Dutch Association for Parents of Twins and Super-twins

This association was set up :

• To provide information to (expecting) parents of multiple pregnancies, doctors, nurses, social workers and students.
• To collect administrative or scientific information for members of the NVOM whenever needed
• To organise regional information- and contact meetings (including a national Meerlingen-Day), and bringing parents with the same experiences in contact. The national meeting with lectures, films, workshops, General Meeting for the members, and an exhibition for companies and organisations to present themselves in the field of twins and super-twins.
• To maintain a network of contact persons.
• To look after the interests of parents by giving publicity to the financial and social problems that can occur from having a (higher order) multiple pregnancy.
• To improve and to change the adverse consequences to the target group of the rules issued by the administration or government.
• To intermediate the selling and buying of second-hand baby- and toddler items, by giving free advertising in the quarterly magazine (Meerlingen Magazine).
• To make lists available of companies which give discount or free products to members who gave recently birth to a twin or super-twin.

Telephonic information point

For parents of twins and super-twins, social workers, teachers and twins and super-twins themselves, there is a telephonic information desk, the Meerlingentelefoon. Each Monday morning and every first and third Monday evening of the month the information desk is staffed by experts (mostly by parents of twins or super-twins or a twin or super-twin themselves). Problems can be discussed about upbringing, education, choices of schools, rivalry, etc. This information desk is not for practical questions. These questions can be posed to the contact persons.

Quarterly magazine written in Dutch

In the Meerlingen Magazine parents of twins and super-twins write about their experiences. The magazine contains a lot of practical tips, advises and anecdotes. It gives useful information about pregnancy, giving birth, breastfeeding, upbringing and education. Frequently we give attention to (scientific) studies or research and put grown-up twins or super-twins in the limelight. Recurrent issues of the magazine are "my story", "advertisement for members", "date of births", "pedagogy" and "questions/answers". Many experts are involved with the last two columns. The magazine gives further information about the NVOM.

Brochures and video

Guide for expecting parents of twins and super-twins (brochure written in Dutch).
Infant twin and super-twin: feeding and care (brochure written in Dutch).
Care of twin and super-twin, a profession of its own (brochure written in Dutch).
Twin and super-twin are more (video spoken in Dutch).