Yvette's twins were born vaginally, without tearing but not naturally. After and induction and one of the bubs posterior, it took a toll on Yvette and she opted for pain relief to help - she worked so hard and did a great job.

Whatever you decide, if you decide on attempting a vaginal birth (I am confused if you actually mean a vaginal birth or natural birth - natural birth means intervention and drug free not just coming out of the vagina) but if you do want a natural birth, you have to be completely motivated to have one - if you are having some huge contractions and you're exhausted - if all that is keeping you going is a nice ideal that you'll have a natural birth because it sounds good, that wont hold you. You need to have a true to your heart, strong motivation and belief for doing it or it will be too easy to pack it in during labour. See the article I wrote here: https://www.bellybelly.com.au/birth/natural-birth

JMO and not a judgement on anyone at all, I don't think that caesars or inductions for convenience is a fair deal for all involved. It might be convenient for mum, dad or the Ob for that matter, but what about baby and if she/he is ready? They don't get a chance to prepare for birth and this makes me worry about what the future will hold for birth. I truly believe that giving a vaginal birth a go is definitely worthwhile even if you choose pain relief. Twins can move about all the time, luckily at induction time, both Yvette's twins were head down after twin B dancing around in all sorts of positions for some time, but often they still come down head first.

There are far too many caesers of twins going on, Obs are losing their skills and are scared of a vaginal twin birth - I even heard a doctor say this, that if he wasn't the one delivering the twins, then a caesar would be required as the registrars wouldn't do it, they would be too nervous. This is why if you even want to attempt a twin vaginal birth, most will ask you to have an epidural in in case something happens and they need to reach in and get the second twin out. So it's a battle, a very long hard battle in the medical system if you want a natural twin birth but it is possible.

I know of several sets of twins born at home, I think even Sheila Kitzinger had twins born at home (by surprise though!) and the outcomes have been great. You'll also hear lots of stories of twins being born at home before doctors had such high intervention with machines to detect twin pregnancies and women having twins fine without even knowing what was coming. I'm not suggesting you have them at home but just some examples of twins being born beautifully.

Of course, there are come complications with twins for example witht he placenta (TTTS) but this probably would have been detected by now by ultrasound if it was a problem. Pre-Eclampsia is a problem which is not only a twin pregnancy issue, but it is a definite reason for a caesar and this is what we are greatful to the medical system for, saving lives.

We're all entitled to our own births and everyone can do as they please, but as someone in this birth industry, this it what concerns me that the baby(ies) iare not considered in all things convenience.