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About the National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs, Inc.

•Our Membership—The National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs, Inc. (NOMOTC) is a network of more than 475 local clubs representing over 25,000 individual parents of twins and higher order multiples.

•NOMOTC’s Purpose—Founded in 1960 for the purpose of promoting the special aspects of child development which relate specifically to multiple birth children.

•NOMOTC’s Goal—To improve public awareness of the needs of multiple birth children by fostering development of local support groups, enhancing the quality of educational materials available to parents, educators and others, and by cooperating with and participating in research projects which involve multiples and/or their families.

•NOMOTC’s Funding—A non-profit 501 (c)(3) corporation funded by dues, donations and grants.
 

About Multiple Births

 
  • According to the National Center for Health Statistics, in the year 2004 alone, 139,494 live multiple births were recorded in the United States with 132,219 of those being sets of twins, 6,750 being triplets, 439 being quads, and 86 being quintuplets and other higher order births.
  • With the increased use of fertility drugs and procedures and women waiting later in life to start a family (both of which increase the chances of multiple birth), this trend can only continue to experience growth.

About the Editor

 
  • In addition to being the primary editor of Twins to Quints, Rebecca E. Moskwinski, M.D., also wrote the chapters on Pregnancy, Infancy, Toddlers, and Facts about Multiples. She was the primary author in conjunction with others on the Preparations, Adults, and Special Needs chapters of the book. She also compiled Appendices A-D and the Index. In addition to her work on the book, Dr. Moskwinski has served in several positions on NOMOTC’s Board of Directors, and is currently serving as the Organization’s President. In her private life, Rebecca Moskwinski is a Family Physician and Team Physician at the University of Notre Dame Health Services, and is the mother of six children including twin daughters.

 

“.…we [Rebecca E. Moskwinski, M.D. and J. Susan Griffith, M.D., editor and contributor, respectively] felt that we could cover the technical and medical aspects of raising multiples with authority; but just as importantly, we had experienced mothers and fathers to draw from for all other aspects of rearing multiples. We wanted to be sure we included 'regular' parenting tips as well as multiple-specific tips.”