No Amniotic Fluid

[HarleyLady59]

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,

[Zanes_Mommy]

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?

[cheryl07]

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.

[Zanes_Mommy]

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.  

[alexa70]

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.

[loismwallace]

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.

[Zanes_Mommy]

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.