Di/Di Twin Birth Story (37 weeks)

JessaPrimate

I was put on modified bedrest/procardia for irritable uterus /shortening cervix at 28 weeks. BR was successful as my cervix lengthened over the next few weeks. However there was some concern about a growth discordance with baby A measuring smaller.

Fast forward to 35 weeks where I am taken off br/procardia. At 36 weeks, mfm asks me not to go past 38 weeks because baby A's belly is only measuring 5th percentile. My cervix was already a 2-3 cm with 60% effacement, so OB suggests an amniotomy inducement at 37w4d.

The day before my inducement, I start having contractions at 3 am. They didn't really get into a good pattern, but OB wanted me to come in earlier since it was twins and my labor w/ DD was only 10 hours.

We were checked in triage at 6am and I was already a 6. U/s showed both babies were still head down (baby A since 28 weeks, B since 35 weeks). The OB was pumped for me to have a vaginal delivery (and was even willing to do a breech extraction with B before she flipped), but she did ask me to get an epidural in case of an emergency c-section (my last birth was med-free).

At 7 I got my epidural. I was already at 8-9 cm, so they wheeled me into the OR (just as a precaution). I was not feeling contractions/pressure/urge to push, so I had to rely on the nurses/OB watching the cx monitor. I was still able to push very effectively, remembering the technique from DD's birth.

Baby A was born at 7:53 am and Baby B followed at 7:57 am. She had the cord wrapped once around her neck, but pushing with an epidural was actually more controlled for me, so I had no problem stopping to allow for its removal. I also only required 2 stitches compared to the nasty labia tear from DD's birth.

I wanted to write my birth story to give hope to others who are dealing with a size discordance between A and B. A growth u/s 5 days before delivery had baby A at 5 lbs 12 oz and B at 7 lbs. My OB had zero qualms about doing a vaginal delivery even though most OBs require A to be bigger than B (or the one piece of peer-reviewed literature I found said it was safe up to 25% size dif).

Actual sizes were A 5 lbs 15 oz and B 7 lbs 1 oz. Good luck to all the MoMs-to-be!

mer313131

Congrats and thank you for sharing. I'm having Di-Di and my baby B is slightly bigger but I'm hoping to have a vaginal birth also.

Aurora1181

Congrats!!! I love reading these stories. Thanks for writing it all out.

JenyB6

Awesome job!! So glad the outcome was so successful with a vaginal delivery.

xtina78

Congrats and thanks for sharing!

jocie2581

Congratulations! Thanks for sharing your story!

shanaynerz

Congrats on your babies and I'm glad everything went well!

absolutelymaybe

Congrats!

kefttsc

This seriously helped me understand the process more.  I'm so early, but I still stress.  Thank you and congrats!!!

whitehousem

Congrats! My baby A was 5lb 10oz and B was 7lb. The size difference was not caught during any of my growth scans, even one week prior. I had a fairly uncomplicated vaginal delivery. A's cord was wrapped around his neck but they quickly removed it... I could tell right away that something was "wrong" when I started pushing for B. He was bigger and his shoulder got caught, but they reached up and helped him out. He was bruised but fine. He came just 13 min later.

Names and pics???

Angelahelena

I'm on bed rest now but have similar issues. Thank you for your inspirational story.

JessaPrimate

whitehousem said:

Names and pics???

Truitt and Larkin

I will try to get a good pic for our first outside HDBD

mmhopeful

Congratulations! you are a trooper!  and give me hope! 

Siona1976

Congrats on your new bundles of joy! Thank you for sharing gives us future MoMs hope.

KDR1979

Congrats! My baby B was much larger and I had a vaginal birth too! Baby A was 5lbs with a tiny head (~20th percentile) and Baby B was 6lbs 9oz with a large head (90th percentile). They were 1 hour apart and all was good!