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With her twins in her arms, an Australian parliamentarian speaks to raise awareness about multiple births in that country

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Anika Wells is a member of the Australian Parliament and also a mother of twins. She and her babies have made headlines, as she appeared before Parliament with them in her arms , to speak during Australian Multiple Birth Awareness Week.

In addition to talking about the risks that exist in multiple births, the parliamentarian exposed a situation that will surprise many: the Australian government does not consider the birth of twins and twins as multiple births .

For those of us who do not live in this country, this is incredible, because when we speak of a multiple birth we refer to all those deliveries where more than one baby is born. The word itself says it: multiple, more than one, the opposite of simple or one .

However, as the parliamentarian explains, Medicare, the Australian government’s health insurance, does not consider twins or twins as multiple births, only births where three or more babies are born.

We have verified this on the Australian government website, where he talks about supports for families who have just had a baby: ” You can receive aid for multiple births when three or more children are of the same birth. “

Therefore, the parliamentarian decided that in addition to helping to make visible the risks and needs that families have during the week of multiple births, she closed her speech by addressing the parents of twins and twins: ” I see you, I listen to you and I am here to you “.

Let us remember that in the Australian parliament members can take their babies with them when they need to take care of them, and even breastfeed them if necessary, as we saw a few years ago when an Australian senator presented a motion while breastfeeding her baby.

Via | Daily Telegraph
In Babies and more | Examples we applaud: The Speaker of the New Zealand Parliament cares for a MP’s baby during a plenary session, A female legislator from Iceland speaks in Parliament by breastfeeding her baby (no one seems to care anymore)

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