What is the average term for twins?
The average gestation for twins is 37 weeks, with the possibility of extending the gestation to 40 weeks, and the possibility of delivering twins earlier. The presence of a twin at 37 weeks gestation does not necessarily mean that the pregnancy has started, and there are cases where the pregnancy has continued past 37 weeks gestation.
In the absence of significant complications, it is advisable to continue the pregnancy, and the woman should be offered an option for a planned caesarean section. The woman should then have an opportunity to discuss the plan of caesarean section with her care team.
After 37 weeks gestation, it is advisable to arrange for a scan to be carried out, to check the position of the babies in the womb, and to check the position of the mother during labour. Your local Central Queensland or Northern Territory Maternity Hospital or Wagga Wagga will arrange for you to have a scan, and for you and the babies to be seen by a fetal medicine consultant.
If the babies are born healthy at term, their condition will be assessed and treated at the hospital, and if necessary transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit. In most cases the babies will be admitted within 48 hours of birth, and their condition transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit for assessment.
If the babies are born with obvious risk of death, their condition will be assessed and transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit for assessment. In most cases the babies will be admitted within 48 hours of birth, and their condition transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit for assessment.
In most cases, the babies will be admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit within 48 hours of birth, and their condition transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit for assessment. In most cases this occurs between 35 and 39 weeks gestation, but in some conditions the transfer may be as early as 36 weeks gestation. In these cases the babies will be assessed and transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit for assessment.
The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a safe and effective way to deliver babies with a range of complications, including septicaemia, septicaemia associated with delivery complications, and neonatal death. There are lots of reasons why you and your doctor may decide delivery is best for your babies.
We estimated the risk of stillbirth for dichorionic twins based on the following model:
where σ is the probability of stillbirth, and t is the time until delivery. We classified dichorionic twins into 3 groups according to the gestational age at labour. We did not find clear evidence to support routine antenatal screening for increased risk of stillbirth; instead, we found that women in the youngest gestational age at labour (20 weeks) had the lowest risk of stillbirths (p < 0.05, 80% power).
