Stats and info on Vaginal twin births please.

[The[cookie]Doctor]

Yeah if they are identical and there is any potential risk from TTTS they will suggest a C/S.
A lot of hospitals make twin birthing mummas have an epidural *just in case* the second twin doesn't descend or if they end up breech in labour
so that emergency C/S is a quick process. Mum wasn't 'allowed' to have them vaginally in Geelong, they were going to C/S her so she went to RWH.
The girls were born at 33 weeks gestation, not more than 15 minutes apart... labour was 4 hours (and they were trying to actively stop and slow it)
probably would have been quicker without the epidural!

[mrscricket]

DC - mine were identical and had started to show signs of TTTS but my waters broke at 35weeks 2 days, so I guess they were determined to arrive. We had recieved a call on the Friday night to say that the TTTS was starting to look serious and to come in on Sunday morning for monitoring. My waters broke 5am Sunday morning . I do wonder what actually might of happened if I had made it to the monitoring appointment.
Lots of people have told me that other hospitals have a automatic rule of a c/s for twins.