Evidence supports vaginal twin births

An Evidence-Based Approach to Determining Route of Delivery for ...

Twin discordance does not represent an absolute contraindication to a vaginal trial of labor, though weak evidence may support consideration of an outright ...

In healthy pregnant women, when the first baby is presenting down, evidence shows that no outstanding risks exists for vaginal birth. However, ...

Multiple Birth Delivery - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

The presenting twin must be in the cephalic position for vaginal delivery to be considered.[2] Twins with fetal growth discordance (greater than ...

Labor and Delivery of Twin Pregnancies

However, data supporting this concern are limited. Patients in this scenario must be counseled that they are at increased risk for combined vaginal-CD because ...

A Randomized Trial of Planned Cesarean or Vaginal Delivery for ...

Because of assisted reproductive technologies, twin pregnancy occurs more frequently now than in the past, and it complicates 2 to 3% of all ...

Risk factors of unsuccessful vaginal twin delivery - Ylilehto - 2020

Among 821 twin pregnancies, 581 mothers (70.8%) attempted trial of labor and were eligible for the study. With a cephalic-presenting first twin, ...

Severe maternal morbidity by mode of delivery in women with twin ...

In the Twin Birth Study-like population, 3,199 (80.4%) women had vaginal deliveries of both twins, 102 (2.6%) had cesareans for the second twins ...

Giving birth to twins | Pregnancy Birth and Baby

About 1 in 3 of all sets of twin births are vaginal births. You may choose to have an elective caesarean, or your doctor may recommend a caesarean section ...

Fetal presentation and successful twin vaginal delivery - ScienceDirect

Labor induction and increasing provider years in practice were also significant positive predictors of vaginal birth when the second twin was nonvertex at ...

Twin birth – planned vaginal delivery still standard of care

Given that half of the infants in the Twin Birth Study were born at 32-36 weeks of gestation, there seems to be little evidence for improved ...

Planned C-Section or Vaginal Delivery in Twins? - The ObG Project

While twins account for approximately 3% of all deliveries, the evidence remains inconclusive as to the ideal mode of delivery; Delivery of ...

Twin Pregnancy Labor and Delivery Guidelines

A woman carrying Di-Di or Mo-Di twins is a good candidate for a vaginal birth if: The presenting twin is in a vertex position; The obstetric care provider has ...

Fetal presentation and successful twin vaginal delivery

Labor induction and increasing provider years in practice were also significant positive predictors of vaginal birth when the second twin was nonvertex at ...

A maneuver for head entanglement in term breech/vertex twin labor

Vaginal birth of many twin pregnancies is a reasonable and evidence supported option. Fetal head entanglement is a rare complication of breech/vertex twin ...

Term twin birth – impact of mode of delivery on outcome - Ylilehto

Despite the lack of evidence to support the choice of planned CS over planned vaginal delivery in twin gestations, the CS rate remains high 18.

Delivery of the second twin: influence of presentation on neonatal ...

For evidence-based counseling of women for vaginal birth in twin pregnancies, there are some risks to consider adequately such as ...

Planned caesarean section for a twin pregnancy - Cochrane

A policy of planned vaginal birth for women with a twin pregnancy in a hospital setting is associated with a 30% to 40% rate of emergency caesarean section.

Can You Have a VBAC with Twins?

Make sure your provider supports vaginal twin birth, as well as VBAC. 2. Hire an experienced VBAC doula. Having someone in your corner whose ...

Twins - Birthing Instincts with Dr. Stu

Twin pregnancies now occur ... The best medical evidence supports the option of a vaginal delivery for most term twins as a safer route for mother and baby.

Mode of delivery in multiple pregnancies - ScienceDirect.com

The current evidence supported a trial of labor in dichorionic-diamniotic or monochorionic-diamniotic twin pregnancies in which the first twin is in ...