Disclaimer: This is just one of many different ways to research a multiples pregnancy.
When I think of educating myself on a specific topic, the first place I think of starting is researching the topic I want to know more about. Below are some basic research steps: pick a topic, develop a question, review the literature, and analyze your data.
1) The first step is picking a topic that interests you. Our topic of interest is A Multiples Pregnancy. For whatever reason, we are passionate about this topic, it interests us, and we would like to know more about it.
2) The second step is developing a question to answer. What exactly do you want to know about A Multiples Pregnancy? This is a step that is going to require a little thinking and helps narrow a broad topic. We are also going to narrow Multiples to twins, which is a type of multiples pregnancy. I have listed some example questions below (and linked some information):
3) The third step is to review the literature. Look for credible sources that have information about A Multiples Pregnancy. If you choose to use websites for gathering information, steer clear of websites, such as Wikipedia.com. The information can be altered by different individuals. Look for websites with authors, sources, and domains that end in EDU or GOV. Some speculate that a domain ending in ORG means the website is more credible than a domain ending in COM. However, ORG usually means the website is run by an organization. An example of a website with an ORG domain is the American Pregnancy Association (www.americanpregnancy.org).
When I think of educating myself on a specific topic, the first place I think of starting is researching the topic I want to know more about. Below are some basic research steps: pick a topic, develop a question, review the literature, and analyze your data.
1) The first step is picking a topic that interests you. Our topic of interest is A Multiples Pregnancy. For whatever reason, we are passionate about this topic, it interests us, and we would like to know more about it.
2) The second step is developing a question to answer. What exactly do you want to know about A Multiples Pregnancy? This is a step that is going to require a little thinking and helps narrow a broad topic. We are also going to narrow Multiples to twins, which is a type of multiples pregnancy. I have listed some example questions below (and linked some information):
- What factors increase a woman's chance of becoming pregnant with twins?
- What are the effects of a twin pregnancy on a woman's body?
- What percentage of twin pregnancies result in premature births?
- What percentage of twin pregnancies result in c-sections?
- What percentage of twin pregnancies does preeclampsia occur?
- What percentage of twin mothers are able to breastfeed for a year or more?
- How much folic acid do twin pregnancies require?
3) The third step is to review the literature. Look for credible sources that have information about A Multiples Pregnancy. If you choose to use websites for gathering information, steer clear of websites, such as Wikipedia.com. The information can be altered by different individuals. Look for websites with authors, sources, and domains that end in EDU or GOV. Some speculate that a domain ending in ORG means the website is more credible than a domain ending in COM. However, ORG usually means the website is run by an organization. An example of a website with an ORG domain is the American Pregnancy Association (www.americanpregnancy.org).
4) The fourth step may be to readdress your question if necessary. After reviewing literature, you may find questions, such as what factors increases a woman's chances of becoming pregnant with twins too broad of a topic that can be narrowed down further. For example, you can take the question, what factors increase a woman's chances of becoming pregnant with twins to does maternal age increase a woman's chance of becoming pregnant with twins?
5) Your fifth step will be to review and analyze your data. Most importantly were you able to answer your question? If my question was, what percentage of twin pregnancies result in premature births? I would want my data to reflect along these lines: According to an American Pregnancy Association article, "Complications in A Multiples Pregnancy", the author writes, "A woman expecting twins is about 60% likely to deliver her babies preterm". According to an American Society For Reproductive Medicine article, "Multiple Pregnancies, and Birth: Twins, Triplets, and High Order Multiples", the author states, "A woman expecting a single baby is about 10% likely to deliver her baby preterm". That means twins raise that 10% risk with a single baby, by about 50%.
6) Your sixth step may be to ask a sub-question to a question you've answered. For example, if the question is what percentage of twin pregnancies result in premature births, once I have gathered that information, I may ask a sub-question, how to prevent preterm labor or what are the risks for preterm labor? Another example is, if my question was what percentage of twin pregnancies result in preeclampsia, my sub-question maybe how to prevent preeclampsia?
7) After doing some basic research about A Multiples Pregnancy, if your findings don't discourage your desires, I would begin reading pregnancy books specifically for multiples. This will further your understanding of a multiples pregnancy. This may even give you new questions to ponder and research. You could buy a pregnancy book or two, or borrow from your local library. If you're unsure of what pregnancy book to read. I have a list of some pregnancy books, online articles, and videos. To see this list click here.
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1. "Complications in A Multiples Pregnancy." American Pregnancy Association. American Pregnancy Association, July 2015. Web. 16 Dec. 2015. <http://americanpregnancy.org/multiples/complications/>.
2. "Multiple Pregnancy and Birth: Twins, Triplets, and High-order Multiples." American Society for Reproductive Medicine. American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 2012. Web. 16 Dec. 2015. <http://www.asrm.org/BOOKLET_Multiple_Pregnancy_and_Birth/>.
Last Edited: June 25, 2019
5) Your fifth step will be to review and analyze your data. Most importantly were you able to answer your question? If my question was, what percentage of twin pregnancies result in premature births? I would want my data to reflect along these lines: According to an American Pregnancy Association article, "Complications in A Multiples Pregnancy", the author writes, "A woman expecting twins is about 60% likely to deliver her babies preterm". According to an American Society For Reproductive Medicine article, "Multiple Pregnancies, and Birth: Twins, Triplets, and High Order Multiples", the author states, "A woman expecting a single baby is about 10% likely to deliver her baby preterm". That means twins raise that 10% risk with a single baby, by about 50%.
6) Your sixth step may be to ask a sub-question to a question you've answered. For example, if the question is what percentage of twin pregnancies result in premature births, once I have gathered that information, I may ask a sub-question, how to prevent preterm labor or what are the risks for preterm labor? Another example is, if my question was what percentage of twin pregnancies result in preeclampsia, my sub-question maybe how to prevent preeclampsia?
7) After doing some basic research about A Multiples Pregnancy, if your findings don't discourage your desires, I would begin reading pregnancy books specifically for multiples. This will further your understanding of a multiples pregnancy. This may even give you new questions to ponder and research. You could buy a pregnancy book or two, or borrow from your local library. If you're unsure of what pregnancy book to read. I have a list of some pregnancy books, online articles, and videos. To see this list click here.
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- Sources -
1. "Complications in A Multiples Pregnancy." American Pregnancy Association. American Pregnancy Association, July 2015. Web. 16 Dec. 2015. <http://americanpregnancy.org/multiples/complications/>.
2. "Multiple Pregnancy and Birth: Twins, Triplets, and High-order Multiples." American Society for Reproductive Medicine. American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 2012. Web. 16 Dec. 2015. <http://www.asrm.org/BOOKLET_Multiple_Pregnancy_and_Birth/>.
Last Edited: June 25, 2019
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