Who Are We?
Southern
Maryland
Parents of Multiples is a non-profit organization that serves expectant
parents, parents, grandparents and legal guardians of multiple birth
children in St. Mary's, Calvert and surrounding counties. We are
a
support group whose members help each other by sharing information,
experience, advice, and tips.
Our fellowship of members offer understanding to others who are
experiencing the unique challenges of raising multiples.
In addition to providing support for parents of multiples, the Southern
Maryland Parents of Multiples provides unique learning opportunities
for children and youth through scheduled activities, field trips,
visits to museums and other educational forums. These
educational activities allow parents to introduce their children to the
wider world around them.
We have 50 members from
Calvert
County, St. Mary’s County,
Charles County and Ann Arundel County. Our multiples include twins, and triplets. We
have grandmothers of twins, mulitple multiples (two sets of twins in
one family!), identical triplets and two stay-at-home Dads of
Triplets!
Southern Maryland Parents of Multiples took the momentous step to change our name from
Southern Maryland Mothers of Multiples in March of 2005.
Our
membership has always been open to moms and dads alike. We
also wanted our name to reflect this openness and not limit
participation to just our moms.
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SoMD
POM's newsletter, Ditto, is published monthly and
is distributed electronically to members each month.
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Membership
Membership
is open to
parents/expectant parents, grandparents and legal guardians of twins,
triplets and higher order multiples residing in St. Mary's,
Calvert and surrounding counties. Membership fee is $25
annually, due on July 15th.
This
fee includes membership to Southern Maryland Parents of Multiples,
Mid-Atlantic Parents of Multiples and the National Organization of
Mothers of Twins Club, Inc. Annual memberships run from
August 1st to July 31st of
the following year.
Meetings are held on the second Saturday of each month at 9:30
a.m. We alternate meeting locations monthly.
Check out This Month at a Glance
to see where we are meeting and what we're up to this month.
Prospective members and children
are welcome!
If
you have a question about membership or would like to join, email us at
Membership@somdpom.org.
Download
Membership Enrollment Form
Support Network
Our members offer a wealth of experience and knowledge on raising
multiples. There are many areas
that we have learned about from personal experience. We would be happy
to share with you any information, advice, or tips
that may
help.
Members Say "Thank you!" "Didn't think I'd ever see it to this day -- but I have all of
you to thank for getting me through this past month of bedrest.
Hearing all of your own pregnancy stories helped so much. Whenever I had a day where I
couldn't stand being pregnant any longer I could hear Cynthia and
Marilouise's voices in my head saying 'every day they are in you, are two
days they don't have to spend in the NICU' and that kept me going. "
"Thanks again to all of you who brought by food those first few weeks of
bedrest -- it made all the difference. Also, I'm especially thankful that
joining POMs brought Christine and I together... How often do you get to
commiserate with someone else who is also having twin girls, due 3 days
apart from you, and has the same doctor? Our email conversations
definitely
have kept us both feeling normal during this time when sometimes
all you feel like is some bizarre, swollen circus freak." ~Adrienne
"I just wanted to send a quick
thank you to everyone who has already written about my sleep and
clothing questions. It is so wonderful wonderful wonderful to be
a part of such a knowing and supportive community. Having twins
truly is an extraordinary blessing, but I have also felt
exhausted at times by all that I did not know either about babies
or about babies times two. So I am thrilled to now be a part of
this group, and very much look forward to meeting everyone and their
families. Thank you, thank you!" ~ Jessica
SomdNews.com
One and two makes twins
Club helps parents adjust to having more than one child at once
Friday, Feb. 23, 2007 Click here for article.
Playing Mr. Mom — and loving it
Stay-at-home dads relish the time with their children
Friday, June 15, 2007 Click here for article.
Events
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We offer
social & educational activities for our members
and their multiples:
- Annual
MAPOM Convention
- Semi-Annual Yard
Sale
- Annual
Summer Picnic
- Annual
Christmas Party
- Monthly
Activities - Playgroup -
Walk & Stroll - Park Day - Mom's Night Out
- Holiday
Parties
- Field Trips
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Contact
Us
By Email:
By
Mail: PO Box 1224
Mechanicsville, MD 20659
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