I don't know if there is a normal window! Mine were 18 minutes apart if that helps...
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My girls are 47 minutes apart. My Baby A was head down but Baby B was breech. Once Lillie was born they turned Faith but it took me a while of pushing to get her down and out. In the end my OB told me I had to work harder to get her down because she was starting to show a touch of distress. It was about 3 pushes more and I had that baby out!
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I think the time varies greatly in vaginal births. I've heard of some babies that were a minute or two apart and others that were hours.
I think the time varies greatly in vaginal births. I've heard of some babies that were a minute or two apart and others that were hours.
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I have read in a few places online that the average interval between twins is 17 minutes. I never saw a reference, though, if that was an average of vaginal deliveries or of all twin births. With half of twins born by c-section, and so 1-2 minutes apart, if that average includes ALL twin births, then a LOT of the vaginal ones would have to be a good while between the two (ie. 40 minutes or more).
Curiously, my twins were exactly 17 minutes apart. No inductions, versions or other interference. The attending doc really wanted to a) c-section b/c twin B was breech, and b) (when I refused the c-section) perform an external version after Twin A was born. I permitted her to check his station after his brother was out ONLY b/c I knew if he was engaged, she would have to give up trying to force the version on me. So she checked me very soon after delivering Twin A. I'm thinking it was within 1-2 minutes. Twin B was engaged at that point.
Interestingly, he was double-footling. Just a little bit of waiting around, then contractions resumed well. He was born quickly, smoothly, easily in 2 pushes. I mention the quick engagement, time interval, and easy birth b/c ALL of that is what so many doctors say "doesn't" or "can't" happen with breech second twins.
I hope you have a fairly short interval between your twins. Simply because a lot of doctors get panicky about waiting around - even if there are no signs of distress. Then you know what happens!
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Originally Posted by fyrebloom How quickly does the second twin come? Is it usually right after the first (like within 5 min) or does it take a while? |
Curiously, my twins were exactly 17 minutes apart. No inductions, versions or other interference. The attending doc really wanted to a) c-section b/c twin B was breech, and b) (when I refused the c-section) perform an external version after Twin A was born. I permitted her to check his station after his brother was out ONLY b/c I knew if he was engaged, she would have to give up trying to force the version on me. So she checked me very soon after delivering Twin A. I'm thinking it was within 1-2 minutes. Twin B was engaged at that point.
Interestingly, he was double-footling. Just a little bit of waiting around, then contractions resumed well. He was born quickly, smoothly, easily in 2 pushes. I mention the quick engagement, time interval, and easy birth b/c ALL of that is what so many doctors say "doesn't" or "can't" happen with breech second twins.
I hope you have a fairly short interval between your twins. Simply because a lot of doctors get panicky about waiting around - even if there are no signs of distress. Then you know what happens!
Oh my baby B was also a footling breech. I remember that my water broke with him as I was pushing and some doc yelled, "is that a FOOT?!?!?!" yep.
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My body just needed to rest and regroup.
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I didn't contract for all that time. I slept, ate, just chilled with my first little baby, nursed.
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Nice! It's great that you were able to take that break.
Originally Posted by Kathryn My body just needed to rest and regroup.
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