No induction date scheduled??

BrookeRamirez

It seems to me like everyone having twins(or more) has a induction date scheduled..for either a c sec or to be induced. My doctor just says oh well when you go into labor we will give you a ultrasound and if the babies are head down then you can try to have them natural if not then we will just do a c sec. Is anybody elses doctor like this? I thought something was suppose to be scheduled or something, the only thing they have told me is that they will induce around the end of December if i dont go into labor before that, but nothing formal.

ardilla

My case is probably different in that I had been in and out of PTL since 22w1d.  However, my OB did not schedule a c-section until my 35w6d appointment, when she scheduled me for 37w0d.  My LOs were breech (A) and transverse (B) and had been so for two months, so we knew I would have to have a c-section.  I didn't make it to 37w though -- we had the babies at 36w0d. 

WaitingforGrace

I'm a few months behind you, but my doctor said they won't talk induction/c-section timing or dates until I am 36 weeks. Then we can decide (with the information we have available then) whether to schedule an induction or a c-section. I do know my hospital will not allow an elective twin induction or c-section to be schedule before 38 weeks exactly. If there are medical issues that necessitate an earlier delivery it would of course be different.

finallyreilly

We didn't have anything formal until I was 34 weeks and we then scheduled my csection - which ended up being moved to a week earlier anyway.  We had an informal timeline that he used that he wouldn't let me go beyond, but he felt that I was never going to make that date anyway so he never scheduled anything.

macchiatto

My dr wasn't scheduling one; I think it was at 35w that I asked him for an induction date and so we agreed on one (37w6d). The last month was ROUGH and I just needed a deadline, something to focus on.

BrookeRamirez

i know thats what i wanted to have one to..to focus on..something that i can tell people becuz they always ask when are you having them or you havednt poped yet??

norika33

WaitingforGrace:

I'm a few months behind you, but my doctor said they won't talk induction/c-section timing or dates until I am 36 weeks. Then we can decide (with the information we have available then) whether to schedule an induction or a c-section. I do know my hospital will not allow an elective twin induction or c-section to be schedule before 38 weeks exactly. If there are medical issues that necessitate an earlier delivery it would of course be different.

 

This. they wouldn't even talk about it until 34 weeks (drove me crazy!) but when E went into labor at 36w5d and baby e was still breech, so we went c-sec.

 

momtwins19

I was 36wks when my doctor scheduled my c-sec. it was scheduled for  august 11th. My water broke august 10th. so i went in for an emergency c-section. but i was 37 weeks preg. when i had my babies. my doctor wouldnt even begin talking about it until i turned 36 weeks, so just wait.

RoseWhite

we scheduled ours at around week 34..

jennie13

I had the option of scheduling a section if I wanted, because one of my babies was breech, but I didn't want one, and wanted to see if she would flip.  She did, so I scheduled an induction at my 37 week appt.  It was at my request - they said I could go past 38 weeks if I wanted since everything looked good, but I couldn't stand it anymore and I was almost 4cm at that point, so I asked them to schedule me in case I didn't go on my own.   

laurenpetro

my dr didn't schedule anything until less than a week before my c/s.  i had my appointment on a tuesday and i was scheduled for the following monday. 

FWIW, they wouldn't do an induction, only a c/s at 38 (ish) weeks.