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CONTACT: Lisa Daily FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dream Girls Publicity SEPTEMBER, 2003
phone: 239-415-0438
email: publicity@stopgettingdumped.com
Older mothers.
Fertility treatments.
And yams.
Chicago, IL - According to the CDC, the birthrate of twins and higher-order multiples is exploding. Since 1980, the twin birth rate has increased a whopping 59 percent, while the rate for other multiples has risen an astronomical 400 percent.
Experts believe the multi-baby boom can be attributed to several factors: women waiting until later in life to conceive, the increased use of fertility treatments, and a certain variety of yams, according to the Yoruba Tribe of Nigeria which has the highest incidence of twins in the world.
Yes, yams. Scientists have discovered that certain yams grown in Africa contain a high level of a substance that is similar to the hormone estrogen, which could bring on multiple ovulation.
Enter Ready or Not…Here We Come! The REAL Experts’ Cannot-Live-Without Guide to the First Year with Twins (Xlibris/Random House, Sept. 2003). Ready or Not is the first tell-it-like-it-is guide to surviving the first year of parenting twins through every hilarious and hair-pulling moment.
As a twins parenting expert and mother of twin boys herself, Ready or Not author Elizabeth Lyons shares her own unique strategies and insights from medical experts and other parents of multiples as to what works and what doesn’t in this laugh-out-loud guide that should be required reading for every parent expecting twins.
Tips include:
- The importance of charging admission in the form of diapers or tuna casserole for friends and relatives to see the newborn twins
- Tips for answering rude questions from strangers about your sex life and family history
- The two-minute rule: Pretending to be asleep until your husband’s “shift” starts
“Ready or Not…Here We Come! is the advice you need in the short, funny format your sleep-deprived mind can absorb. As a mom of multiples who’s been there, done that and barely lived to tell about it, Elizabeth Lyons tells it like it is in a funny, laugh-out-loud look at the uncertainty, craziness and absolute joy of your first year with twins. An absolute must-have for every mother who ever wished there were two of her to keep up with the two of them.“
-Lisa Earle McLeod, Lifetime Magazine columnist and author of Forget Perfect
About the Author
ELIZABETH LYONS is a parenting twins expert, syndicated columnist, freelance writer, and the author of the hilarious Ready or Not…Here We Come! The REAL Experts’ Cannot-Live-Without Guide to the First Year With Twins. She lives with her husband, David, and their three children (a daughter and twin boys) in the Chicago area. She consumes vast amounts of chocolate with a multivitamin chaser. A twins and parenting expert, Elizabeth’s work has been published in the Chicago Tribune, among others.
For press kits or review copies:
Contact: Lisa Daily at Dream Girls Publicity
239-415-0438 or email publicity@stopgettingdumped.com
To contact Elizabeth Lyons directly: Email her at: author@elizabethlyons.com.
For more information visit www.elizabethlyons.com
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Broadcast Release
Always wanted to have twins?
Pass the Yams, and start getting busy now.
According to recent studies in Japan, there is a dramatic increase in twin births (both identical and fraternal) during July, August and October. Which means twin-hopeful parents-to-be should aim for conception starting now, in October, November and January.
Twin and multiple birth rates are exploding. Want to know other ways to increase your chances of having twins?
Book Elizabeth Lyons, twins parenting expert and author of Ready or Not… Here We Come! The REAL Experts’ Cannot-Live-Without Guide to the First Year with Twins (Xlibris/Random House, Sept. 2003)
Always a funny and informative guest, Elizabeth will tell your listeners:
- What state they should live in to increase their odds of having twins or triplets
- The worst place to live if you want to have twins
- Why YAMS (yes, yams) are thought to be responsible for the highest twin-rate in the world.
- What to do (gasp) after the twins are born
For more information visit www.elizabethlyons.com
To book Elizabeth Lyons, or get a press kit or review copy of Ready or Not...Here We Come! contact:
Lisa Daily
Dream Girls Publicity
239-415-0438 or e-mail publicity@stopgettingdumped.com
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