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Lynne Schulz has lead the way in providing credible and reliable
resources for twin loss families right around the world. Besides writing
books, articles and speeches on twin loss issues, she initiated work on the
Apex Australia Twin Loss Awareness Kit in 2002 in South Australia. The “Apex Australia Twin
Loss Awareness Kit” was the winner of the 2003 South Australia Premier’s
Community Service Encouragement Award, as well as the 2004 Apex National
Donald McKay Citizenship Initiative Award! The kit was accepted as the
2005-2006 Apex Australia
National Service Project at the Apex Australia National Convention held in Tamworth, New
South Wales in July 2005. The project ended 30th
June 2006. 222 kits were distributed to maternity hospitals, bereavement
care organisations, counsellors, church groups, emergency service groups,
schools and government agencies during that time.
Lynne has written contributions for the following
books:
“Today Daily Readings”,
Edited by: John
Pfitzmer, Openbook Publishers, Adelaide,
1994
“Pregnancy After Loss”, written by Jane
Warland, Published by the author, Adelaide, 1996
“Untwinned: perspectives on the death of a twin before
birth”, Edited by
Althea Hayton,
Wren Publications, England, 2007
“Meditations for the Bereaved”, Edited by Judy Osgood, Gilgal
Publications, United
States, 2007
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 “The Diary” which was inspired by her deceased daughter Megan’s very
short life, is a small paperback confronting the issues of maternal loss and
grief in a multiple pregnancy, and has become a valuable extension of the
work being done by Murraylands Twin Loss. “The Diary” has been utilized by
medical professionals, other bereavement care organisations, as well as many
bereaved families in the following countries: Australia,
United States, United Kingdom, New
Zealand, Canada,
Singapore and Malaysia.
This book was promoted in London in 2000 by the Multiple Birth
Foundation and was used as a reference source in Jane
Warland’s textbook for midwives, “The Midwife and the
Bereaved Family”, published by Ausmed during that same year.
Both “The Diary” and “The Midwife and the Bereaved Family”
were included as part of the Apex Australia Twin Loss Awareness Kit” which
was distributed throughout hospitals in South Australia
and the Northern Territory
during 2003 by Apex Clubs.
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 “The Survivor”, which
was inspired by her surviving twin son Rhys’ life continues where the first
book left off, and examines in detail the effects upon the surviving multiple
birth children and their families, as the survivors progress from childhood
into adolescence.
This book was promoted in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in October 2004 by Lynda
Haddon and Cathy Deschenes of Multiple Births Canada at the 14th
Annual Perinatal Bereavement Conference.
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