'You've got your hands full'

Twins whose TTTS was corrected in-utero born in May

LIANA Sophia and Amaya Noel were born May 4, 2009. Their parents are Esther and Bjorn Dixon of Minnesota. Esther went to Texas for in-utero surgery to correct Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome that was discovered on an ultrasound. The Dixons have a blog, Bjorn & Esther Dixon. Congratulations!

also blogs at Deep Muck Big Rake. Write her at becky_handsfull@yahoo.com.

Triplet has triplets of her own in Michigan

AMIR, Armann and Amari Whitaker were born May 26, 2006, at Sinai Grace Hospital in Detroit. Parents are Amber Ali, a triplet, and Andre Whitaker. The babies are in the NICU until they gain weight and can go home. For anyone who'd like to help by donating baby supplies, call Northwest Women's Care at the hospital at 313-966-5101.

also blogs at Deep Muck Big Rake. Write her at becky_handsfull@yahoo.com.

Quadruplets arrive in Utah

GEORGE, Dimitri, Sophia and Isabella Agrapides were born June 7, 2009, at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City.

also blogs at Deep Muck Big Rake. Write her at becky_handsfull@yahoo.com.

Texas couple expecting sextuplets

Read their updates on their blog, Stansel Journey.

also blogs at Deep Muck Big Rake. Write her at becky_handsfull@yahoo.com.

Do you mind when people refer to your children as "the twins" or "the triplets"?

I SORT of know I shouldn't care about this, yet I do. I know it's not the end of the world and there are lots more pressing matters we can all turn our minds to, but when people call my daughters "the twins", it irritates me.

"They have names, you know," I want to point out. (But of course don't because then well, the other person would see that I sort of cared about something so outwardly trivial.)

News round-up: Mum of twins has triplets, plus other current stories

ESSEX mum Joady Dyer has welcomed triplets into her family - and will have no shortage of helpers thanks to her 15-year-old twin daughters.

Joady, 39, also has a nine-year-old. You can read a fuller story courtesy of Bounty, here.

The Sun reports on the arrival of identical triplets Alfie, Sebastian and Zak, conceived without IVF treatment, by Emma Spooner, 28, and husband Ken, 35, of Cockley Cley, Norfolk. The BBC has a lovely video.

"Brainy" triplet brothers who have excelled in science are celebrated by the Reading Eagle.

Project Seahorse update: Please vote for inspirational video! (Today's the last day...)

YOU may remember that some months ago, I featured a video on You've Got Your Hands Full which was a tribute to a precious little girl called Emily, a quadruplet who died when she was just days old.

I remember thinking at the time that being able to spread the word about the work that her family have gone on to do through their Project Seahorse organisation, despite their own grief, to help other families, underlined my belief in blogging.

Now Emily's dad Phil Roberts, from Lexington in Kentucky, has been in touch to tell me about another video and this time, ask for my help in getting people to vote for it in a TV channel's competition.

Would you plan to give birth to twins or triplets at home? Couple say hospital denies them "rightful choice"

WITH more than 300,000 views on YouTube, this video has a pretty powerful message.

Questions tackled head on by the producers include:

* So both babies have to be head down for a vaginal birth?

* So all twins should be born by c-section?

* So older mums have to have a Caesarean?

What's it like looking after baby twins? Read and weep (with laughter)

FOUR down, mum to go, is a fantastic, relatively new blog, all written from the "frontline" of raising four boys.

This post - filled with squirty poo and vomit (you have been warned) from twins Zach and Jonah made me wince and laugh out loud.

I hope you can find time to check out this wonderful blog. Way to go, mum of four! The post has made me remember a day I kept a diary filled with how many times I'd changed nappies and cleared up vomit.

It was fascinating as you can imagine. Perhaps I will dig it out, bet you can't wait.

Does having boy/girl twins make you emphasise your daughter's femininity?

I'VE not heard of this before, but it's a question that was recently raised by a new aunt of a brother and sister.

If you've heard of this happening, or feel you may have done it yourself, then please get in touch.

I'd love to hear your experiences. Or if you are the parent of boy/girl twins and feel strongly that this isn't the case, please let me know why.

As this isn't a question I'd happened across before, I thought it could make quite an interesting discussion.