Provider for vaginal twin birth

[Anonymous]

I had mine vaginally with Northern VA Physicians to Women (at VHC - Dr. Prather specifically), I didn't even have to push for it. (<HA just realized what I wrote there. Turns out I DID have to push, a lot. But not to convince my doctors!)>

[Anonymous]

OP surgical birth is actually much safer for the babies than vaginal. Surgical birth confers all the risk to mom, and takes it off the babies. Not sure what you mean by outcomes being better but if you’re talking about that junk science saying C section babies have asthma and are obese, that crap has been debunked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the detailed information. I delivered at AAMC and my providers were happy to try vaginal, but not breech for Baby B. Most times Baby B moves and I didn't want to have to deal with a vaginal and C-section recovery so we went with a scheduled C-section. Neither of them were head down, so it worked out.

This is smart. I did what OP wants and ended up with a vaginal delivery with extensive tearing and an emergency c-section. I can't even describe what that recovery was like, and you have TWO babies to take care of. It was a truly traumatic birth experience and I would have been so much better off just going for a scheduled C. Mine were both head down, but baby B flipped and went into distress when they tried breech extraction. It was truly out of a horror movie.

[Anonymous]

Dr. Owen delivered my twins earlier this year. LOVE her. Baby B was breech so I opted for a c-section, so I’m not particularly helpful on this thread, but since she was mentioned I wanted to shout out my doc!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had mine vaginally with Northern VA Physicians to Women (at VHC - Dr. Prather specifically), I didn't even have to push for it. (<HA just realized what I wrote there. Turns out I DID have to push, a lot. But not to convince my doctors!)>

Coming back to this thread just to say that one of the reasons I checked out Northern VA Physicians to Women was based on this shoutout, but unfortunately Dr. Prather pushed me to plan for a c-section the moment I met her. She said she didn't have enough experience with a breech baby B to recommend vaginal even if they were head down at start of labor. And she couldn't vouch for the other doctors in the practice or generally at VHC. No medical indications. Ended up with a different practice as a result. A dwindling number of docs are willing to do this, even when things are looking good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had mine vaginally with Northern VA Physicians to Women (at VHC - Dr. Prather specifically), I didn't even have to push for it. (<HA just realized what I wrote there. Turns out I DID have to push, a lot. But not to convince my doctors!)>

Coming back to this thread just to say that one of the reasons I checked out Northern VA Physicians to Women was based on this shoutout, but unfortunately Dr. Prather pushed me to plan for a c-section the moment I met her. She said she didn't have enough experience with a breech baby B to recommend vaginal even if they were head down at start of labor. And she couldn't vouch for the other doctors in the practice or generally at VHC. No medical indications. Ended up with a different practice as a result. A dwindling number of docs are willing to do this, even when things are looking good.

A planned C section is an entirely sensible way to give birth. It confers all risk to mom and is very low risk for the babies. Vaginal breech birth when we have this safe choice is insane. You really want to have the babies head entrapped and risk suffocation and brain damage for what? For the bragging rights that you had a vaginal birth. The reason very few are willing to do it is because the risks are too high and we have the safe option of a C section, a choice mothers in developing nations with breech birth literally die for because they can’t access it. I guess if you want to have a baby like it’s the Middle Ages, go ahead, but you’ll have to deal with the consequences of your choice and the fact that your prioritized your preferred delivery mode
And birth experience over your child’s safety for the rest of your life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had mine vaginally with Northern VA Physicians to Women (at VHC - Dr. Prather specifically), I didn't even have to push for it. (<HA just realized what I wrote there. Turns out I DID have to push, a lot. But not to convince my doctors!)>

Coming back to this thread just to say that one of the reasons I checked out Northern VA Physicians to Women was based on this shoutout, but unfortunately Dr. Prather pushed me to plan for a c-section the moment I met her. She said she didn't have enough experience with a breech baby B to recommend vaginal even if they were head down at start of labor. And she couldn't vouch for the other doctors in the practice or generally at VHC. No medical indications. Ended up with a different practice as a result. A dwindling number of docs are willing to do this, even when things are looking good.

A planned C section is an entirely sensible way to give birth. It confers all risk to mom and is very low risk for the babies. Vaginal breech birth when we have this safe choice is insane. You really want to have the babies head entrapped and risk suffocation and brain damage for what? For the bragging rights that you had a vaginal birth. The reason very few are willing to do it is because the risks are too high and we have the safe option of a C section, a choice mothers in developing nations with breech birth literally die for because they can’t access it. I guess if you want to have a baby like it’s the Middle Ages, go ahead, but you’ll have to deal with the consequences of your choice and the fact that your prioritized your preferred delivery mode
And birth experience over your child’s safety for the rest of your life.

I think I responded above but I’ll repeat that RHJ considered a vaginal twin delivery as the normal expectation unless (as in my case unfortunately) Twin B was significantly bigger that A.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had mine vaginally with Northern VA Physicians to Women (at VHC - Dr. Prather specifically), I didn't even have to push for it. (<HA just realized what I wrote there. Turns out I DID have to push, a lot. But not to convince my doctors!)>

Coming back to this thread just to say that one of the reasons I checked out Northern VA Physicians to Women was based on this shoutout, but unfortunately Dr. Prather pushed me to plan for a c-section the moment I met her. She said she didn't have enough experience with a breech baby B to recommend vaginal even if they were head down at start of labor. And she couldn't vouch for the other doctors in the practice or generally at VHC. No medical indications. Ended up with a different practice as a result. A dwindling number of docs are willing to do this, even when things are looking good.

A planned C section is an entirely sensible way to give birth. It confers all risk to mom and is very low risk for the babies. Vaginal breech birth when we have this safe choice is insane. You really want to have the babies head entrapped and risk suffocation and brain damage for what? For the bragging rights that you had a vaginal birth. The reason very few are willing to do it is because the risks are too high and we have the safe option of a C section, a choice mothers in developing nations with breech birth literally die for because they can’t access it. I guess if you want to have a baby like it’s the Middle Ages, go ahead, but you’ll have to deal with the consequences of your choice and the fact that your prioritized your preferred delivery mode
And birth experience over your child’s safety for the rest of your life.

Where are you nosy busy bodies when women are doing half a dozen different drugs while pregnant?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had mine vaginally with Northern VA Physicians to Women (at VHC - Dr. Prather specifically), I didn't even have to push for it. (<HA just realized what I wrote there. Turns out I DID have to push, a lot. But not to convince my doctors!)>

Coming back to this thread just to say that one of the reasons I checked out Northern VA Physicians to Women was based on this shoutout, but unfortunately Dr. Prather pushed me to plan for a c-section the moment I met her. She said she didn't have enough experience with a breech baby B to recommend vaginal even if they were head down at start of labor. And she couldn't vouch for the other doctors in the practice or generally at VHC. No medical indications. Ended up with a different practice as a result. A dwindling number of docs are willing to do this, even when things are looking good.

A planned C section is an entirely sensible way to give birth. It confers all risk to mom and is very low risk for the babies. Vaginal breech birth when we have this safe choice is insane. You really want to have the babies head entrapped and risk suffocation and brain damage for what? For the bragging rights that you had a vaginal birth. The reason very few are willing to do it is because the risks are too high and we have the safe option of a C section, a choice mothers in developing nations with breech birth literally die for because they can’t access it. I guess if you want to have a baby like it’s the Middle Ages, go ahead, but you’ll have to deal with the consequences of your choice and the fact that your prioritized your preferred delivery mode
And birth experience over your child’s safety for the rest of your life.

I think I responded above but I’ll repeat that RHJ considered a vaginal twin delivery as the normal expectation unless (as in my case unfortunately) Twin B was significantly bigger that A.

Sure they do. A twins pregnancy is extremely high risk. I know many people who have had twins and I know only one who successfully delivered both vaginally - and she had had 3 kids before the twins that she delivered vaginally (but her first was still forceps and as she said, that paved the way for all the rest).

Once you’ve been through enough pregnancies and births yourself and have seen enough friends go through it, you realize getting hung up on a planned delivery mode is a complete waste of your time. The most important thing is the health of baby and mom, and making sure they both are ok and uninjured after childbirth, which is literally the most dangerous day of most Childrens lives. Mother Nature is cruel we’re so lucky we have advancements like anesthesia, antibiotics, ultrasound, blood transfusions, etc.

It’s so easy to get hung up on a birth plan and dreams for a birth experience but older moms know that birth is one day, and the rest of your life and your child’s life is what matters. Talk to any mom with pelvic floor birth injuries or a child who was stillborn or who suffered brain damage or was deprived of oxygen during the birth process and you’ll realize the lifelong damage that a vaginal birth can cause and get a reality check. Go to any elementary school class and you’ll realize no one knows how each of these children were born - what matters is that they are alive and healthy and did not suffer birth injuries or brain damage when being born.

[Anonymous]

Your experience is what is it, but sorry - I trust my doctors’ experience over the experience of your circle of friends. Twin vaginal births are often possible and preferred medically. No one is saying that’s always true, but it often is. Expectant mothers have every right to explore their options in honest conversations with different providers. I delivered my twins (who were not indicated for an attempted vaginal delivery) via a scheduled C and I nearly died - it’s not some magic elixir. Nothing in the childbirth world is.