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No Amniotic Fluid
My sister inlaw is a adopting a new born, the mother's didn't have any amniotic fluid for several weeks. The baby is discolored, like a grey look, because it sat in the mother's womb without fluid. Is this normal? The doctor's claim that the baby is healthy. Will the baby get her color back to normal and when? Is there anything we should be aware of about the baby? Would the baby have lived in species? We are very concerned about the newborn.
Thank you,
Thank you,
I went without amniotic fluid for almost 4 weeks and my daughter was a little discolored for a couple of weeks. Her skin color came back three weeks after birth.
when did you lose your amniotic fluid? I lost my fluid at 14w6d. I am now 17w4d and still have a strong hb. Did you carry to term?
I'm sure the baby will be just fine! My daughter didn't have lack of amniotic fluid but she was "discolored" for a few weeks. She was breastfed for a few weeks but then I switched to Enfamil formula. She was still this really strange color so I switched to the soy formula (Prosobee Lipil) and she turned a beautiful coloring that was normal.
So maybe a change in the little one's diet might help, too. I'm just guessing here, but it is worth a try.
So maybe a change in the little one's diet might help, too. I'm just guessing here, but it is worth a try.
I had an emergency c-section with my oldest becuase of lack of fluid....she came out discolored and bent in all the wrong places however they gave her an apgar score of 8....She spent 4 days in nicu for observation. Her color returned to normal rather quickly and everything that was bent where it wasn't supposed to be straightened out. SHe is now 11 and you'd never know she had those problems. If the doc is saying the baby is healthy, I'm sure he/she is.
I am worried about the lung development at this time. If there is no fluid, how can the baby have functioning lungs?
I would think your doctor would be monitoring that very closely and finding out why you have little or no amniotic fluid. If you are concerned, you should speak to him/her and figure out a way to keep that baby alive and healthy.
I know drinking water is essential. Otherwise, no clue, cheryl07.
I know drinking water is essential. Otherwise, no clue, cheryl07.
not to upset you, but, dr.s realized at 22 weeks that all my fluid was gone. they went in and put more fluid around my baby called amnioinfusion . because with no fluid your baby's lungs will not develop. this procedure ruptured my membranes and I gave birth to my baby at 23.5 weeks. He did not make it because his lungs were so underdeveloped and he had been without water for about 3 weeks. He too had a strong heartbeat. He lived for 2 hours after birth. Your dr's should prepare you. Have they told you what your baby's chances of survival are?
Yes they have told us of our chances...less than 5%. Since my last post, everything has started to decline. We are currently preparing for the next step. This is very hard for my husband and I as this is our 3rd miscarriage. I do want to thank you for your post, it was very helpful to us. I am very sorry for your loss and wish you the best of luck.
I am sorry for your losses as well. It seems we are having the same problems. I had 3 miscarriages before I lost Zane. Have they done any blood tests on you. They did on me and I have a few blood disorders. I was on medications to try to prevent any problems but obviously it didn't work. Of course we had only found out about my blood disorders a month before all this happened. I hope dr's can help you find out whats going on with you and you can have a good outcome for future pregnancies.
I am 14 weeks with twins, and an ultrasound yesterday revealed that there is no amniotic fluid around one of them. What sort of treatment and advice have others received? I've really upped my fluid intake, but am at a loss as to what else, if anything, I can do.
You should definately be monitored closely. My sister lost amniotic fluid with her son and his kidneys didn't develop. Unfortunately he didn't survive but on life support. We had to give him to the angels. This is nothing to take lightly. Drink plenty of fluids.
At this stage of your pregnancy, with no amniotic fluid around the baby its lungs will not develop. My baby lost his fluid around 20 weeks and he did not survive. They have to have that fluid in order for their lungs to develop, and if your lungs can't develop, you cannot breathe. There could be many things wrong with that one twin. He could have a blockage of some sort, or he may not have any kidneys at all. I did not have an autopsy done on my baby, so I don't know for sure what caused this. I did however have a placenta biopsy and there were chromosomal abnormalities in my placenta. The Dr's can do a amnio-infusion, where they put saline solution in there for the baby, but there are risks. This procedure made my water break at 22 weeks. And the Dr's really didn't want to help me save my baby. they told me I should induce labor to terminate my baby. and I of course refused. I did give birth to my son a week later, and his lungs were not developed enough, so all the efforts that were made to keep him alive after I gave birth failed. He went for 1.5 hours with no oxygen getting to his brain or any other part of his body, so we had to let him go. I do hope the best for you and your little ones. and not to sound mean, but I hope you get at least one baby out of all this, I got none. oh and drinking lots of fluid is good, but I drink 2 gallons of water a day, so I can't say that increasing the amount of fluid you drink helps. if a person that drinks as much water as I do can have this problem, then its not the mothers fluid intake that causes this. Best of luck to you. and keep us posted.
At this stage of your pregnancy, with no amniotic fluid around the baby its lungs will not develop. My baby lost his fluid around 20 weeks and he did not survive. They have to have that fluid in order for their lungs to develop, and if your lungs can't develop, you cannot breathe. There could be many things wrong with that one twin. He could have a blockage of some sort, or he may not have any kidneys at all. I did not have an autopsy done on my baby, so I don't know for sure what caused this. I did however have a placenta biopsy and there were chromosomal abnormalities in my placenta. The Dr's can do a amnio-infusion, where they put saline solution in there for the baby, but there are risks. This procedure made my water break at 22 weeks. And the Dr's really didn't want to help me save my baby. they told me I should induce labor to terminate my baby. and I of course refused. I did give birth to my son a week later, and his lungs were not developed enough, so all the efforts that were made to keep him alive after I gave birth failed. He went for 1.5 hours with no oxygen getting to his brain or any other part of his body, so we had to let him go. I do hope the best for you and your little ones. and not to sound mean, but I hope you get at least one baby out of all this, I got none. oh and drinking lots of fluid is good, but I drink 2 gallons of water a day, so I can't say that increasing the amount of fluid you drink helps. if a person that drinks as much water as I do can have this problem, then its not the mothers fluid intake that causes this. Best of luck to you. and keep us posted.
Just to let anyone interested know, we lost our twins at 16 weeks and are now waiting to hear the results of a post mortem. The first twin lost his amniotic fluid entirely in about week 14 and the second also lost his increasingly in the days that followed. We are hoping to find out why this happened, and it has been suggested to us that there may have been some sort of infection. I wish everyone on the list the best of luck with their pregnancies.
I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. Truly there are no words that can express the magnitude of your situation, but from all of us here who's experienced a lost we understand how you feel, and can testify to the fact that as time goes on it gets a little easier. Please keep us updated on when you get your final report back as I'm sure it can help answer alot of questions for women here in your same situation. Again, sorry to hear about all you're going through, and I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers.
I am so sorry for the loss of your babies. I know what your going through. If you ever need someone to talk to, leave me a message. Let us know what you find out. I am very curious because I had the same problem. So sorry.
me and my wife just found out today that the fluid is very low around our baby. she is 21 weeks along and we will be seeing a doctor tomorrow, i was just wondering after reading everyones comments what kind of things we should be bringing up to the doctor before its to late? if any of you have any information we would greatly appreciate it.
How many centimeters of fluid are they able to measure around your baby? She needs to be monitored every week. If the fluid gets too low, the drs can do an amnioinfusion. That is where they go in and put saline solution in the sack for the baby. This procedure is painful to the mother, but doesn't effect the baby. However there are risks as well. This procedure caused my water to break about 5 hours after it was done. With low fluid levels, there could be problems with the baby. It could have a blockage of some sort, or it could be that it has no kidneys. At this stage of pregnancy, its the baby that creates and recycles the fluid. I suggest that she takes it easy and just try to stay pg. Like you probably read on hear, I found out at 22 weeks that there was no water around my baby at all. I had also gone 4 weeks without an u/s. drs mistake in my opinion. Also with low fluid the babys lungs won't develope properly, but atleast there is still fluid around your baby. My baby was born at 23.5 weeks and his lungs were not developed enough so he didn't make it. I also suggest if it comes down to it and she is in the hospital, she needs to ask for a steroid shot to help babys lungs develope. I begged the drs to give me the shots and they refused. We also insisted that they try to resesitate our baby, which they did. The drs were also really rude in my opinion, they told me I should induce labor and terminate my baby, but I wouldn't do it. well, I hope the best for you and your family. if you have any more ??'s just ask away.
I am very sorry to hear of your loss. I know what you are going through. We lost our baby at 19.5 weeks due to no amniotic fluid. You will be in my thoughts and prayers. I wish you the best of luck.
I thought I'd add this last post to say that we had the post mortem results on the babies this week, and there was apparently nothing detectably wrong with them (aside from the damage resulting from the lack of amniotic fluid). The genetic testing we had done subsequently didn't show any problems either. It seems that the integrity of one of the sacs was compromised at some point early on, and it is likely to have been related to a blood clot (which may have been a third embryo at some point). I bled continually during the pregnancy, incidentally. Because the twins were next to each other, the two sacs were both affected and the fluid was lost. I had induced labour at 16 weeks as there was simply no way they could survive, and with each ultrasound we could see how immobile and cramped they had become. I don't think my situation is all that common (they actually thought I had a molar pregnancy early on), so please don't be discouraged as I gather that there are situations where the fluid can replenish.
As much as your results didn't give you answers on Why it happened, at lest you know it wasn't genetic. I hope you get pregnant again soon and that a "normal" pregnancy next time.
Thanks for sharing your news. We currently found out there is no fluid around our baby. All of our doctors are expecting the baby's demise in the next few weeks. I am fortunate that I already have a two year old that is keeping me somewhat distracted by these devastating events.
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