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,

[sheena662]

hi ive been through this to its so scary my waters broke at 22 weeks drs told me to go home i probly lose him he had only a tiny bit of fluid round him luckly drs were wrong i got transferd to womans and childrens in adelaide were my baby boy stayed in my tummy until 28 weeks apart from needing a little bit of oxygen hes healthy as now my blonde curly haired little miricle dnt let drs tell u wt to do u do wat u thinks best i did and i was right my heart gos out to u all  my sister lost her little boy the other day to bleeding and no fluid he was 17 weeks its so sad but miricles do happen just gota believe they do

[Meshell2476]

I was around 20 weeks pregnant and lost all of my amniotic fluid.  They waited a day to see if even a tiny bit would come back and it didn't.  I was already septic with an infection and had to induce labor.  My son had a heartbeat until delivery.  He was stillborn.  The chord was actually unusually long and was tied in a knot around his neck.  At about 18wks. I woke up soaked in blood and went to the doctors immediately.  I did not lose any fluid at that point and the baby was thriving. I don't know what happened in those two weeks, but obviously something terrible.  From what I understand, there is a slight chance fluid can come back, but the problem is developing the lungs.  The fluid aids in their development.  I wish I could tell you for sure, but my doctor, who is very good, said doctor's don't know everything and some things are left for God.  That is very true.  Amniofusion is a term I recently heard about, where they inject saline into the sac, but I don't know anything about it.  Please let me know how things work out.  I miss my son everyday and that happened in 2006.    

[MementoMori119]

I recently went to the ER to check on my baby after having some spotting. I am 7 weeks along and the baby has no fluid. The doctor said that its a REALLY small chance that the baby will be ok but its growing too fast for the sack and since no fluid is very constricted. It has a slow heartbeat (97-101) but is within range of where is should be. I have no control over what happens now, all I can do is wait. Is there any way to reproduce fluid?

[kelc122]

hi im new to this i recently lost twins at 23wks my waters went 2wks b4 they were born was told they wldn,t survive n yet they left them in 4 2 wks  didn,t get checked at all  gave birth to my son in bed pan n my daughter ad to be moved by surgery to get er owt got badly treated got called a junky

[Maloulapalooza]

so heartbroken to read these testimonies, I was also told that this fluid dissapearance rarely happens, obviously, this thread proves otherwise.

We have 4 children, 3 angels on earth and 1 in heaven.
My 1st pregnancy was hard and I spent it in a wheelchair, due to my hips being dislocated, because of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, he was born 5w4d early, abd had the fluid he needed.

2nd pregnancy was on bedrest, but somehow I got the flu, i was diarhetic for 5 days and then started to vomit, i then saw a pattern in my stomach cramps, turned out I had gone into preterm laber @ 29w5d, he had fluid, but lungs weren't developed so he needed intubation. He has had many problems gaining weight.

3rd pregnancy was our twin girls, I went into pre-term labor @ 23w0d, the labor was stopped but sadly we had lost one baby, the other was fine, she was low in fluid but not dangerously low, so we went to weekly scans, then @28w I went into pre-term labor again, and again labor was stopped, but there was no change in fluid level from week23, 3 days later I got one hard contraction, and it did not stop for the next 3 days, I went to the hospital and was given steroids for my babies lungs to mature right away.

Drs did quite a list of tests on me.
results: I was not in labor according to one test!! (I know, I obviously was)
and the stopped the labor, I went into pre-term labor 6 hours later and that was stopped once again
2 drs also found that I had no leakage. but my daughter had absolutely no fluids left.
one doctor actually wanted to send me HOME solely because of these tests results!!
luckily for my baby the OB who knew me from my first pregnancy insisted with 3 other OBs to keep me at the hospital.
She even stayed at the hospital even though she just got off her shift, she just knew something bad was coming.
without her staying for those 8 hours extra after her workday was over already, I might have lost my second baby too.
we still don't know where the fluid went, the pathology returned to answers.
Now the amazing news! when my daughter was born, she was breathing, though she was screaming the first 29 hours, she was breathing, she only had the c-pap to help, she was exactly 3lbs, had a magnesium deficiency so she has a hard time regulating her temperature, she overheats easily. she lost 5 ounces, but steadily gained weight.
I was told that she would be in the NICU at the very least 6 weeks! when we had been there for 9 days(a tuesday) a nurse came and told me that we might be able to bring her home after 2 more weeks, the very next day (day10, wednesday) she came back and said "one more week" with a big smile on her face, then on the 11th day (thursday) she asked me if I wanted to bring her home saturday, they knew I knew how to take care of a preemie, because I had our 2nd son 9weeks early. So She went home after 13 DAYS weighing 4lbs1oz. 16inches.the reason they sent her home was because she was doing so fantastic, the only reason for keeping her was to fatten her up, they also knew I was competent to do that at home. I was told by all the staff how baffled they were, simply speechless.

I think that life support should be given to babies at least down to 20 weeks gestation, in my opinion, the problem with "viability cut-off" is that a 22 weeker can be much healthier than a 24 weeker, and will not get the chance because of a number which could easily have been miscalculated. it is a sensitive calculation. A doctor turned a mother in ontario down, because she was 2 days from the viability limit at that hospital, grotesque! She was sent to the emergency floor to give birth to her child who died after breathing for 4 hours....
if i was in labor just under the "viability cut-off"  I would lie, I would not let a doctor decide that because my baby would have to be 4-6 days or even 10 days older, to qualify for help, I would definitely lie, then it will be in the hands of God, not a doctor like that.

Sending Babydust to everyone who needs it . Best to You.

I'm sorry I had to tell the story about the viability limit, but it is definitely something worth knowing. Many parents this has happened to are angry and extremely sad and feel robbed, don't let that number control the chance Your baby has.

[ssperanzella]

My water broke Monday at 18 weeks and by Wednesday I was admitted to the hospital. The doctor said the membranes had ruptured and there was no fluid. He put me on bedrest and advised that we can wait until the baby grows, however as long as no infection and cramping sets it. The baby has a strong heartbeat, by Thursday morning infection had started and we had to deliver are baby girl. We were told she died 10 minutes after birth. This was are first baby and I have never been in more pain emotionally. All the nurses told me a baby this early would just not make it. My sister n law is also a NICU nurse and said the same. I pray for anyone going through this.