The average
twin pregnancy delivers at about 35 weeks.
Meanwhile, the average
twin pregnancy delivers at about 35 weeks.
Not exact matches
Beyoncé was supposed to perform at Coachella last year, but had to forego the opportunity because of her
pregnancy — she
delivered her
twins last June.
Some home birth midwives do care for
twin pregnancies, but
delivering twins at home is risky.
With my
twin pregnancy, the hospital where I
delivered did offer quite a few classes, including prenatal yoga, and I thought OK, I'll do that.
She appreciates every minute with the
twins after a complicated
pregnancy caused them to be
delivered at 25 weeks.
In a
pregnancy with
twins or multiple babies, the goals of care are to prevent very premature delivery, identify and
deliver any babies that are failing to thrive in the womb, eliminate trauma to the babies during labour and delivery, and provide expert care for the newborn babies.
After moving in the 7th month of her
pregnancy, the couple struggled to find a midwife to agree to
deliver the
twins.
The good news is that when vanishing
twin syndrome occurs in the first trimester, the mother usually goes on to experience a normal
pregnancy and
delivers the single healthy baby without complication or intervention.
In comparison, it has been estimated that 75 % of
twin pregnancies in the United States were
delivered by Cesarean section in 2008.
Keeping in mind that you are nearing the term of your
pregnancy, and the fact that there is little or no room for the
twins to develop further, you are most likely to
deliver before the estimated date.
Multiple
pregnancies such as
twins are more likely to be
delivered earlier than the due date.
Studies on
twin do NOT show increased rates of rupture with a C - section scar, possibly because many
deliver earlier in the
pregnancy and so many women have a Cesarean section without labor anyway.
Diastasis is common in moms who have repeated
pregnancies, are older than 35, or
deliver twins, multiples, or a baby with a high birth weight.
Researchers found that 37 weeks seems to be the sweet spot for
twins with two placentas (the most common
twin pregnancy); the risk of newborn death (defined as death up to four weeks after delivery) and stillbirth was roughly even until 37 weeks, which is when the risks of
pregnancy start to outweigh the benefits and a mother should consider
delivering.
A 2016 meta - analysis looked at birth studies conducted over the past 10 years, including some 35,000
twin pregnancies, in an attempt to find the best window of time to
deliver two babies with two placentas.