Resources for Professionals

MOST provides a variety of resources for professionals who work with families of multiple births and premature infants. The resources have been categorized to best meet the needs of the following fields:

Healthcare Providers    *     Hospitals    *    Educators

Researchers     *    Social Workers & EI Specialists     *     Media Professionals

• MOST Recommendations on the Use of Fertility Treatments

• Postpartum Depression (PPD)

• Comprehensive Review of PPD in Higher Order Multiple Births
• Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
• List of states with mandated PPD screening
• PerinatalPro Slideshow on PPD: Telling the Birth Story

 

• PreemieCare (a division of MOST)

• BedrestChecklistBookmark (for

        Physician and Patient use) PDF

• Research statistics on higher-order multiples (Key findings from past and ongoing MOST research studies)

• Links to Outside Resources (130+ resources in 14 categories from infertility, pregnancy and bereavement to special needs and more.) 

• NICUniversity provides neonatologists and other members of the professional neonatology community with continuing education credits, as well as cutting edge neonatology research and information.

• Pediatric OnCall online calculators :
  • Growth Calculator
  • Metric Conversion Calculator
  • Renal Conversions
  • Pregnancy Calculators
  • Blood Pressure Calculator
  • Blood Group Detection
  • Critical Care Calculator
  • Medication Dose Calculator
  • Blood Test Reference Calculator

 

• Find electronic tools from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) designed to help primary care clinicians identify the screening, counseling, and preventive medication services that are appropriate for their patients.

• PreemieCare (A division of MOST)
  • NICU Glossary
  • Discharge Planning Checklist

• VOICES of Grief: Tips for helping families of multiples who experience a loss

• Listing of local and national support groups for parents of premature infants

• Grams to Ounces Conversion Tool

• Articles on coping with bedrest and long-term antepartum hospital stays

• CarePages for patients to set a support website

• NICUniversity provides neonatologists and other members of the professional neonatology community with continuing education credits, as well as cutting edge neonatology research and information.

• See the MOST Statement on Media Exposure and Multiple Births for considerations and tips on multiple birth families working with print, TV, radio, and other forms of media.

• Research statistics on higher-order multiples (Key findings from past and ongoing MOST research studies)

• Links to Outside Resources (130+ resources in 14 categories from infertility, pregnancy and bereavement to special needs and more.) 

• MOST Policy on School Placement

• States with laws on classroom placement of multiples and research links on this topic

• FAQs on school-age multiples

• MOST Jr homework help links

• MOST FAQ on developmental delays

• Articles on school-age multiples

• Blog posts on school-age multiples

• Checklist for parent/teacher discussion on school placement of multiples

• Other resources and research on classroom placement of multiples

• Research statistics from past and ongoing MOST research studies

• MOST research projects

• MOST Research Proposal Contract

• Make a custom request for research statistics on multiples

• MOST Advocacy Efforts and Policy Statements

• PreemieCare (A division of MOST)

• MOST Support Volunteers

• Supertwins 101: Developmental Delay FAQs

• Developmental Milestones Charts

• MOST Family Support Forums

• Free Products and Discount Programs for Families of Multiples

• Outside Links on Special Needs Topics

• MOST Memorial Page and Bereavement Resources

• MOST articles on special needs and developmental issues

• Blog posts on special needs multiples

MOST Policy Statement on Media Exposure and Multiple Births

Statistics On Multiples: 14+ pages of statistics on multiples from several MOST research studies, as well as outside sources like the CDC. For example, find out what the odds are of having spontaneous or identical triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, or more as well as how many triplets, quadruplets, and quintuplets are born each year according to the CDC.

Fun Facts About Multiples: These fun facts of goodnight kisses, school lunches, and bottles made in a year make cute fillers for media stories.

Sextuplet Profile: Get data on these higher-order multiples.

Sextuplet, Septuplet & Octuplet Fact Sheet: Find a list of myths and misunderstandings about them, links to resources and information, the number of births and survivors, details on some famous births, the cost of raising sextuplets, septuplets or octuplets and much more.

Supertwins 101 FAQs:  101 of the most frequently asked questions about multiples

Multiples in the News: News summaries from media sources around the globe about multiple births

MOST eNews Announcements/Blog Posts

Your Professional Input Can Make a Difference!

Professionals can also help multiple birth families and parents of premature infants by contributing to MOST and PreemieCare in a variety of ways:

• Donate to MOST/PreemieCare (Learn how your donation makes a difference in the lives of multiple birth families)
• Participate on the MOST Professional Advisory Board
• Link your site to MOST
• Sign up to be notified about MOST eNews posts
• Contact MOST