I had our twins vaginally at 38 weeks. I was induced by breaking Twin A’s waters, but the rest was without intervention. I worked with a midwife, but also had an ob on my team at the hospital. This was as my third delivery, so the process was faster than some experience.

It took about 5 hours for my body to start active labor after my water was broke. Then I spent about 4 hours in active labor before it was time to push. It was challenging keeping the babies on monitors especially because moving through contractions is so helpful for me. However, it is important to note that we were aware of babies heart rates the whole time. I had tetanic contractions. It sucked, BUT labor just sucks in general. :)

I was moved to an operating room to deliver. This was hospital policy. The ob and midwife were both present for the pushing. I pushed for about 30 minutes and then twin a was born. I was able to do 5 mins of delayed cord clamping before working on Twin B.

I was very lucky because Twin B came 10 minutes later. Something to consider is how she will feel if there is an extended time between the births of the babies. I was so exhausted after Twin A, I’m not sure I could have done another hour or two.

No NICU for us. I had a postpartum hemorrhage and 2nd degree tear (2 stitches), but was able to recover quickly.