At how many weeks did you give birth? (Twins)

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How many weeks were you when u gave birth? Were they identical or fraternal?

Did you have a vaginal birth or C section?

37+2
DCDA fraternal girls.
I’d a c-section as twin 1 was breech.

35 weeks
Fraternal Boy and Girl

Emergency C Section

35 Identical (MCDA)

Vaginal (no pain relief!!) 4 hour labour. No complications or intervention.

37 weeks
Identical girls
Induced, natural delivery and twin 2 was breach born in her sack

36 +1. Fraternal DCDA. Elective c section (and they removed cervical stitches as I’d in fact gone into v early Labour at 21 weeks which they stopped with drugs then stitches). I had my eldest (singleton) by natural birth (gas and air only) and while it wasn’t long (9 hours) I’d now always always recommend an elective c section!!!😜

36+6
fraternal
elcs

Induction at 38+3 but wish I'd let myself go naturally...
Had them vaginally but the midwife did have to put his hand inside me to pull T2 into a better position as he was frank breech... Felt like a puppet haha...
Edit to add DCDA

37 weeks
fraternal girls
C section due to pre eclampsia
both breach

39+5 planned c section. Fraternal boys. They were 6lbs and 7lbs!

38.5 weeks
Went into labour naturally (was 4cm at a midwife appointment and I hadn't realised) labour started a few hours later.
Had C section at 7cm due to midwife thinking she could feel a blood vessel in the sac, it was where the two sacs joined.
7lbs each

35+2 identical MCDA girls.
Vaginal following just over an hour in labour. They caught everyone by surprise but I was already in hospital for observation for pre eclampsia and obstetric cholestatis

Fraternal.
Induced at 40+1
vaginal delivery.

35 weeks, b+g, C-section

For those that had twins vaginally, how long was there between each twin? What do you do with twin 1 whilst you're giving birth to twin 2? Does the dad or birth partner hold them and do skin to skin? Sorry being nosy as I just always presumed they were born via c-section!

31+2, Emcs following placental abruption, also had TTTS.

36+4
Fraternal
C-section

7 minutes between mine, T1 was being checked over by the midwives/having cuddles with Dad while T2 made his way into the world...

@rickandmorts

18 minutes between them. I held the first then they were passed to DH. The second needed to turn from transverse so I had to move position.
Both at the breast within minutes of the second being born.

C section is of course an option but if the first twin has a favourable presentation then vaginal delivery is possible too. Many twins are born vaginally.

i was encouraged by the consultant to have a c section and harassed about induction at 37wks(for no valid reason) but I did what I wanted with the support of my midwife. I agreed to induction in the end because they weren’t budging and their heartbeats were so in sync that monitoring couldn’t distinguish who was who anymore. It was the right time.

8 minutes between them and twin 1 was being checked by a NICU team.
i didn’t have a plan as it had been a very high risk pregnancy due to preeclampsia and a liver disorder with a plan for an induction, followed by a short trial of labour which was to move quickly to a section of not progressing.
A spontaneous vaginal of labour that was too quick for any intervention wasn’t on anyone’s agenda.
Both babies were discharged from NICU within 30 minutes.
I was in shock that everything had been so straight forward.

35 weeks. Identical boys. C-section was planned, but my waters broke a few weeks early, they didn't want to wait!

Girls, 35 weeks and a straightforward home birth like my singles

33 weeks
Fraternal
C-section because they gave me the option and I'd had a couple of hours of contractions and didn't fancy going the whole way.

28 weeks, fraternal boys, emergency c section