Sarah McKinnon is mum to 18 year old twins and their older brother. Sarah was an active member of the BDMBA in her children's early years and has presented to the antenatal events on Coping with Multiples. Sarah also happens to be a clinical psychologist who works in our local public health service. Sarah will talk a little about navigating the healthcare and education systems with multiples using some of her knowledge as a psychologist and some of her knowledge as a parent. This will be followed by a Q&A session when Sarah will be joined by her friend Jane Walsh, mum to triplets. Sarah and Jane will be able to talk to their own experiences of juggling multiples through their childhood and adolescence and hopefully provide some tips and strategies they found helpful (and those that were maybe not so helpful!).  This is event will be held in person at Russell Square & will also be live-streamed. The event is free for all BDMBA members but you must register your attendance please. Non-members are invited to join in also at a small cost of $10 per attendee. We can't wait to share this valuable session with all our Mulitple Birth families!  

Join us for a jolly ole time to celebrat Christmas with a visit from Santa, Dazzling Dan the Magic Man, face painting, craft activities and lots more. Afternoon tea will be provide. Please purchase your FREE tickets via TIDY HQ (please note this is a members only event). 

Join us for our EPIC annual BDMBA Halloween Disco! Spooky fun, food and games! Dress up in your favourite costume to try and win the prize for best dressed.  When: Sunday 27th October 3-5PM  Where: Russell Square Hall, Brown Hill VIC Who: All families with multiples across Ballarat and Districts How much: FREE Please RSVP via TidyHQ by Sunday 20th October. 

Are you expecting twins? Triplets or more? The Ballarat and District Multiple Births Association are proud to present this antenatal program designed especially for expectant parents of multiples.  Sessions are held over two nights with guest presenters from a range of fields including: obstetrician, anaesthetist, midwife, lactation consultant, physiotherapist, MCHN and parents of multiples. Date: Thursday 26th September & Thursday 3rd October Time: 6:30pm (approx. 2.5 hrs) Cost: FREE of charge Where: Russell Square, Stawell Street North, Brown Hill

Join us for this free online session next Wednesday at 7:30pm to discover how Carer Gateway may be able to support you and your family! Registrations are essential via the QR code or this link: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=eM9tBRNMgU6Cehdryw7xbRgPHvr4pU9Dlmv4D1JCWg5UNTIxMkM4N1pRRDFFUjBBUjlIMzBLWjZONS4u&origin=QRCode&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2biikCDOl98mJSjmWlPDIW6a0lhwvi4AwYSm6M1OhiYOeU7cHu_fRDuXs_aem_AcV5NS6OegXZEs3_MizGSoWeP-ugVtb5o0-pYCCHCG96V1EJq5D5KEDAeeNCrLYIu9HUoaKKZoNsJkwdnbiACmZU Carer Gateway is a free service funded by the Australian Government to support unpaid carers. It provides a range of free support and local services to give carers the help they need, improve their wellbeing, skills, and knowledge. Carer Gateway services can include, but are not limited to, counselling, coaching, help at home, assistance with shopping and transport to medical appointments, support groups, and emergency and planned respite care. Services are free and available in-person, online or over the phone.

Join us for our MBAW Family Day for 2024 to celebrate "Multiples Unfiltered"! BYO snacks and picnic. There will be a face painter, entertainment and jumping castle! We can't wait to see you there! 

FREE parent information session with Zach Anderson from Uplift Therapy.  Some topics that will be covered in this sessions include: ● Childhood brain development  ● Attachment theory and how is plays a fundamental role in childhood years ● Latest research around sensory preferences for multiple birth children ● Nature vs nurture debate and how it can effect a child of multiple births ● Importance of building strong and individual identitys ● What is regulation and how it impacts on everyday life and routines for our children and us as parents All parents of Multiples Welcome. RSVP is essential.  

Are you expecting twins? Triplets or more? The Ballarat and District Multiple Births Association are proud to present this antenatal program designed especially for expectant parents of multiples.  Sessions are held over two nights with guest presenters from a range of fields including: obstetrician, anaesthetist, midwife, lactation consultant, physiotherapist, MCHN and parents of multiples. Date: Thursday 22nd Feb & Thursday 29th Feb Time: 6:30pm (approx. 2.5 hrs) Cost: FREE of charge Where: Russell Square, Stawell Street North, Brown Hill For more info or to register please email bdmba@live.com.au or reach out via our Facebook page    

Come and join us for some water fun at the Midlands Splash Park with other multiples. We would love to see as many of our BDMBA families as possible at our first park play of the year  

What’s better than chocolates and roses?  A night out with the gals with wine, mocktails and delicious food!! 🍷🍹 Come and join us for a multiples mum's dinner at Oscar's Hotel on the 9th of Feb at 7:30pm  RSVP is essential by 5th of Feb so we can confirm numbers with the venue. We can’t wait to see you 💗  

Join us for our annual BDMBA Christmas Party! Held at Russell Square on the 3rd of December from 2.30 til 5.30pm. We'll have Kelly Sports A jumping castle for the littlies Christmas crafts and colouring Cookie decorating Snacks and drinks and, of course, a visit from Santa! Tickets are free and exclusive for BDMBA members.  We can't wait to see you there!

Multiple families of Ballarat! Join us for our annual BDMBA Halloween Disco on Friday 13th October 4:30-7PM at Russell Square.  Tickets are free to all families with multiples and include dinner for kids! If you are a BDMBA member and know a family of multiples in the Ballarat and surrounding areas, bring them along for some spooky fun. There will be dancing, games and prizes for best costumes!  We can't wait to see you all there!