The book J brought back from Jersey had some really helpful information on raising twins, it made me think about things like whether we tell them who is the older, about naming them so that alphabetically the younger comes first.
It also made me sad me. The chapter on labour and birth was depressing.
Yes, all things being equal, and positioning being good, you can deliver twins vaginally, but...
You will have an epidural. Will I? What if I don't want one? Or don't need one, I know twins is different but I've delivered two of three babies without one. Why assume I'll need one? Because you might deliver the first baby and then have a problem which means they need to take action quickly. So can they site it but not use it until it's necessary? No, because that's how they know if it's working.
Right, but I was hoping I'd be able to be mobile in labour... Ah well that's probably not possible anyway, because they'll need to monitor both babies continuously, one via the abdominal pads and the other via a scalp clip. And anyway, you'll have a drip in for the syntocinion. What syntocinon? Why will I need that if I'm in labour? Ah well the contractions might stop after baby one is born. So it's "just in case?". Yes.
Now I'm no fool, I'm not about to insist on anything that could be risky, I'm happy to accept any medical intervention that is necessary, but that's the point. I'm not at all sure about receiving lots of treatment, and drugs that I might not need....
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