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Nursing twins exclusively is quite possible but will inevitably take even more time than feeding a single baby. If you expect this, and prepare to have less on your agenda in the early months, nursing can be very successful. I suggest that you try to delegate as much as possible of the household duties to someone else, so that you do not feel like a workhorse! As is the case with single babies, after four to five months nursing will no longer be the time-consuming occupation it is in the beginning. Multiples often start life at lower birth weights and with compromised health, and will thus profit noticeably from breastmilk, so I would really like to encourage you to do your best.

Triplets and bigger multiples are understandably much more difficult to nurse. Your body would theoretically be able to produce enough milk, but practically it becomes a logistical nightmare. One suggestion is to rotate drinking siblings, so that for one in every three feeds each triplet receives a breastmilk feed. This is not easy as each child will become more used to the bottle, but it certainly may provide your children with valuable breastmilk for a short time.