Projects
NB. Please register at our website to be updated on our projects.
Special Care Guide for parents of premature twins, triplet or more
Multiple pregnancies are generally less likely to carry to full term (40 weeks for singleton births, 37 weeks for twin births, and 34 weeks for triplet births). In the 2008 Tamba survey, only 43% of twin pregnancies and 1.5% of triplet pregnancies lasted over 37 weeks. Furthermore, around one in eight mothers of multiples currently end up with their children being split up. We are currently in the process of producing resources to better help families prepare for and cope with this experience.
Photos wanted (please) for our new guide:
We are currently looking for good quality photos of all of the following for our new guide. If you are able to help please attach to an email and include all the names of those in the picture and any other supporting information.
- photo of twins head to head in NNU care (some evidence of NNU type care, like feeding tubes visible- as a front photo)
- Pregnant lady/couple visiting NNU
- Scan photo showing multiple pregnancy
- Picture of an adults hand, with two tiny hands wrapt around the fingers
- A mother being shown/ holding babies
- A family bonding photo
- A partner in SCBU
- An Extended family group- eg grandparents
- Baby/ Babies in a transfer cot (or two but babies usually go one at a time) have collegue that could pose this for us!
- Babies in NNU- twin baby in a cot/ incubator preferably very prem
If you have experience of neonatal care either personally or professionally and would like to input into this work then please email us. Alternatively please consider supporting this work by making a donation.
Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome Resources
More than six per cent of mothers who responded to Tamba’s 2008 survey said their babies were affected by Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS). While the condition is rare, Tamba wants to do more to help families whose twins were affected by it. We are putting together new guides and services to better help families. If you have experience of this either personally or professionally and would like to input into this work then please email us.
Paul Maber, whose wife is expecting twins and has just undergone laser treatment for TTTS, is planning on cycling 117 miles in one day to raise funds for our work. You can sponsor him and read more about their experience.