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Mid Atlantic Parents of Multiples


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.

Current Issue

SoMD POM's newsletter, Ditto, is published monthly and is distributed electronically to members each month.

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.   

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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

Current Events

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


Contact Us

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By Mail:   PO Box 1224
                  Mechanicsville, MD 20659 

 

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