When did you schedule your C section for?

[bluebonnet22]

I had a CS for DS because he was breech and while we originally wanted a VBAC for #2, I have opted not to attempt a twin VBAC and will be scheduling another CS. My doctor is extremely laid back and said I can do it whenever I want (up to 40 weeks) so I'm having trouble deciding when the eviction date should be! I think I have a fairly good shot of not going early with these babies (I have gained a lot of weight, I have a long torso, I'm tall, I carried my son to 39.5 weeks, etc) although I realize that's a possibility. I'm currently thinking 38 weeks, but did anyone else pick an earlier or later date for their scheduled C section and why ? 

[julie216]

bluebonnet22, My OB & MFM said I could attempt a vaginal with the twins providing baby A is head down. I'm thinking unless they are both head down
i Won't be attempting it. I've heard of too many double whammy's where one was delivered vaginally and the other by emergency c-section. I don't
want that to be me. Having said that, they both have said that they won't let me go past 38 weeks. So if one is not "in position" I will have a scheduled
section at 38 weeks. When is your due date?

[bluebonnet22]

julie216, my biggest fear is the "double whammy" ! I have even heard of times where they are both head down and then Baby B flips into breech position after A is delivered vaginally. So terrifying to recover from vaginal and C section ! My due date is July 13th so I'm thinking I will try to schedule June 30th or so if my OB is available that day. I told someone my plans to schedule at 38 weeks yesterday and she chewed me out for being "impatient" and not waiting until the babies were ready ?!?! Since my OB isn't giving me much advice it made me wonder if 38 weeks is really the "right" time for twins or maybe I should hold out more.

[julie216]

bluebonnet22, My OB told me our "first" goal is 34 weeks. Second goal will be 36 weeks....and if I make it that far they will deliver me at 38 weeks. I know several
women who have had twins. 2 of the 3 made it to 38 weeks. 1 was induced the 2nd had a scheduled c section. The 3rd's water broke at 30 weeks and made it to
32 weeks when she was delivered by emergency c section. My OB & MFM both told me that carrying DD to term was in my favor in carrying these 2 for the long haul! I wouldn't be comfortable (physically AND emotionally) going past 38 weeks!

[anakah]

My c-section was scheduled for 37w6d. That was my ob's day for surgeries. Our goal was 38 weeks. I read somewhere that full term for twins is actually 38 weeks an not 40 but I don't remember the source. Regardless of the fact that my body was showing no signs of labor, we went the c-section route in fear of the double whammy.

[blueberries8]

On the topic of c-section vs. vaginal delivery, my doctor has been very encouraging of me attempting a vaginal delivery with baby A head down and baby B transverse. According to her, the position of baby B is almost irrelevant because baby B will often change position once baby A is delivered. She seems to feel pretty strongly that chances are in your favor to avoid a vaginal birth/c-section double whammy if the person delivering the babies has a lot of experience with twin deliveries and specifically, with twin deliveries in which baby B is breech.

[ashb62]

My c-section was scheduled for 38+4. We didn't schedule it until my 37 week appointment, because until then we were hoping for a vaginal delivery. My breech Baby B was bigger than his brother, which statistically made a c/s the safer option.

My guys were 6 lbs 8 oz and 7 lbs 3 oz. They roomed in with me and we all went home together 3 days later.

[beachy]

My office won't let me go past 38w, which I thought was standard for twins (so tell your friend who called you impatient to read a book before she judges). I will definitely be a c/s as I had one with DS, and it will hopefully be just over 2 years when I have the twins. My 40w date is July 23rd, and they will schedule the c/s between 37-38 weeks, which puts me at July 2-9th.

[rayray007]

My MFM/ob said she didnt want to see me go past 38 weeks. Due to scheduling, I had them at 38+1. She said that the research shows there is no benefit, or the benefits don't outweihht the risks, of keeping them in longer (like there is with a singleton).

[Deleted]

My C-section was scheduled for 38w4d. I had a very textbook and uneventful twin pregnancy - and that was the day when my usual OB would be the one doing surgeries (she wanted me to get to 38 weeks, if possible, extra days were just the icing on top of that if we could get them). I wound up having to deliver at 38w0d due to preeclampsia - I wound up with my second choice OB, so I was happy about that.

[anotherdreamer]

I carried my DS until 40w3d, had a c-section due to labor failing to progress and DS being in distress. My OB's office schedules RCS for 39w for singletons, and 38w with twins. Mine was scheduled for 38w4d, made it to the scheduled date.

[anotherdreamer]

As others have touched on, 38w is actually considered full term for twins.

[mrsf0831]

my Dr picked my day which is 38w2d april 27th. It was more a c section if babies are not in position for vaginal birth/induction date. Now at 31w A is breached and B is transverse still (a was transverse 2 weeks ago too) I really wan't to try for vaginal but I am not getting my hopes up for it anymore.

[sv917]

Thirty-eight weeks is pretty standard. 38 weeks fell on a Saturday for me. C-sections weren't scheduled on the weekends and that following Monday was booked, so I had it the Friday before (37w6d).

[quinncat]

Mine was scheduled for 38 & 2. That was the day the doctor I wanted was doing surgery. Babies weighed 6.13 and 5.10 at birth.

[mrsp419]

I had an elective C-section for the twins (after 2 med-free vaginal deliveries, so totally new territory for me), and my OB was very supportive of whatever I wanted. He said they do twin C-sections between 37 and 38 weeks, and his surgery day happened to be when I was 37w1d. It felt so early to me, but he told me not to be worried, and everything was fine. I made it to my C-section (and I was BEGGING him to take them out at that point. I.was.so.done). It went super smoothly and I don't regret a thing.

Your friend who chewed you out should read a book about multiples pregnancies and then try having twins herself. That makes me mad. The end is no joke, and it is nerve-wracking enough without people adding in unsolicited opinions.

[carrotcake]

If everything had gone as planned, it would have been sometime between 38w-39w bc my boys were di/di.

I ended up getting a pre-e dx, so that moved my end date up to 37w max.

And then my water broke spontaneously at 34w, so all that planning for naught!

I had my singleton at 37w1d (water broke spontaneously also) and he needed no NICU time but was a sleepy, lazy nurser and was jaundiced.

The twins spent 13 days in the nicu but needed no breathing assistance.