What a lovely birth - wish more midwives had the opportunity to see natural
twin births, it is rare to see vaginal twin births in hospital these days,
and I cannot imagine most obstetricians waiting patiently for the second
twin to arrive in it's own good time - 5 minutes is the average! I have
been lucky enough to attend twin births in the past (in England) but have
seen very few midwife-delivered twins since I have been in Australia.
Still, what with this, and Mary's lotus-birth caesarean birth recently, a
glimmer of hope remains!! What a great achievement Mary - you must have
been very persuasive!
Thanks for the lovely birth stories
Sue
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing"
Edmund Burke
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From: "Sue Cookson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au>
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 6:48 AM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] Homebirth of twins
Hi everyone,
I thought to let you know about a lovely homebirth of twins on Monday 4th
July.
Two little boys, 6lb7oz and 5lb 12oz, born 10.5 hours apart.
SRM 3.30 am and birth of baby #1 at 6.49am.
Then a few hours where ctxs were fairly regular but not so strong unless
baby#1 was breastfeeding. You could see the second baby positioning itself
and the uterus working hard to pull down into shape for baby#2. I'd
clamped the cord of baby#1 after 10 mins in case of bleedthrough, and
clamped the other end as well so that the placenta retained its size until
after baby#2 was born.
After about 4 hours I asked to check baby #2 position. It was too hard to
palpate so I did a VE and found head there, not well applied, but there.
Cervix was 9 ish cms.
So we waited, fetal heart always good and strong. Set up the pool and
mother relaxed for an hour or so with ctxs beginning to pick up again. She
decided to hop out and at 5.05 pm baby#2 emerged in his caul. She birthed
the placenta unaided 35 minutes later. Blood loss 300ml. (Her Hb and
ferritin levels were both low).
It was a huge leap of faith, but there was nothing happening to raise any
alarm bells. Both babies are really gorgeous, feeding well and very happy.
I am once again humbled by the strength of women ....
Sue
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