36 weeks, breech baby A, c section or trying to turn, WWYD?

↑ amother ↓

Sat, Jan 14 2012, 9:19 pm

forgot to add, we looked through all the sefarim in the house (all 1100+ of them! DH and his sefarim LOL

) and found one upside down, plus I made him turn all the sideways ones to standing Tongue Out

He was NOT happy about that, because his sefarim collection/arrangement is his pride and joy, but I told him he would much rather not have a wife who had a c section than some moved sefarim for a few days.

thatslife

Sat, Jan 14 2012, 9:43 pm

if it was me I wouldnt do a c unless absouletly necessary. at week 36.5 with my twins, were both transverese. I scheualed a c and when I went the next week the day b4 the c was supposed to happen, baby a turned. delivered vag at 39.5 weeks !!!

chavamom ↓

Sat, Jan 14 2012, 9:44 pm

life'sgreat wrote:

I think one thing most of you don't realize is that turning baby A is a no no for ANY doctor, regardless of their level of expertise. There are way too many risks in turning a breech baby in pregnancy.

Though the OP isn't that clear to me either.

Huh????

↑ amother ↓

Sat, Jan 14 2012, 9:58 pm

[quote="amother"]forgot to add, we looked through all the sefarim in the house (all 1100+ of them! DH and his sefarim LOL

) and found one upside down, plus I made him turn all the sideways ones to standing Tongue Out

↑ amother ↓

Sat, Jan 14 2012, 10:33 pm

amother wrote:

Thank you for your thoughts everyone!

Mirabelle-I'm also SHOCKED that I've made it this far, lol. BH there haven't been any complications (it's a di/di pregnancy BH) but I was convinced that I was the perfect candidate to deliver prematurely.

what's a di/di pregnancy?

↑ amother ↓

Sat, Jan 14 2012, 10:45 pm

It's short for dichorionic/diamniotic, when the babies each have their own placenta and amniontic sac, as opposed to monochorionic/diamniotic (mo/di for short) when they share a placenta, or the most rare mo/mo, monochorionic/monoamniotic, when they share both a sac and a placenta. Di/di is the lowest risk, with mo/di you have the risk of TTTS, when one twin gets more nourishment than the other and with mo/mo they are at risk for both TTTS and cord entaglement.

Di/Di are usually fraternal twins but I think 25% or so are ID. Mo/di and mo/mo are always identical.

Happy Mom

Sun, Jan 15 2012, 10:25 am

I don't think any doctor is going to try to make predictions about if a baby will turn or not.

I have a friend whose baby was transverse and scheduled a c-section for week 40. The baby consistently had been in that position every time she was checked, and she hadn't had any big movements or reason to hope it would move. The baby turned head down a couple of days before the c-section, and has stayed in that position (she's a week past due now). I know it's not twins, but there's hope until the end!

nylon

Sun, Jan 15 2012, 1:29 pm

chavamom wrote:

life'sgreat wrote:

Huh????

I assume she means ECV for twin A? I don't think I know anyone who's had that. I realize it sounds like she's talking about ECV in general but I assume she just means twins.

OP, you're lucky your OB will deliver a breech twin A; many if not most won't.

spinkles

Sun, Jan 15 2012, 1:42 pm

The longer your babies are in there, the stronger they'll be, and the less likely they'll have breathing problems etc.

There are halachic issues too--scheduling a C-section is a shaila just as much as scheduling an induction is.

I guess from your post there's no way your mother could reschedule her visit?

↑ amother ↓

Sun, Jan 15 2012, 2:08 pm

As a mother of two sets of twins, I totally agree with the poster above. Every single day in utero is worth it's weight in GOLD for the health of your babies. I wouldn't schedule a C-section for a second earlier than I had to, even if it meant more help for them to be born earlier. In other words, even if you knew for sure at this point that you need a C, I still would advise not to schedule it earlier than the Dr requires. You should just know that the later the babies are born, the easier they will be to care for - bigger babies sleep longer periods of time, nurse way better, eat more per feeding and therefore go longer between feedings. That's aside for the effects that we can't document - who knows that your babies won't have be overall healthier or smarter, or whatever due to those extra days in utero.
That's aside for the issue of scheduling elective surgery on a Friday (and maybe even Thursday) as another poster has pointed out). And having to deal with Shabbos in the hospital, etc...

Hatzlacha Rabba! I hope you make it full term (or as long as your Dr. is willing to let you go) and that baby A turns head down in the meantime and you have a successful and easy vaginal birth and an easy recovery wtih healthy easy babies!

↑ Mirabelle

Sun, Jan 15 2012, 7:01 pm

Well amother, I know EXACTLY what it feels like to be 36 week pregnant with di/di twins (I made it to 35.5 weeks) and it is NOT comfortable! I wish you much hatzlachah and I am sure that everything will work out.

IF you do end up with a C section you WILL need someone to help you out ..but with twins in general it's hard to do it all alone....although to be totally honest with you, the recovery from my c section was much easier for me than my previous vaginal birth...

↑ life'sgreat ↓

Sun, Jan 15 2012, 9:04 pm

nylon wrote:

chavamom wrote:

life'sgreat wrote:

Huh????

There are doctors that will deliver a head down baby A and turn baby B while in utero still. I had that with this delivery. But no doctor will do that with twin A (duh!).

↑ amother ↓

Mon, Jan 16 2012, 9:14 am

OP - I was just wondering what position your Baby A was earlier in the pregnancy. I am currently 30 weeks pregnant with twins and Baby A is breech. I am really hoping it will turn since I really do not want a c-section. TIA.

↑ life'sgreat ↓

Mon, Jan 16 2012, 9:44 pm

amother wrote:

My baby (B) turned at 35 weeks. At 30 weeks I wouldn't think it's final. This past pregnancy, both babies were in a different position EVERY single time I had an ultrasound (which was once/twice a week towards the end).

↑ chavamom

Mon, Jan 16 2012, 9:55 pm

life'sgreat wrote:

chavamom wrote:

OK - I thought you were generalizing to all breech version.

I specifically mentioned baby A.

You made a comment

Quote:

There are way too many risks in turning a breech baby in pregnancy.

. That's where I got confused. Capish?

↑ life'sgreat ↓

Mon, Jan 16 2012, 10:16 pm

chavamom wrote:

life'sgreat wrote:

chavamom wrote:

OK - I thought you were generalizing to all breech version.

I specifically mentioned baby A.

You made a comment

Quote:

There are way too many risks in turning a breech baby in pregnancy.

. That's where I got confused. Capish?

Yes. All's well. Smile

I just didn't want you to think I was being alarmist over nothing.

↑ abby1776

Mon, Jan 16 2012, 10:24 pm

About the Sefarim thing - even my non-religous, but somewhat traditional jewish doctor told me when my DS was a footling breach that it couldnt hurt to make sure all the sefarim were right side up in my house! That was the first place I had ever heard it!