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doc is thinking vaginal delivery...

taryn30taryn30 member
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Please share your experiences if you were able to have a vaginal delivery of twins.  I have heard stories where one twin delivers fine and the other one chooses to hang around, and then a c-section is needed.  I can't imagine recovering from two zones!!!  What are your thoughts????  Thanks a bunch!

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Re: doc is thinking vaginal delivery...

  • JenLC99JenLC99 member
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      I have heard stories where one twin delivers fine and the other one chooses to hang around, and then a c-section is needed. 

    This happens in less than 1% of deliveries, so I wouldn't let it factor into your decision too much.

    Check out the FAQ link at the top of the board.  There is a poll done on this board on vaginal vs. c-section deliveries by members of this board that have already delivered.

    I haven't done the poll so I will just chime in and say that I delivered vaginally and it was fabulous! My Baby B was transverse and I had complete faith in my OB when he said that he felt confident he could either manipulate him into a vertex position after A was delivered or deliver him breech safely. And he did an internal/external version and got him vertex. They were born 16 minutes apart. My recovery was a breeze, better than my previous two (also vaginal). Go for it! 

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    I had a great vaginal delivery as well.  Baby A was vertex and came out with a few pushes.  Baby B was transverse, and my Dr. delivered him by breech extraction.  No pain meds. They are 3 minutes apart.

     It was super intense, but I was up and moving within a half hour of delivery.  I also had a pain med-free delivery with my daughter, so I was prepared for pain, but it took 37 hours for her to be born and only 6 for my boys.

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  • srbmvpsrbmvp member
    I had a super easy vaginal delivery, granted I had delivered my first son vaginally two and both babies were vertex. But my OB was all in favor of turning the second baby and doing a breech extraction if need be. Luckily that wasn't needed. I pushed for 12 minutes on Baby A, Baby B came out 5 minutes and about 3 more pushes later...
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  • mirnbmirnb member
    I had a vaginal delivery...it went fairly well...had an episiotomy and a pretty severe tear which led to a lot of blood loss (needed 3 transfusions before going home) but all in all I still wouldn't have done it differently...my boys were born 19 mins apart, Baby A did great, B went into a bit of distress and needed forceps to get him out quickly but he was just fine once he got out! Its really a personal thing and you never know what will happen! I would just follow your doctors recommendations and what feels right to you and don't' get set one way or the other!
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  • Breezy8407Breezy8407 member

    Both babies were head down for me from about 20 weeks on, so we always assumed I would delivery vaginally. I have my whole birth story on my blog a few posts back if you want to read it. LIS

    The only unique thing with me is that baby b took his time to come out. Baby a was born at 9:44pm. My body sort of stopped labor, so we had to wait quite a while for contractions to start up again, and for him to move into position. I pushed on every other contraction for about an hour at the end for baby b, and he finally came out at 12:02am. I had minor tearing and recovery was pretty easy. I was up and walking back and forth to the nursery the next day.

    Overall, I am really glad I decided to go this route vs. a c-section. I can't imagine recovering from it with newborn twins at home. 

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  • KDR1979KDR1979 member

    I had a great vaginal delivery. My OB wanted to induce me for cholestasis and pre eclampsia, but I think I was already in labor. I had been 1-2cm/60% for weeks. When I had my last visit ~7pm on a Monday night, I was 3-4cm/80% and she wanted me to go in. I got checked into my labor room at ~9pm. My ob broke my water at 1030pm (I was 4-5cm) and baby A was born with ~4 pushes at 2:16am-she only weighed 5lbs. My OB then broke Baby B's water (both had thick meconium too), rotated him since he was coming head down, but "sunny side up" and then I pushed for 45 minutes (he was 6lbs 9oz & much bigger head)-they were exactly one hour apart. No episiotomy, but had a small 2nd degree tear that never bothered me, my hemorrhoid hurt the most.... I took 4 Percocet in 24 hours after delivery and then just Motrin. I felt really good physically! Dh said several times how he wouldn't have been able to handle the first couple weeks if I had been out of commission.  I am SOOOO glad that I didn't need a c-section!

     

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  • HokieLawHokieLaw member
    This time last year I was scared to DEATH of a vaginal delivery.  I came here and everyone talked me through theirs and I ended up telling my doctor I was going to try.  I'm glad I did.  It wasn't without complications but my doctor was able to deliver both babies within 18 minutes of one another.  My recovery was very quick.

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  • flgatorflgator member
    I still awhile away, but I'm hoping for this, esp since I did with my 1st 2.  It's nice to hear good stories about it
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    I'm still awhile away, but I'm hoping for this, esp since I did with my 1st 2.  It's nice to hear good stories about it.
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  • MuseumMavenMuseumMaven member

    Another easy vaginal delivery here.  Both babies were vertex.  I was induced, but once the doctor started the medication to ripen my cervix, my body got the idea and I went into labor on my own - water broke on its own and no pitocin. 

    The "double whammy" is really rare.  I wouldn't let that play too heavily into your decision.

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  • LegallyBlonde217LegallyBlonde217 member
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    Both babies were head down for me from about 20 weeks on, so we always assumed I would delivery vaginally. I have my whole birth story on my blog a few posts back if you want to read it. LIS

    The only unique thing with me is that baby b took his time to come out. Baby a was born at 9:44pm. My body sort of stopped labor, so we had to wait quite a while for contractions to start up again, and for him to move into position. I pushed on every other contraction for about an hour at the end for baby b, and he finally came out at 12:02am. I had minor tearing and recovery was pretty easy. I was up and walking back and forth to the nursery the next day.

    Overall, I am really glad I decided to go this route vs. a c-section. I can't imagine recovering from it with newborn twins at home. 

    My delivery (4 days ago) was similar to this.  I delivered both vaginally about 3 hours apart.  The contractions stopped after Baby A was born so they gave me Pitocin to start them back up and had me labor down for a bit since Baby B was a little higher up. Baby B was monitored very closely as we waited, and he had no problems. I had some complications after Baby B was born, but it was a placenta issue, nothing to do with the delivery of either baby. I would have had the same issue whether I delivered vaginally or via c-section.

    Even after 2 blood transfusions, I was up walking around the next day. I can't imagine having to recover from a c-section right now as we're going back and forth to the NICU daily.   

     

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