten  it. I 
remember the story went something like this: 
 
This woman getting much bigger for her weeks of gestation than she had  
with her two (I think) previous pregnancies. She was somewhat relieved to find  
out that she was expecting twins as the reason for her "monstrous figure" 
as she  described it.
 
In order to keep her labor going strong she walked the one-half mile to the 
 hospital, with her husband following her in his pickup truck. A man pulled 
up to  her and asked her if the pickup driver was bothering her. It was an 
interesting  exchange, she wrote, when she told him why she was walking to 
the hospital. 
 
When she got to the hospital, labor progressed a little more slowly than  
she had hoped for, but finally she went into the delivery room and without  
problems, birthed two daughters. She wrote that everyone was sort of packing 
up  when she heard the words she would never forget: "My god, there's 
another one in  there." She then proceeded to birth daughter number three; they  
were identical triplets, all over 5 pounds. In her story, she wrote that it  
seemed rather daunting to plan on nursing three, but she didn't want to  
shortchange them because they came as a package of three. She nursed two  
together, then the third one got both sides, and she switched the order every  
feeding to make sure all got enough. 
 
She went back to the hospital periodically to show the girls off to the  
staff, and they always commented on how healthy the babies looked, and how 
well  they were growing. The staff was always surprised and amazed when she 
would tell  them that she never gave bottles of formula, just nursed. There 
were pictures of  the girls at different ages in the article. 
 
I still think of this mom and her exclusive breastfeeding story when I  
encounter a mother who is expecting twins and wants to nurse. She will always 
be  an inspiration to me, and I hope that this story inspires other mothers, 
as  well. 
 
Mary-Jane Sackett, RN, IBCLC (who found encouragement, praise  and nursing 
success when I attended my first La Leche League  meeting with my 5 week old 
twins in 1979.)

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