Grant Funding Powers New Initiative for Parents with Newborn Twins, Triplets

FRANKLIN, Tenn. - Sept. 1, 2025 - PRLog -- Parents just starting out on the journey of raising twins or more now have the chance to check in with parenting experts once a month through Great Expectations Multiplied, a new initiative of Multiples of America that is partially funded through a grant from the Prolacta Bioscience Foundation. The project provides ten seminars for members, allowing them to gather online to gain takeaways and tips about the unique challenges of multiple parenting. Topics for the seminars include areas such as the birth plan, the NICU experience, nutrition, sleep, behavior, and early learning targets.

Great Expectations Multiplied is an expansion of a pilot series of four seminars offered earlier this year. Members who attended some of the pilot sessions noted how joining even just one seminar made a big difference.

"I got a lot of great stuff from this!" shared one member. "My partner is still getting his sea legs with our three-month-olds and struggles handling them in a calm manner at times. I had him listen in about self-regulating…I also appreciated the part about not comparing your twins,…and I was sending Hail Marys when they talked about independent play!"

In addition to the seminars, Great Expectations Multiplied will give members with young multiples the chance to participate in a Multiple Match program, which provides an electronic match with another member who is living the same parenting challenges. They will be introduced to resources available in a member-exclusive toolkit for expectant parents, and to services available through organizations who partner with Multiples of America.

The initiative will give specific attention to assisting parents with one or more babies who begin their lives in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Data shows that 60% of twin pregnancies and nearly all of higher order multiple pregnancies result in preterm birth with a significant portion of those requiring a stay in the NICU. With that in mind, Great Expectations Multiplied will connect expectant parents with a specialized pamphlet for parents with infants in the NICU, and the organization's bi-monthly publication, Multiple Connections, will carry a series of articles about the NICU experience and the transition home.

These expanded services, including all seminars and resources, are offered free to members of Multiples of America. Check the Multiples of America website (http://www.multiplesofamerica.org/) for further information on dates and titles of seminars, specific resources, or membership options.

Multiples of America (also known as the National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs, Inc.) is a 501 (c) 3, non-profit organization dedicated to supporting families of multiple birth children (twins, triplets and higher-order multiples) through support, education, and research. Founded in 1960, the organization serves nearly 4,500 members in more than 130 clubs across the country.