When/How did you have your twins?

HalleyGirl

DD was induced at 38 weeks due to high blood pressure. Although she was induced we were able to avoid a csection. I'm hoping to go 38 weeks with the twins (EDD 7/20) and avoid csection again, but my OB keeps telling me she'll be happy if I get to 36 weeks and that most multiples are born via csection. Just curious how long you all made it and if you were able to avoid a csection.

Ourfamilyof5

36w4d. Induced due to low fluids for baby B. I delivered baby A vaginally and baby B by emergency c-section.

Annabelle7

36 wks 1 day, water broke, and I had a vaginal delivery! 

jenn_darrin1515

induced at 36 weeks due to pre-e

had a c-section at 36 weeks 2 days (the girls were locked in a headbutt and couldn't drop...I stopped progressing at 4cm after a foley bulb and 48 hours of pitocen)

Ann003

My babies are still cooking, but I'll be having a C-section because Baby A is breech.  I was hoping she'd flip, but there's just no room anymore.

jlefief

Water broke at 34 weeks and delivered both out the V!

honeybee72

Induced at 38w. I had extensive swelling in my legs and feet and was beyond uncomfortable. (My MFM's protocol is to recommend induction after 38w anyway.)

Girls were born vaginally at 38w1d. Baby A was head down most of my pregnancy and stayed that way. Baby B flipped around alot, but went head down after her sister.

If A was breech, I would have had no choice but to do a csection. If Baby A was head down and Baby B was breech, it would have been up to the doc on call based on their comfort level with breech extractions...

leapgirl8

36w3d, scheduled C-section because Baby B was breach and the doctor didn't want to attempt an extraction b/c they thought Baby B was significantly larger (turned out not to be the case, but better safe than sorry). 

Our MFM does not like for twin moms to go much beyond 36 weeks because of the risk of placenta deterioration. Babes were totally healthy upon arrival - no NICU time, no special measures of any sort. 

Mrs.Greg

My babies were born at 36w6d, vaginal delivery. Baby A was head down, Baby B was a breech extraction.

Ruthie04

Water broke at 36w1d. I had a c/s due to Baby B's position and IUGR in both babies. No NICU time despite being under five lbs.

BabyCarryingVessel

36w5d, taken by csection due to pre e and hellp syndrome.

tesselizabeth

I made it to my scheduled induction at 37w5d (I started having contractions at 1 am that morning anyway  They were both head down and I had them both vaginally 7 hours after the start of the induction.  

I had the same worries as you about having a csection.  I hope everything works out for you!  Good luck! 

MrsCali_Bride

37w2d via csection due to breech presentation of Baby A.

jglandon@hotmail.com

My water broke right at 35 weeks. I ended up opting for a c section. Baby A was head down and B was breech so I could have attempted a vaginal delivery, but the risks were too scary for DH and I so we went with the c section. Both babies spent two weeks in the nicu, no major health issues, they just had to learn how to eat and gain weight.

dgancz

38 weeks and my twins were born via c-section.Since my first was also a section and the hospital did not allow for Vbac'S with a multiple PG.

megs2011

My girls were born at 34w4d via emergency c/s due to Pre-E with HELLP Syndrome causing IUGR. They spent 4 weeks in the special care nursery to grow and learn to eat. They were only 2.9 and 3.7 lbs.'

Also want to add that both girls were head down, so had things turned out differently, I would have delivered vaginally. OH and my OB would have delivered them between 37-38 weeks.

yinyang124

I only made it to 34w and had a vaginal delivery with my mono/di boys. PTL started at 23w. I was on bed rest and in and out of the hospital until I delivered. Both of my babies were head down.

turtle_1278

33w6d due to being 4cm with a bulging bag.   C/s due to baby a being footling breech and no hope for turning her.  Babies spent 18 and 20 days in the NICU mostly for being feeders and growers.  It was not nearly as bad as I expected.

angelfire02

35.6, rescheduled c-section due to high bp I had to deliver.  I had a scheduled c-section due to Baby A being breech and Baby B being insanely high up in my ribs.  FWIW, my c-section was a piece of cake.

chickaboo1974

I delivered at 34w3d- due to pre-e and I had a c-section since both my guys were breech.

MuseumMaven

37w 1d. Induced due to IUGR.

raraavis28

35wks4days for a growth discordance. I had a CS bc Baby B was breech and the oncall OB didn't want to attempt a breech extraction or version.

JocelynB0911

My doc said that I'd be induced at 38 weeks if the babies dont come on their own by then. if baby A is head down I'll deliver vaginally even if baby B is breech. He said regardless he would "go up there and grab baby b and pull it out" due to the cervix being known to close back up a little after the first baby is out.

Obviously I am no where close to being ready to deliver but I do like to have a plan for when I do!

pinkangelmoon

My c-section was scheduled for 38 weeks but I delivered at 37w4d due to pre-e. I didn't think I would make it this far since I'm only 5'2" and petite, but I worked from home the last 6 weeks so I think that helped. C-section was scheduled since baby B was transverse. He was wedged up high and afterwards OB said he would have never come out on his own. 

Kristi1971

My water broke @ 31 weeks, and I kept them in one more week.  Unfortunately baby A decided the cord out and press on it with her head, so we had an emergency c-section.  We nearly lost Baby A, but once she was out, she was able to start breathing on her own, pinked up fairly quickly, and she is now 13 months young and doing fantastic!

I wanted this birth do go like my first, but I learned reading this board and talking to other MoMs that the best plan is "whatever it takes to bring them into this world safely". 

I hope it goes very well.  HUGS

babya2010

37w exactly, induction turned emergency c-section due to BP issues.

JodiAriel

40w0d.  Induced at 39w4d due to being "post-term" for twins. Vaginal delivery.

elizabeth0705

37.5 weeks via scheduled c-section. Baby A was breech for the entire pregnancy (Baby B frequently switched between transverse and vertex), so I knew that I would most likely be having a c-section.

The c-section was originally scheduled for 38.5 weeks, but the MFM had us move it up a week because it looked like Baby A wasn't growing much anymore by that point. MFM said that there was no benefit to keeping them in for the extra week, and that complications can start to go up after 38 weeks...therefore, she thought it best to deliver between 37 and 38 weeks.

redhotchili83

C-section at 38w.  I have a heart condition and cannot safely labor.

PurrCrasher

36w6d via c-section due to placental abruption/breech DD

so72409

34w4days due to being 6cm dilated (without knowing it)/bulging bag and breech baby A.  Spent 12 days in the NICU as feeders/growers.  I healed up nicely & quickly...the only issue I had was a bladder infection from having a cath about 10 days PP.

jbl126

C Section at 33w 4d.  Baby A was head down but baby B was transverse

My water broke on its own and they werent able to stall labor 

thetwinkies&Vivi

Scheduled c/s at 36w due to a few factors, after having PTL beginning around 28 weeks.

alice2Bcheshire

38w1d-- unplanned c/s. Both babies had low fluid and baby A (DS2) had heart decelerations at my routine NST the morning they were born.

I'd been planning on a vaginal delivery as A was vertex and my OB was willing to perform a breech extraction if necessary on our never-vertex B. However, that was only if I went into labor on my own, and once we were dealing with low fluid he didn't want to induce.