Poll: Did you have a c-section or "natural" birth

tmbuchmann

Just wondering what the majority has been if you have already had your multiples were they head down so you could deliver vaginally or did you end up doing a c-section?

Thanks ladies!!

LaurenVal

im due in a few weeks and am trying to decide... my dr thinks its "safer" to do a c section, but I really dont want to and both babies are head down so he says its up to me..

jdn2009

I had a c-section.  I could have tried vaginally, baby A was head down but baby B was transverse breech.  I didn't want to have to have an emergency c-section though if there were any complications with baby B once baby A was delivered.  Good luck though.

Temp6313048411121614

I had a c/s because Baby A was breech.  I had a vag birth with DS1 and was terrified of the c/s.  Now that I've gone through both, the c/s wasn't too bad and I don't know if I'd even care to try for a VBAC (even though my vag birth was great).

sunshine32496

I did natural both times and my second delivery was a lot easier with my twin boys. So its up to you and what you feel more comfortable doing I had a wonderful dr that I trusted completely

jacobandcrystal

Both girls were head down so we went with a vaginal birth.  SO glad we did because it was fast, minimal pain for recovery, and we all went home the following day : )  (And I had 2 previous vaginal deliveries of big babies with 3rd and 4th degree tearing so I was hesitant, but delivering the smaller twins was way easier!)

jbl126

I had a csection because baby b was breech and not budging.  I had a great experience and pretty easy recovery.  I was definitley nervous but it happened to quick and I was in pain so once the spinal took effect i was much more calm.

finallyreilly

csection.  Baby B was breech and IUGR

jennyvag

I had a c/s.  Nolan (baby A) was breech.

Shannonlea

vaginal birth, both were head down

mlgd

Vaginal delivery. Baby A was head down and Baby B was breech, but they were about the same size and my OB team was totally comfortable with doing a breech extraction.  I'd do it again, the same exact way, in a heartbeat.  In many ways it was easier than my singleton delivery 2 years ago.

jalaiaa

wanted vaginal, but both were transverse so I had to have a c-section

macchiatto

They were both head-down the night before delivery. I had an induction, so it was a vaginal birth. Baby B flipped to breech at some point during labor so he was delivered by breech extraction.

macchiatto

Btw, the C-section rate for twins nationally is 50%.

LoveTravel

Shannonlea:

vaginal birth, both were head down

Same here

ppants

Vaginal.  Both were head down.

lisa&andy

C-section, Baby A was breech, even if he was head down, they were not going to let me try due to liver failure.

regenab

Vaginally, both were head down. I only had a slight tear and really didn't need any stitches, but they did put 1 stitch in so that I would heal faster. Of course my girls were small they weighed in at 4lbs. 14oz. and 4lbs. 15oz. and were only 16 1/4" in length each. They were 36 weekers.

luvmagoldn

I had a c-section b/c the boys were breech and transverse.  I also had a placenta previa that had not completely cleared.

pea-kay

c/s because, well, that should be fairly obvious. :P

dulcinea03

Had Baby A been head down, my doc was fine with me doing a vaginal birth. However, she's firmly stuck breech, so we're 99% sure it will be a c-section at this point.

lajolla09.30.06

I had a vaginal birth. 

krstyqt

I had a c-section and both were head down.  They wanted me to deliver right away and throught being induced might be too hard on baby A (Joey) who was already under stress.

Melin086

I had a vaginal birth both boys head down.

piccolina09

c/section---baby A was head down but baby B was transverse breech. It wasn't as bad as I anticipated!

seattlestef

Vaginal birth with breech extraction of baby B. She was born 30 seconds after Baby A!

zschick4ever

c/s both were breech.

KMB7

Both~ Don't let that scare you, it wasn't bad at all. My dr kept me very calm. 

I had a Vbirth with dd and 21 min later an emergency c/s with ds because his heart rate was dropping. My dr took no chances and I'm very thankful about that.  

LMK8605

C/S - because even fully dialated it wasn't enough to deliver - it would have been the case with a singleton too.  SO glad I had a C/S - they were able to "fix" my scar from a previous surgery and recovery for me was really easy... but everyone is different.

kelliwill

c-section here.  the first baby out was breech, basically had her rear on my cervix.