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Oligohydramnios: Low Amniotic Fluid

When Amniotic Fluid Is Too Low

When Koni Howard was 25 and pregnant with her second child, she sensed something wasn't quite right. The Oak Ridge, Tenn., mother wasn't gaining much weight, and at 36 weeks into the pregnancy, was continuing to measure small for the baby's due date.

"Unlike my first baby, [my second child] hardly ever moved," she says. "I had a feeling there might be a problem."

Oligohydramnios is often the result of a tear or rupture in the amniotic membrane.

She just didn't know what the problem might be. Despite numerous blood tests and non-stress tests, which tracked the number of movements made by the baby, Howard's obstetrician didn't find anything to cause major concern.

However, a t 36 weeks into the pregnancy, an ultrasound showed low amniotic fluid levels. Howard was diagnosed with oligohydramnios, a condition in which the amniotic fluid surrounding the baby is below normal levels.


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Rob Volmer says
3 weeks, 5 days ago

My wife was diagnosed with Anhydramnios or no Amniotic fluid when she was 13 weeks pregnant. Despite undergoing numerous experimental procedures including trying to afix an amniopatch, there was never a significant reaccumulation of fluid. Today we was a beautiful and healthy 3 year old boy despite what the doctors said! There is hope, I am happy to walk you through the different options that are out there and share best practices with you. Feel free to email me at rvolmer@crosbyvolmer.com and take a look at our web site that shares Sebastian's story www.godsmiracleofsebastian.com

Anonymous says
December 27, 2009

I am really sorry to hear about your baby's condition. Though I thank you for sharing your story. I am also a mother who is currently pregnant at 26 weeks. I was diagnosed with very low amniotic fluid (3-4CM) at 23 weeks. Despited 7-8 liters of fluid I drank and the IV's I have received daily for the last two weeks, none of them had helped. I am being torn apart as I am writing this comment. I am facing a dilemma of what I am to do and what would be the right thing. Amazingly, during all this time, the baby heart rate has been normal and she is moving as expected during this stage of pregnancy. I wish there is a way to know what is the right thing to do....for the baby's best interest. God bless your family.

Anonymous says
December 21, 2009

I wanted to share my story to let mothers to be beware. I had low fluid with my pregnancy @ 28 weeks. As the weeks went on the numbers went lower and lower. By the time i convinced my doctor to deliver my baby, i was feeling no movement at all. My baby was born and to my surprise has brain damage. I delivered at 36 weeks. Much to long for a baby to go without fluid. I believed in my doctor and listen to him. 6 years later, i wish i went with my gut feeling and insisted he deliver my baby sooner. She is in a wheelchair and does not speak. But she is here. If this went on any longer, i know she would not be with us today.

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