Twin Midwife Near Me
Meet Twin Midwife Charlotte Sanchez Serving Families Near DFW Metroplex: Dallas, Allen, Frisco, Plano, McKinney, Little Elm, Lewisville, Addison, Farmers Branch, Carrollton, Richardson, The Colony and more! She provides natural and holistic care -including twin home birth where she brings 30 years of supportive experience to you!
Can You Birth Twins at Home?
Yes you can! We have 30 years experience supporting mothers who have chosen to birth twins at home, and birthing centers. In the U.S. the majority of twin births take place within hospitals, and mostly within the operating room. Yes having a cesarean is an option, the decision of how and where to deliver your babies should be after true informed consent regarding risks and benefits of all your possibilities.
Explore your options! Interesting enough, in many cases and places, twin births can be normal, uncomplicated, and safe. Several states do allow midwives to attend and support twin births. After fully informed -twin parents have chosen to be out of hospital. Birthing all-natural, some even birth in water!
Midwives can offer evidence based recommendations regarding care for you and your babies. Pregnancies of fraternal and identical twins can be born vaginally, and at home. Birthing options are supported for healthy mothers and babies. Please read our reviews and testimonials page where families share personal twin experiences.
Cost of Having Twins
Having a home birth can be a cost affordable option for families expecting twins! Did you know the cost of a twin home birth is a fraction of a hospital birth, and half of what birthing centers charge. This can be a price savings for you. Again, you can read the cost reference for yourself by clicking on the CBS News link.
According to CBS News –How much does it cost to medically have twins? The cost of prenatal, birth and postpartum care with twins can be as high as $105,000. Price depends on several factors including; your insurance coverage, where you give birth, and what kind of birth you have, vaginal or by cesarean. Dec 20, 2023
Where you give birth matters!
Next, midwife fees for a singleton (one baby) will minimally increase for a twin birth to cover additional help. Depending on experience and skill level of assistant, this price increase will range somewhere between $500 to $2,000 each additional attendant.
Care Plans for Twins
A care plan for a twin pregnancy will have extra monitoring. With both our practice, a maternal-fetal medicine (MFM) specialist, that we regularly work with. Ultrasound examination is the only reliable and safe method for definitive diagnosis of twin gestation. Early ultrasound assessment provides accurate estimation of gestational age, which is important in management of twin pregnancies. This helps identify those at risk for fetal growth restriction and preterm delivery.
Again, by identifying the number of amnionic sacs, chronicity and placentas will help differentiate type of twin pregnancy. You will know if your babies each have their own sac within the womb, or if they share. This is to safely care for twin pregnancies, chorionicity and amnionicity must be determined by ultrasound.
What if Twins are Breech?
If one of your twins has their buttocks, knees, or feet presenting first, its in the breech position. During pregnancy if one or both babies remains in breech position, consider forward inversions from 30 weeks on. Start by visiting the website Spinning Babies for information to help flip baby to vertex (head down). Helpful is a chiropractic adjustment referred to as the Webster technique after 32-34 weeks.
For the birth of twins -its paramount to insist having a skilled vaginal breech provider. Your attendant should have real practical experience, hands-on as a primary breech practitioner, and present at the birth of twins. This applies to second twin, no matter if vertex (head down) upon start of labor. To learn more about breech birth -visit our breech page here on our website.
Twin Prenatal Care & Birth
Prenatal care is holistic and personalized. In some ways, twin care very much resembles a singleton pregnancy and birth. For a twin birth we add additional midwives to assist, and students to help out. Midwife team support matters!
Next, we cultivate trust and understanding in pregnancy as management of a twin birth requires continued discernment. Most often natural birth will unfold beautifully. We believe if their should be convincing or compelling cause to intervene within the twin birth, interventions may require immediate response with little prior warning. This usually happens with the second twin if fetal well-being is in question. In hospital, vacuum, forceps and surgical birth are options. In the home setting, conversion of baby to longitudinal (vertex or breech) is preferred for delivery, possibly by extraction.
We hope this page has been insightful of twin care options. For a better understanding of what midwifery care may look like, visit our Services page. This is where we cover prenatal, birth, and postpartum care. Again, references and research on twin care have been posted below. If you have questions please reach out to us.
Contacting Us
We cant wait to hear from you! If after looking over our website you feel we may be a good fit for your care reach out. You can call us direct -we welcome your questions.
Next, to schedule your free consultation -fill out our contact form below. Midwife Charlotte will promptly reach out to answer your questions and set up the first in person meeting. It’s really that easy to get started with your care!
We are honored to help guide you -If you decide to prepare for and welcome your precious babies safely at home!
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References and Research:
Links: A Case For Twin Birth , Information on Natural Twin Birth. An Evidence-Based Approach to Determining Route of Delivery for Twins https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3252881/ Additional links you can follow- ACOG Bulletin. Multiples; When It’s Twins, Triplets, or More.
https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/practice- bulletin/articles/2021/06/multifetal-gestations-twin-triplet-and-higher-order-multifetal-pregnancies
Twin Midwife Near Me
Meet Twin Midwife Charlotte Sanchez Who Serves Families In DFW Area: Dallas, Allen, Frisco, Plano, McKinney, Little Elm, Lewisville, Addison, Farmers Branch, Carrollton, Richardson, The Colony and more! She provides natural and holistic care -including twin home birth where she brings 30 years of supportive experience to you!