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Objective  To compare outcomes at 3 months  post partum  for women randomised to give birth by planned caesarean section ( CS ) or by planned vaginal birth ( VB ) in the Twin Birth Study ( TBS ).    Design  We invited women in the  TBS  to complete a 3‐month follow‐up questionnaire.    Setting  Two thousand and eight hundred and four women from 25 countries.    Population  Two thousand and five hundred and seventy women (92% response rate).    Methods  Women randomised between 13 December 2003 and 4 April 2011 in the  TBS  completed a questionnaire and outcomes were compared using an intention‐to‐treat approach.    Main outcome and measures  Breastfeeding, quality of life, depression, fatigue and urinary incontinence.    Results  We found no clinically important differences between groups in any outcome. In the planned  CS  versus planned  VB  groups, breastfeeding at any time after birth was reported by 84.4% versus 86.4% ( P  = 0.13); the mean physical and mental Short Form (36) Health Survey ( SF ‐36) quality of life scores were 51.8 versus 51.6 ( P  = 0.65) and 46.7 versus 46.0 ( P  = 0.09), respectively; the mean Multidimensional Assessment of Fatigue score was 20.3 versus 20.8 ( P  = 0.14); the frequency of probable depression on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale was 14.0% versus 14.8% ( P  = 0.57); the rate of problematic urinary incontinence was 5.5% versus 6.4% ( P  = 0.31); and the mean Incontinence Impact Questionnaire‐7 score was 20.5 versus 20.4 ( P  = 0.99). Partner relationships, including painful intercourse, were similar between the groups.    Conclusion  For women with twin pregnancies randomised to planned  CS  compared with planned  VB , outcomes at 3 months  post partum  did not differ. The mode of birth was not associated with problematic urinary incontinence or urinary incontinence that affected the quality of life. Contrary to previous studies, breastfeeding at 3 months was not increased with planned  VB .    Tweetable abstract  Planned mode of birth for twins doesn't affect maternal depression, wellbeing, incontinence or breastfeeding.

bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology

Maternal outcomes at 3 months after planned caesarean section versus planned vaginal birth for twin pregnancies in the Twin Birth Study: a randomised controlled trial