Thursday Threes: Triplet Mother Survey

  While I was pregnant with the triplets, I picked up a book called Magical Multiple Moments by Julie Gillespie.  For me, one of the most interesting parts of the book was all the survey questions and the statistics that Gillespie collected from actual mothers of multiples, primarily triplet mothers.  Here is a  little glimpse of some of the yes/no questions on the survey followed by my answer to the question:
                                                                        YES              MY RESPONSE
Did you have any trouble getting pregnant?         78%                      YES
Were you asked to reduce*?                             64%                      YES
Were you put on bed rest?                                75%                       NO
Did you breast feed?                                         65%                      YES
Did you sleep train**?                                       47%                      YES
Did you have back pain during pregnancy?         66%                      YES
Did you participate in an exercise group?            33%                      NO
Have you lost your baby weight?                        64%                      YES
Did family come and help?                                  81%                      YES
Did you hire day help?                                        27%                      NO
Did you hire night help?                                       16%                      NO
Did you separate the kids in school?                    43%                         -


*Reduce is referring to selective reduction.  A majority of the time when there is multiple embryos, the couple is given the option of selective reduction.  The doctor will select the top two embryos based on health of the embryo at that time and all other embryos will be injected with a substance that will destroy the embryos.

**Sleep train is referring to a sleep schedule.