Is it possible to carry twins full term

Some other physician groups recommend delivery closer to 39 weeks with separate placentas. To assess the optimal timing of twin deliveries, researchers analyzed data from 32 studies published within the past decade that included a total of 35, twin pregnancies. Most were twins with separate placentas, but in 5, pregnancies the twins shared a placenta.

Researchers assessed the rates of stillbirths as well as deaths within the first 28 days after deliveries at various gestational ages after 34 weeks. With separate placentas, the risk of stillbirth from letting the pregnancy continue and the risk of death associated with early delivery were similar until 37 weeks gestation, the study found. Her study found that in the case of both dichorionic two placentas, fraternal and monochorionic one placenta, identical , the lowest risk is associated with birth occurring at 37 weeks.

However, your obstetrician might encourage you to wait until 38 weeks as that is still the gold standard delivery period accepted by medical professionals. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ACOG places term at 37 weeks or later for twin pregnancies , and wrote that "babies born before 37 weeks of pregnancy may have an increased risk of short-term and long-term health problems, including problems with breathing, eating, and staying warm.

Other problems, such as learning and behavioral disabilities, may appear later in childhood or even in adulthood. Ultimately, it's going to be between you and your provider to determine the best time for you to deliver your babies. Just over a month ago, a good friend of mine had twins. I remember when she first found out she was pregnant with two, and she was asking about going full-term. She was rightfully concerned, but it turned out to be all for naught.

Her doctor advised her to keep up with what exercise she could, and eat well, and she delivered a healthy baby boy and baby girl at 38 weeks and 2 days. Read on for all of my tricks and tips to give you and your littles ones the best shot of weathering your twin pregnancy!

I read two amazing twin pregnancy books that helped me understand how to best look after the health of myself and my growing babies, and what to expect throughout the pregnancy, delivery, and immediate postpartum period.

The need to try to rest and stay relaxed as much as possible, how I needed to cram in at least 75 grams of protein a day and should aim to gain 24 pounds by 24 weeks for the best possible outcome, what to expect if the babies need time in NICU, and how to tandem breastfeed, for example.

Barbara Luke and Tamara Eberlein. It is essential to seek out care providers who are very experienced with your type of pregnancy, are on board with the type of birth you are aiming for, and whose general philosophies you agree with.

I asked around and specifically sought out a practice with multiple OBs, all having lots of experience delivering twins, and I confirmed at our first appointment the scenarios where a vaginal birth would be attempted or not.

Total oxymoron but depending on how you feel and what your doctor has ordered, it can definitely be to your benefit to stay as active as possible. Definitely easier said than done, but you have to try because there are several lives at stake.

While pregnant with my twins, I was working from home and had a very active but fairly independent 2 year old. We live in Brooklyn without a car, so continued our lifestyle of walking miles a day to go to the library, grocery store, park, etc. Even right up to the end at weeks!! But when we were home, I was sitting or laying on the couch for a good portion of that time, and when times were really tough with morning sickness in the first trimester and terrible hip pain in the third trimester, he got an iPad… a lot.