Hiya, my girls were pretty much twin A breech and twin B transverse/breech from the time things started getting a bit squashed in there. I can't remember if it was 32 or 34 week scan that we made the final decision that they would be born via elective c/s but we were booked in for 37w6d. They had their own ideas though and my waters broke spontaneously the night before. As they were only going to come via c/s, our OB just decided to go in straight away and get them out. Both girls were in perfect health, pretty much came straight to us and needed absolutely no NICU/SCN time. They started feeding like little champs and 15 months on, we are still breastfeeding and have had no formula whatsoever. Don't know if you are intending on bf or formula feeding but if you do want to bf, I expressed colostrum from about 34 weeks and froze it and I maintain that it was the difference between having to supplement and ebf. Had no problems with the expressing bringing on contractions either but that is just my experience and appreciate that it may be different for others. In terms of recovery for me, I can honestly say the most painful thing about my whole c/s experience was getting the dressing taken off. I was up and walking the next day, going for proper walks within a week and healed with no problems whatsoever. My sister (who had a singleton) was induced over the space of a week 5 weeks prior to me, ending with a c/s, and her recovery was a lot slower and I wonder if it was because she was so knackered from such a lengthy induction whereas we went straight to c/s with no delay.
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