How does your hospital handle twins?

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It seems they are most often planned sections. But if A) is head down they can attempt lady partslly. They are required to push in the OR to expedite a c-section for baby B if they don't come head first.

They are not allowed to try for lady partsl for any more than 2 in there.

Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.
Wow triplets! That makes me think of Phoebe from "Friends" having her brother's triplets lady partslly, and thinking "No way! That would never happen!" That's great though.

I know, I had that exact thought! At the very least, they would be in the OR and there would be a whole lot more chaos than there was.

And when Rachel had her baby, they had her in a labor room, then moved her to a delivery room for second stage. I didn't think any hospitals have done that for at least 20 years! It's all LDR or LDRP.

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I know, I had that exact thought! At the very least, they would be in the OR and there would be a whole lot more chaos than there was.

And when Rachel had her baby, they had her in a labor room, then moved her to a delivery room for second stage. I didn't think any hospitals have done that for at least 20 years! It's all LDR or LDRP.

Oh please, it was so ridiculous. And her doctor didn't know the baby was breech. Until the baby was coming out. And then luckily she was skilled at lady partsl breech deliveries. Riiiight.

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Where I work, twins can be delivered lady partslly if both are vertex, and once the mom hits 9 cm, we move her to the OR. We had a delivery a couple of months ago where both babies were vertex. Mom delivered baby a with help from a vacuum. And then baby b decided to turn and be breech. Instead of doing an crash c section, the doctor delivered baby b breech with forceps. It was so scary.

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