45. Will I be able to breastfeed my new triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, sextuplets?

MOST strongly encourages all mothers to consider providing breast milk for their babies and offers a variety of support options to help you have a positive breastfeeding experience. Though not all mothers of multiples breastfeed, a significant percentage mothers of higher order multiples do successfully breastfeed their infants. Below are some statistics from the MOST Birth Survey on breastfeeding.

Type of Multiples
Percent of mothers who provided some breast milk
Average time some breast milk provided
Twins 69.2% 14.0 weeks
Triplets
68.9%
13.6 weeks
Quadruplets
72.6%
13.4 weeks
Quintuplets
76.7%
13.5 weeks
Sextuplets
85.7%
11.1 weeks

 

Resources

MOST offers the following resources on breastfeeding:

Breastfeeding Multiples booklet. MOST's Infant Multiples Booklet also offers breastfeeding resources. Both the combo package of both the Infant Multiples and Breastfeeding Booklets and SAVE!

For detailed information about breastfeeding, see the book The Womanly Art to Breastfeeding by Judy Torgus, Gwen Gorsch available for purchase in the MOST Supertwins store.

MOST sells a large double nursing pillow designed for nursing more than one infant at a time in the MOST Supertwins Store.

TwinsList also offers a list of FAQs on breastfeeding mutliples.

Read one mom's story about breastfeeding multiples.

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