Vaginal birth with twin one/ both twins breech?

[Methenyouplus4]

Has anybody? 32 week scan and both breech but can't make peace with having a c section. Really hard to find research/ data in this area. Would love to hear from anyone who delivered vaginally.

[lateatwork]

mine were both breach and smallest baby was presenting first. i asked lots of questions and ended up with cs on basis that neither my mw nor consultant had delivered the combo i had before. was told they had done it with biggest baby presenting first. i found recovery quite difficult- but mainly the hospital bit. i lost a lot of blood and so was on high dependancy first until i stabilised and then was moved and then moved again... if i was doing it again, i would recommend trying to get extra help immediately post delivery in hospital (would pay for a private room with more nursing support). it was hard to corale babies in their respective cribs and pick them up all night etc with two. also the beds arent quite wide enough so end up having to have one between legs to settle which tricky with cs stitches. was fine when i got home though... i have 1 older dd and had absolutely amazing mw support at home. it was fab. good luck!

[Lezprechaun]

I don't know about specifics for twins but breech births are becoming more common, there is also no reason why a breech baby should automatically mean c-sec also as it's perfectly possible to have a normal vaginal delivery.

Sadly midwives are losing the skills needed due to so many people opting for a c-sec which is proven to be WAY more risky than a singleton breech birth but with the new training being given hopefully more people will opt to have their breech baby vaginally and this myth of a c-sec being safest will stop being spread.

Well done for looking at research and making an informed choice (whatever that choice may be) rather than blindly listening to the medical staff and scare stories. I hope all goes well for you.

[MrsExtraOrdinary]

Does the study include twin deliveries after successful previous vaginal births with spontaneous onset? I've had 5 vaginal births and have just found out I'm pg again. I'm absolutely huge and for the first time had a positive pregnancy test before af was due. Which I know can happen but just got me wondering about twins. The only birth I had trouble with was one where I'd had an epidural. There was foetal distress. Which was my first birth. All other births I managed naturally. I too like the op would absolutely struggle to have a c section this time round, with 5 older dc.

I'm interested to see what you decide op. I'm hoping to instruct an independent midwife this time to archive my 3rd home birth. I've been fortunate enough never to experience breech but I'm not sure id opt for a c section if I did have a breach baby. Good luck with your decision.

[slightlyinsane]

Hi mrsextraordinary, congrats on your pregnancy, I have 5 los the last 2 were id twins. like you I was massive from very very early on and joked about it being twins, won't be doing that again. The only advice I can give you is to wait and see what your scan shows up before you make any plans. If you are carrying twins antenatal care is very different and if they are id very full on and rightly so. If it turns out to be twins I would say that a home birth really shouldn't be an option as there is so much more that could go wrong, especially with twin 2. If it was id twins I would advise anyone to have a section.
I had had 3 natural easy labours and the hospital I was at decided natural would be fine again aslong as twin 1 was head down. I wouldn't say I was pushed down that route but was never advised to go for a section. What I have learnt since having my girls has angered me, my girls were so very very very lucky to have survived, they had undiagnoised TAPS and im grateful every day that fate decided they would arrive when they did the what ifs are horrible to think about. I think the hospital failed me and my girls and didn't give us the care that we should of had to ensure they did survive, I should not be in the position of having the daily thoughts of the what ifs everytime I look at them.

Good luck with your pregnancy and if it is twins double congrats, they are hard but amazing. x

[lamprey42]

Are you on the facebook group 'Naturally parenting twins'? People on there may well have experience on this. No personal experience - Mine were both breech from 32 weeks and I developed pre-eclampsia from 30 weeks so ended up having an emergency c-section after a month in hospital. I'd done a lot of reading on vaginal births before and was really keen to have them this way but wasn't to be - our hospital would not agree to a vaginal delivery if twin A was breech (well maybe they would have if I forced it but I wouldn't have counted on them having the experience). Sounds like you've got a great consultant though who talked it all over with you.
There are quite a lot of papers on this on pubmed e.g. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15576266.

[lauraw1987]

Yes i delivered vaginaly with my twins the second was double breech so i had to have a spinal anesthetic to get him turned around hope that helped any more questions just ask

[BrassicaBabe]

I had an elcs. One twin was head down, the second twin was breech. My reading and research suggested that there was a 50% higher chance of problems with twin 2 as 1 causing life long problems.
I loved by elcs by the way. All pain well managed. Back driving and having sex within a fortnight