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This is Susan's home page.

Susan M. Heim, former senior editor for the bestselling "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series and the author of three parenting books, shares her personal and professional thoughts and experiences about raising children in today's world.

Susan Heim writes a regular column about loving and living with twins and multiples for Mommies Magazine.

Twice the Love, published by TWINS Magazine, is filled with funny, fascinating and touching stories about raising twins and multiples. Visit the TWINS Magazine site to learn more about this wonderful book.

This is the official website for Susan Heim's book, Oh, Baby! 7 Ways a Baby Will Change Your Life the First Year. Read articles excerpted from the book, as well as endorsements for the award-winning Oh, Baby!

Press release for launch of TwinsTalk website for parents of twins and multiples

These brief videos cover a wide variety of issues related to raising twins, such as Getting Twins on a Sleeping Schedule, Bottle-Feeding Twins, and Teaching Sign Language to Twins.

The premier bookstore for twins, triplets and more

MOST is a network of families with triplets, quadruplets and more that provides information, resources, empathy and good humor during pregnancy, infancy, toddlerhood and school age.

TWINS Magazine is the premier periodical for parents of multiples, from twins and triplets to quadruplets, quintuplets and more! Published six times each year, TWINS Magazine is the "bible of parenting multiples," loved by moms and dads of twins and higher-order multiples since 1984.

A "twin connection" is the unique and often mysterious bond that connects twins. If you're a twin, you've undoubtedly experienced it. If you're a parent, sibling or friend of twins, you've witnessed it. This website celebrates this fascinating bond by offering a place to share your story about that special twin connection and read about how other twins have experienced that bond.

Keeping Pace with Multiple Miracles is a non-profit support network for families and families-to-be of multiple birth children. Based in W. Bridgewater, Massachusetts, they have members and meetings all over the state of Massachusetts and offer a wide variety of resources to help meet the needs of families of multiples.

Home to the national parent movement seeking state-to-state legislation mandating flexible placement policies for multiple birth children within the classroom

Multiples Magazine is dedicated to enriching the lives of families by promoting wholesome values, time-saving and fun activities, money-saving tips, quality entertainment reviews and informative articles.

The Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome Foundation is solely dedicated to providing immediate and lifesaving educational, emotional and financial support to families, medical professionals, and other caregivers before, during, and after a diagnosis of Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome. They are dedicated to saving the babies, improving their future health and care, providing NICU, special needs and bereavement support, furthering medical research, and keeping families together the way twins are meant to be.

The Fetal Hope Foundation's mission is to provide support, provide information, fund research, increase awareness and be an outlet for leading medical information pertaining to fetal distresses and syndromes. We are all about arming families and healthcare providers with information and helping to save babies' lives.

Lotsa Helping Hands is a simple, immediate way for friends, family, colleagues, and neighbors to assist loved ones in need. It's an easy-to-use, private group calendar, specifically designed for organizing helpers, where everyone can pitch in with meals delivery, rides, and other tasks necessary for life to run smoothly during times of medical crisis, end-of-life caring, or family caregiver exhaustion. It's also a place to keep these ‘circles of community' informed with status updates, photo galleries, message boards, and more.

CLIMB's mission is to provide parent-to-parent support for all who have experienced the death of one or more twins or higher multiple birth children at any time from conception through birth, infancy and early childhood. It is also to assist extended families, caregivers, twins and multiples organizations and others who are seeking to understand and support the needs of parents with a multiple birth loss.

This incredibly moving slide show chronicles a husband and wife's journey through TTTS with their unborn twins.

TwinParents.com is an online community where parents of twins can interact, share ideas, lend support and find answers to their questions.

Every year, more than 3,000 sets of twins of all ages and from all around the world gather in Twinsburg, Ohio. It is the world's largest annual gathering of twins!

Largest nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.

Cheryl Maguire wrote about her family in the book, It's Twins! Parent-to-Parent Advice from Infancy Through Adolescence. Now read how she and her husband made more room in their house for their expanded family!

This article by Melba Newsome, which appeared in the December 4, 2007 issue of Woman's Day magazine, tells the heartwarming story of six sisters -- including two sets of twins -- four foster homes, and the couple who brought all the girls back together.

The Arizona State Mothers of Multiples Organization website lists the local twins clubs and their locations in the state of Arizona.

Serving families with twins, triplets and higher order multiples throughout Colorado.

FOMOTC is a non-profit organization comprised of local support groups throughout Florida for parents of multiples. Whether you are looking for a club in your area, wanting information on how to start a new club, or seeking answers to questions regarding multiples, we are here for you.

The mission of the GOMOMC is to bring together member clubs to develop, foster and provide a commonwealth of knowledge and support to be shared among member clubs as well as with the medical and professional communities throughout the State of Georgia. In addition, they assist in the formation of new clubs and affiliates, and work cooperatively in all aspects with the National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs, Inc.

The Illinois Organization of Mothers of Twins Club, Inc. (IOMOTC) was founded in 1962 as an Illinois non-profit, educational, public service organization for mothers of twins and higher order multiple birth children. IOMOTC provides support, information, and networking services to parents of twins and higher order multiples through its member club affiliates.

The purpose of the IFMOTC is to unite in a common bond all mothers or guardians of multiple births for furthering their education in child development and rearing which relate especially to multiple births, and to exchange information with all others who have direct interest and experience.

The Kentucky State Mothers of Multiples Association was chartered in July 1985 to provide support and fellowship for parents of multiple birth children throughout Kentucky. The organization offers the exchange of information gained from parents, educators, health care providers, and others with direct interest pertaining to the rearing and development of the individuality of multiple birth children. They promote research and local club ideas, regardless of the size of the local club.

The MMOTA is a support group for families of twins, triplets, quads and other higher-order multiples in the state of Massachusetts.

The MOMOTC website is designed to help Michigan parents of multiples and the Michigan Mothers of Twins (& Multiples) local clubs. The website began in May 2002 as a means to share information between all member clubs and individuals in the state.

MAPOM consists of approximately 22 member clubs from Virginia, W. Virginia and Maryland. MAPOM serves as liaison so member clubs may exchange information for the mutual benefit of individual members; promotes formation of new mothers of multiples clubs, assists in their establishment, and supports their growth; encourages participation in research projects; collects and disseminates information relative to the physical, mental, and social well-being of multiple birth children and their families.

The Missouri Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs is organized exclusively to cooperate with and participate in projects conducted by researchers and doctors in medical and psychological research with multiple birth children and/or siblings; educate parents, teachers and others having direct responsibility and interest in the special aspects of child development which relates especially to multiple birth children; unite Mothers of Twins Clubs in Missouri so they may share procedures, ideas and educational material, and to assist in the formation of new clubs in Missouri.

Founded in 1960, the National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs, Inc. (NOMOTC) is a network of more than 450 local clubs representing over 25,000 individual parents of multiples -- twins, triplets, quadruplets and more.

The purpose of the New Jersey Association of Twins' Mothers Clubs, Inc. is to broaden the understanding of those aspects of child development and rearing which relate especially to multiples through the interchange of information among parents, educators, doctors, and others having direct interest and appropriate experience.

The purpose of the NYSOMOTC is to join together educationally and further facilitate research through member clubs throughout the State of New York, for the purpose of exchanging information pertaining to the rearing, development and encouragement of individuality of multiple birth children, as may be forthcoming from parents, doctors, educators or other appropriate sources.

The objectives of the North Carolina Mothers of Multiples organization include to share procedures, ideas, and educational information; encourage membership in the National Organization for Mothers of Twins, Inc.; assist in forming new clubs; and co-operate with medical and educational researchers.

The purpose of this organization is to unite all Mothers of Twins Clubs in Northern California in a central organization; to assist in forming new clubs and offer assistance to established clubs through sharing of procedures, ideas and educational information; and to participate in research.

The Northwest Association of Mothers of Twins Clubs Inc. (NWAMOTC) was formed in 1963 to create an alliance between mother of multiples clubs in the Northwestern U.S. and Canada, enabling them to share ideas and information about multiple-birth children on a larger scale. Over the years, the Northwest Association has stimulated the foundation of many area clubs, and now includes 38 clubs with more than 1,250 members.

The Ohio Federation of Mothers of Twins Clubs, Inc. (OFMOTC) was founded in 1949 as a support group for parents of twins, triplets and more. OFMOTC supports members and promotes twins/multiple births. OFMOTC is proud of its involvement at the local, state and national levels for the continued benefit of its members.

OMOMs joins together the parents in Oklahoma who have been blessed with twins, triplets, quadruplets, and other higher-order multiples. The purpose of OMOMs is to provide education pertaining to the development of multiple birth children, cooperation with medical and educational professions engaged in multiple birth research, friendship, recreation for the families, garage sales, and philanthropic activities.

The POMOTC is stronger than ever with approximately 40 clubs and over 1,500 members in the state of Pennsylvania serving families with twins, triplets and other higher-order multiples.

The purpose of SCMOTC, Inc. is to unite Mothers of Twins Clubs in Southern California to share procedures, ideas, and educational information and to encourage membership in the National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs, Inc. They also assist in the forming of new clubs and cooperate with research.

Texas Mothers of Multiples is a state organization of local clubs for the parents of multiple-birth children. The purpose of the organization is to promote awareness of multiple births, participate in research, and exchange ideas and information with parents of multiples throughout the state of Texas.

The purpose of the Wisconsin Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs is to join together member clubs throughout the state for the purpose of exchanging educational information pertaining to the rearing, development, and encouragement of individuality of twins, as may be forthcoming from parents, doctors, educators, or other appropriate sources.