Huge congratulations.. as s midwife it makes my heart swell to hear your birth soturt with all its twists and turns 💜. No idea what the Dr's were doing 'down there' but I can assure you, itpy didn't have 4 hands inside of toy as that's physically impossible. (Probably not even 2 hands at once). The one thing they would have definitely done, is like you said, stabilising baby b / felicity, and THAT can take a lot of hands. ☺️
Due with identical twin girls soon. This video was so encouraging! We definitely have a lot of the same desires for birth.. but it’s good to hear a healthy perspective on a birth story that didn’t go quite as you were hoping for. I also understand the angst of nicu as our first baby came at 34.5 and spent 2 weeks in nicu! My first birth story was much like yours (minus the epidural and twins :) I’m so curious how this birth with twins will go!! I would prefer a home birth, but it looks like it’ll be a hospital one due to limited midwife’s availability. These are babies 6&7 and a total, total shocker for us. 😂🤣😅
My daughter just gave birth naturally to 2 girl twins fraternal both breach but went fantastic. Babies 33 weeks they were both 4lb. In nicu at moment with not many hiccups. Same placenta fused.
@StephanieMichaelKase I'm here, due to just seeing your Short of your 1st ultrasound, finding you were surprisingly blessed, with your twin baby girls ❤ 2 Beautiful Blessings from God💌 To me Felicity looks like you Mama & Annabelle looks like you Dada .. 2 yrs ago. edit: God never does anything by mistake. He wonderfully formed your daughters in your womb. Seriously.. then the hospital broke a daughter's leg WE CANNOT EVER, NOR SHOULD NOT, BLAME GOD FOR ANYTHING. p.e.r.i.o.d. *caps for emphasis for God only*
How many weeks were you when you went into labor? Did you still have to pay your home birth midwife the full price? I am pregnant with twins & I want to try a home birth again (I’ve had 2 natural births & 1 home birth already). But I do not want to pay for the midwife up front if I’m going to end up in the hospital anyway! 😭
I've got 4 babies .. every child I had a midwife which was such a great experience as well .. unfortunately i ended up being in active labor my first pregnancy for 36 hrs but finally delivered him but when I had my second my midwife tried her hardest to allow me to have a natural birth again but my daughter got stuck in my pelvic area so I had to do an emergency C-section which all my other children because of it being under a certain amount of years apart I ended up having the remainder of my pregnancies a C-section but they experience was so light and amazing and memorable because my midwife advocated so hard for myself and my unborn children and just made sure what I wanted happened and it's just was a great experience so I'm so blessed for that and I'm glad you guys had such a great experience I know some women don't unfortunately get that all the time.. thank you so much for sharing your experience it was truly a blessing so watch and listen to your birth story
As a labor and delivery nurse I wouldn’t have a home birth under 38 weeks gestation. And I’ve had 2 home births myself before I because a nurse. I’ve seen too many things go wrong with home birth transfers to the hospital. Some midwives are pretty incompetent not recognizing meconium fluid, infections, letting moms be ruptured for 2 days before bringing them to the hospital, post-partum hemorrhages, etc. Lots and lots of train wrecks resulting in moms and babies losing their lives. Please Do your research and make sure you don’t just trust a midwife because they say they have done something before. Twin home births are very high risk. The risk of cord prolapse with the second baby isn’t worth it to do at home, but the risk of you hemorrhaging after a twin delivery is also very high. You are very fortunate to have had the NICU team there for resuscitation. But also the OBGYN’s especially for the breech delivery. The risk of head entrapment is high with breech deliveries. If you would have done a home birth, you might have gotten the experience of a home birth but only end up with 1 or 0 babies. I’ve seen it many times and the moms wished they would have just had a c-section in the end. It’s not as bad as people make it out to be. At least you get a healthy baby in the end! People don’t understand how much work it takes for these high risk deliveries but also what it takes for resuscitation. The safety of your babies are worth more than a home birth experience. I had a 10lb baby at home and ended up having another surgery because the midwife wouldn’t repair my tear. Be glad that you went to the hospital and had trained professionals there to help. I wish I would have with my home delivery. Congratulations on your beautiful baby girls!
You are absolutely right I had my baby in hospital. Unfortunately he became stuck and haemorrhaged if not for the amazing staff that work so hard to resuscitate him. I wouldn’t have my son today. I can’t understand why anyone would take a risk I’ve had to live with the trauma of what I seen my son go through. I can’t imagine what it would be like if it was a home birth and try to live with the guilt you would feel. I’m not against home birth at all as long as it is safe for both mother and babies
1000000% spot on with everything! It’s just not worth risking any of the dozens and dozens of medical emergencies/issues that could cause you to lose your life before help could even arrive - leaving your spouse / other kids without a wife / mother, the risks could also cost your baby it’s life - or arguably worse - your baby who was perfect and healthy at the start could easily be stripped of the life they should and would have been able to experience. So many events can cause hypoxia, and without the same monitoring a hospital has, it can go undetected, or even if you’re lucky enough to catch it, every second you’re now forced to wait as 911 dispatches the ambulance to get there, load you up, stabilize and race to the hospital, your baby’s tiny, rapidly evolving brain continues to be starved of oxygen, causing irreparable damage in mere minutes - your child may never be capable of caring for themselves, talking/interacting with you, reaching any milestone that you’ll watch all your friends’ babies achieve, and for some, they’ll end up being adults who forever have the mind of a newborn, and that’s if they even survive at all. Childbirth carries many risks by nature that we have no control over, but to incur so many more severe risks for both of you by choice when there’s a much safer option just doesn’t make sense to me. No matter what your birth plan is, pretty much the only thing you can actually plan on is that birth plan changing. I do understand that some women will always choose what they believe will give THEM this amazing birthing experience, but at the end of the day, there’s no better experience than when mom, herself safe and healthy, gets to bring home her equally safe and healthy newborn the first time.
comment for any future homebirth mamas. It’s all about the midwife you choose! Many midwives are trained in excellence on infant resuscitation and hemorrhaging. Many midwives have 90% equipment they bring to a birth that they never use! All for your safety. Also when interviewing your midwife they should be 100% confident in assisting if these things were to happen. Home birth is amazing, and many midwives are very skilled. If you’re midwife if not confident in a twin homebirth then you must respect that and appreciate their honesty, but many midwives are! The key is to choose a provider you trust! I personally would not rule out home birth if pregnant with twins UNLESS complications arise. Like not being far along enough ect.. or if something was to show up on a scan. @twinhomebirth is an awesome account with positive homebirth stories. Highly recommend for twin moms going that route! Blessings.
Why would anyone risk their health and the health of their unborn twins just to have a home birth? Especially, a premature twin birth! A FULL-TERM single birth is one thing, but the risks literally double when there's more than 1. Also, about 90 percent of twin births end up either being scheduled or emergency C-sections. The midwife sounds extremely incompetent. She knew you were preterm, therefore should've told you to go to the hospital the very first time you spoke with her!
Our midwife had done multiple twin births and was highly trained in breech birth. Twin birth doesn't automatically mean high risk - lots of factors to consider. :) That's exactly why we transferred in when I went into preterm labor, she knew it wasn't safe to stay at home!
Huge congratulations.. as s midwife it makes my heart swell to hear your birth soturt with all its twists and turns 💜. No idea what the Dr's were doing 'down there' but I can assure you, itpy didn't have 4 hands inside of toy as that's physically impossible. (Probably not even 2 hands at once). The one thing they would have definitely done, is like you said, stabilising baby b / felicity, and THAT can take a lot of hands. ☺️
Due with identical twin girls soon. This video was so encouraging! We definitely have a lot of the same desires for birth.. but it’s good to hear a healthy perspective on a birth story that didn’t go quite as you were hoping for. I also understand the angst of nicu as our first baby came at 34.5 and spent 2 weeks in nicu! My first birth story was much like yours (minus the epidural and twins :) I’m so curious how this birth with twins will go!! I would prefer a home birth, but it looks like it’ll be a hospital one due to limited midwife’s availability. These are babies 6&7 and a total, total shocker for us. 😂🤣😅
Good luck / congratulations I hope it is going well or went well :)
Congrats they are beautiful
My daughter just gave birth naturally to 2 girl twins fraternal both breach but went fantastic. Babies 33 weeks they were both 4lb. In nicu at moment with not many hiccups. Same placenta fused.
How big were the babies? Congratulations mamma! They are beautiful!
4 lbs 9 oz each!!
@StephanieMichaelKase
I'm here, due to just seeing your Short of your 1st ultrasound, finding you were surprisingly blessed, with your twin baby girls ❤
2 Beautiful Blessings from God💌
To me Felicity looks like you Mama & Annabelle looks like you Dada .. 2 yrs ago.
edit: God never does anything by mistake.
He wonderfully formed your daughters in your womb.
Seriously.. then the hospital broke a daughter's leg
WE CANNOT EVER, NOR SHOULD NOT, BLAME GOD FOR ANYTHING. p.e.r.i.o.d.
*caps for emphasis for God only*
How many weeks were you when you went into labor? Did you still have to pay your home birth midwife the full price? I am pregnant with twins & I want to try a home birth again (I’ve had 2 natural births & 1 home birth already). But I do not want to pay for the midwife up front if I’m going to end up in the hospital anyway! 😭
34+5, yes we had already paid her in full!
The baby girl on the left must be the easier baby being that she just falls asleep sitting up with her poor head slumped over. Both are adorable!
So cute... I have twins.. me too 🙏🙏🙏
I can’t believe they broke her little leg 😭 that’s terrible
It healed so fast though 💓 I am grateful for that!
So cute God Bless You all🌹❤️😊
I had my son 4 weeks early. My husband didn’t believe I was in labor. I arrived at the hospital at 9cm
I've got 4 babies .. every child I had a midwife which was such a great experience as well .. unfortunately i ended up being in active labor my first pregnancy for 36 hrs but finally delivered him but when I had my second my midwife tried her hardest to allow me to have a natural birth again but my daughter got stuck in my pelvic area so I had to do an emergency C-section which all my other children because of it being under a certain amount of years apart I ended up having the remainder of my pregnancies a C-section but they experience was so light and amazing and memorable because my midwife advocated so hard for myself and my unborn children and just made sure what I wanted happened and it's just was a great experience so I'm so blessed for that and I'm glad you guys had such a great experience I know some women don't unfortunately get that all the time.. thank you so much for sharing your experience it was truly a blessing so watch and listen to your birth story
As a labor and delivery nurse I wouldn’t have a home birth under 38 weeks gestation. And I’ve had 2 home births myself before I because a nurse. I’ve seen too many things go wrong with home birth transfers to the hospital. Some midwives are pretty incompetent not recognizing meconium fluid, infections, letting moms be ruptured for 2 days before bringing them to the hospital, post-partum hemorrhages, etc. Lots and lots of train wrecks resulting in moms and babies losing their lives. Please Do your research and make sure you don’t just trust a midwife because they say they have done something before. Twin home births are very high risk. The risk of cord prolapse with the second baby isn’t worth it to do at home, but the risk of you hemorrhaging after a twin delivery is also very high. You are very fortunate to have had the NICU team there for resuscitation. But also the OBGYN’s especially for the breech delivery. The risk of head entrapment is high with breech deliveries. If you would have done a home birth, you might have gotten the experience of a home birth but only end up with 1 or 0 babies. I’ve seen it many times and the moms wished they would have just had a c-section in the end. It’s not as bad as people make it out to be. At least you get a healthy baby in the end! People don’t understand how much work it takes for these high risk deliveries but also what it takes for resuscitation. The safety of your babies are worth more than a home birth experience. I had a 10lb baby at home and ended up having another surgery because the midwife wouldn’t repair my tear. Be glad that you went to the hospital and had trained professionals there to help. I wish I would have with my home delivery. Congratulations on your beautiful baby girls!
You are absolutely right I had my baby in hospital. Unfortunately he became stuck and haemorrhaged if not for the amazing staff that work so hard to resuscitate him. I wouldn’t have my son today. I can’t understand why anyone would take a risk I’ve had to live with the trauma of what I seen my son go through. I can’t imagine what it would be like if it was a home birth and try to live with the guilt you would feel. I’m not against home birth at all as long as it is safe for both mother and babies
1000000% spot on with everything! It’s just not worth risking any of the dozens and dozens of medical emergencies/issues that could cause you to lose your life before help could even arrive - leaving your spouse / other kids without a wife / mother, the risks could also cost your baby it’s life - or arguably worse - your baby who was perfect and healthy at the start could easily be stripped of the life they should and would have been able to experience. So many events can cause hypoxia, and without the same monitoring a hospital has, it can go undetected, or even if you’re lucky enough to catch it, every second you’re now forced to wait as 911 dispatches the ambulance to get there, load you up, stabilize and race to the hospital, your baby’s tiny, rapidly evolving brain continues to be starved of oxygen, causing irreparable damage in mere minutes - your child may never be capable of caring for themselves, talking/interacting with you, reaching any milestone that you’ll watch all your friends’ babies achieve, and for some, they’ll end up being adults who forever have the mind of a newborn, and that’s if they even survive at all. Childbirth carries many risks by nature that we have no control over, but to incur so many more severe risks for both of you by choice when there’s a much safer option just doesn’t make sense to me. No matter what your birth plan is, pretty much the only thing you can actually plan on is that birth plan changing. I do understand that some women will always choose what they believe will give THEM this amazing birthing experience, but at the end of the day, there’s no better experience than when mom, herself safe and healthy, gets to bring home her equally safe and healthy newborn the first time.
Fellow nurse here, and I wholeheartedly agree with you.
comment for any future homebirth mamas. It’s all about the midwife you choose! Many midwives are trained in excellence on infant resuscitation and hemorrhaging. Many midwives have 90% equipment they bring to a birth that they never use! All for your safety. Also when interviewing your midwife they should be 100% confident in assisting if these things were to happen. Home birth is amazing, and many midwives are very skilled. If you’re midwife if not confident in a twin homebirth then you must respect that and appreciate their honesty, but many midwives are! The key is to choose a provider you trust! I personally would not rule out home birth if pregnant with twins UNLESS complications arise. Like not being far along enough ect.. or if something was to show up on a scan. @twinhomebirth is an awesome account with positive homebirth stories. Highly recommend for twin moms going that route! Blessings.
The midwife you choose matters. Twin birth doesn't automatically mean high risk - lots of factors to consider. :)
Why would anyone risk their health and the health of their unborn twins just to have a home birth? Especially, a premature twin birth! A FULL-TERM single birth is one thing, but the risks literally double when there's more than 1.
Also, about 90 percent of twin births end up either being scheduled or emergency C-sections.
The midwife sounds extremely incompetent. She knew you were preterm, therefore should've told you to go to the hospital the very first time you spoke with her!
Fun fact, women are just as safe at home as they are in the hospital :) Obviously not preterm, but otherwise it is actually very safe.
Our midwife had done multiple twin births and was highly trained in breech birth. Twin birth doesn't automatically mean high risk - lots of factors to consider. :) That's exactly why we transferred in when I went into preterm labor, she knew it wasn't safe to stay at home!