Amazing Multiples in the News

Multiples have been in the news a lot lately! Check out these amazing stories:

- When four-year-old twins in Elgin, Illinois, sent letters to Santa, one was dismayed to have one returned by the post office stamped “Return to Sender”! The twins’ grandmother, Nancy Teafoe, who mailed the twins’ letters, remarked that there must be a “grinch” at the post office. Normally, the post office does indeed make every effort to deliver kids’ letters to “Santa,” but obviously a mistake was made. The post office promised to redeliver the letter.

- Identical twins now hold the two top spots in Poland’s government. Lech Kaczynski is the country’s president, and his brother Jaroslaw was recently voted in as prime minister! The new prime minister has pledged to build more houses and highways, reform the public-finance system and fight corruption. The twins are trying to limit their appearances together so as not to bring too much attention to the fact that they are twins.

- A London woman recently gave birth to triplets, who were nestled in two different wombs! The woman has a rare condition in which she has two separate uteri, and even more remarkably managed to get pregnant in both of them. One womb contained identical twin girls, while the other contained a fraternal sister. Simultaneous pregnancies in two separate wombs have only been recorded 70 times in 50 years, and never before has it resulted in the birth of triplets. The mother and babies—delivered by caesarean section—are doing well.

About the Author

Susan M. Heim is a writer and editor, specializing in multiples, parenting, women’s and Christian issues. A former Senior Editor for Health Communications, Inc., she specialized in the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series, as well as teen, religion and other self-help books. Susan is the author of Oh, Baby! 7 Ways a Baby Will Change Your Life the First Year, Twice the Love: Stories of Inspiration for Families…with Twins, Multiples and Singletons, and It’s Twins! Parent-to-Parent Advice from Infancy Through Adolescence. Susan's articles and essays have appeared in many books, magazines and Web sites. In addition to her own projects, Susan enjoys developing proposals and manuscripts with many high-profile authors. She is a member of the National Association of Women Writers and the Southeastern Writers Association, and has a degree in Business Administration from Michigan State University. Susan lives with her husband and four sons in south Florida.

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