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I just don't know. In my area the OB's won't do a breech birth, and I'm pretty sure our midwives won't either. As important as natural birth is to me, I think I'd do everything I could to get that baby to flip, but opt for a section if s/he didnt.

I am crazy but I would attempt both a breech and a twin birth vaginally. I am a twin and we were a vaginal birth (mother didn't know we were twins until she was in labor). My sister had twins 6 years ago and delivered vaginally. Now that's because they didn't know there was a baby b (and suspected it was dead). They did do a vacuum assist for baby b. All three were and are doing well. My family has twins so I feel that we are probably equipped to handle it.

My twin was also a breech birth.

Breech? No.

Non-breech multiples? Did it with a successful outcome. Luckily, both my babes were head down my whole pregnancy, and I went into my induction with no complications. But it was pretty much as Mrs.Jacks described, in the OR prepped for an emergency C if necessary. A midwife assisted my OB and started an u/s and pushing on my belly immediately after baby A was born to keep baby B moving the right way, so B was born really quickly. I fully acknowledge how lucky we are that all went so smoothly. Sometimes I still can't believe it.

Nope wouldn't attempt it. a healthy baby with minimal risk for both of us is more important to me then delieving vaginally.

no - too risky. all i want is my baby alive and healthy in the end. i don't care how i deliver... it's just a means to an end.

@travelgirl1: it definitely depends where you are. DD turned breech at 34 weeks (she turned back later), so it was something we explored. The hospital that handles L&D where I live is a multiregional centre with a level III NICU and deals with a lot of very high risk stuff. They are open to it here. My understanding is that obstetrics best practices vary a lot from centre to centre and, again, it depends on the type of breech presentation. And regardless of how individual centres/doctors handle it, the SOGC does support vaginal breech deliveries given certain criteria.