Hello Yvette, I just want to tell you my excperience. I accompagned two twin births this year in the hospital. We have there very good supporting obs, that are very confident with breech and twin births.
The first mother was due jan 13th and went in spontaneous labor jan 18th. It was her first pregnancy. First the doctor also mentioned inducing on due date (not 38 weeks) but mother negotiated and could wait until spontaneous labour. Het membranes ruptured Sunday evening without labour, Monday morning she got stimulation and went in labour at noon. Slow progression, but at midnight she was complete, but no pushing urge. We waited for 1 1/2 hours and thn she felt some pushing urge, but not enough to get to good pushing. At the end doctor tried with ventousse, gave an epidural and tried again (but no violence) and then we had to perform a c-section. First baby was so in assynclitisme that he couldn't engage deeper. Mother and babys were fine after the marathon they had and she has a very good feeling with the birth. She is always informed at every stage about possibilitys and made her own choices. I had the privilege to be her midwife and could stay with them all the time. After the c-section babys stayed with her, breastfeeding was no problem and till this moment they are exclusively breastfed. The second twin mother went in spontaneous labour at 36 weeks and gave birth on the birthing chair with only some oxytocine for second twin, born 1/2 hour after the first, they were monochorionic diamniotic. She could hold the first one for 20 minutes before pushing the second out and immediatly both babys were given to her. She also had a midwife exclusively for her. She returned home after 5 days, they request her to stay for the birth weight (2460gr and 2620 gr)and pregnancy of 36 weeks. Baby's received some cupfeeding and mother put them on the breast and pumped. On day 9 they have exclusively breastfeeding and both regained birthweight. It was her 3th pregnancy with 1 homebirth. So 38 weeks is never been an issue for the obs and also epidural was no must. Even though the first ended in c-section they had plenty of time to give her the epidural to perform the c-section. I think you are privileged to have your own midwife. I wish you a great birth and lovely children. Lieve -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Lindsay & Yvette Verzonden: zaterdag 28 mei 2005 11:41 Aan: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Onderwerp: Re: [ozmidwifery] RE Twins Thankyou Ken, Andrea, and Sue for your replies. Andrea we can't afford a home birth. I do have the maternitycoalition.org site bookmarked, it's great. What you said about the epidural with the test dose is interesting, and you've obviously seen happen all the things I'm fearing. I can be pretty assertive if I feel confident enough in what I believe, so I'm hoping that armed with lots of info & knowing what they will try to do, I'll be able to handle it & politely but firmly say "no" where I need to. Sue, thanks so much for that info re the 18 sets of homebirth twins.. I bet Ina May's stats are great too. It's a real worry about the time limit for the second baby. I want to find out what they're worried about so I can argue for more time if necessary. I wonder if having 3 kids before will make the second baby more likely to come down more quickly? Going past 38 weeks if it happens will be a worry too. I hope I just go at 37 weeks 6 days, lol. Waiting on my reply from the head of obstetrics. Mentioned to my GP that I'd written the letter to the hospital. She gave me the name of the head of obstetrics & says he's very approachable & will see me himself, if not she'll ring him for me. She thinks I'll have no trouble getting to see someone in anaesthetics too. (She's an Ob too & used to work there until recently). I have a detailed birth plan I'm working on, but not putting it in til I have heaps more info. Want to make it simple enough for them to refer to easily, assertive so they get the point that nothing is to be done without my consent, clear about what I want, but friendly sounding iykwim. Will keep you posted about how it goes, glad you're interested. And any additional info gratefully received. Yvette (pg with monochorionic diamniotic twins due 5th Sept.) -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.2.0 - Release Date: 27/05/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.2.0 - Release Date: 27/05/2005 -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
