How long is the second stage of labor in women delivering twins?
FROM OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
Providing a framework
“We always get more concerned if the labor process is happening in a way that is unusual,” and this study provides data that can provide a framework for that thought process, said Dr. Fox, who was not involved in the study.
The results demonstrate that the second stage of labor for twin deliveries may take a long time and “that is not necessarily a bad thing,” said Dr. Fox, clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology and maternal and fetal medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.
For women having their first child, the second stage of labor tends to take much longer than it does for women who have had children. “That is well known for singletons, and everyone assumes it is the same for twins,” but this study quantifies the durations for twins, he said. “That is valuable, and it is also helpful for women to know what to expect.”
A study coauthor disclosed financial ties to PregnanTech and Anthem AI, and money paid to their institution from New Sight. Dr. Fox works at Maternal Fetal Medicine Associates and Carnegie Imaging for Women in New York and is the creator and host of the Healthful Woman Podcast. He had no relevant financial disclosures.
