Extra Amniotic Fluid

[februaryorbust15]

I have extra amniotic fluid, which my doctor said could be because of two different reasons. 1) the baby has kidney or urinary tract issues or 2) i have gestational diabetes.  However, neither of these ended up being true.  My baby is perfectly fine & i do not have GD. Sooo, my doctor does not know what's causing me to retain extra fluid.  Just wondering if anyone else has had this problem & if everything was okay? TIA

[DADAT47]

Also, if the baby has bilateral urinary obstruction, then the fluid would be low because the baby would not be able to process the fluid through the urinary system into the bladder and out and again that would cause low fluid.  On the other hand, if the baby has unilateral, or one sided obstruction, the fluid could be normal because the other side that is not unobstructed would be functioning normally.

[DADAT47]

All right folks. Polyhydramnios is often associated with gestational diabetes. However you say you are negative for diabetes so that cause is ruled out. Most often cases of polyhydramnios are unexplained with no apparent cause. Another cause for poly hydramnios could be a structural abnormality with the baby that makes it difficult for the baby to swallow the fluid. Babies swallow fluid and pee it out. If the baby has trouble swallowing such as in cases with cleft lip and/or cleft palate that can also lead to polyhydramnios.  Esophageal atresia can also lead to polyhydramnios.  One method that can be done to determine if the baby is swallowing is to check by ultrasound for the fetal stomach. If the stomach is seen that is conclusive evidence that the baby is able to swallow.  As I said earlier, most cases of polyhydramnios are of unknown etiology it. To the original poster, just how high was your amniotic fluid index?  The amniotic fluid index, also called the AFI, is semi quantitative method of checking the fluid. It is not a perfect assessment but is reliable. It is checked by measuring a pocket of fluid in four quadrants on moms belly. It is reported as a number typically in centimeters. The normal range is 5 cm to 25 cm under 5 is low and over 25 cm is high. Maybe your AFI is borderline high such as 25 cm, 26 cm. Probably nothing to worry about.

[missmomo218]

*Hun*

[missmomo218]

I had the same exact thing and everything was completely fine :-) when I was induced and they broke my water I just had ALOT of extra fluid that came out! Your fine gun don't worry

[februaryorbust15]

My blood pressure is always good.  The only problem so far has been Anemia, which i take an iron supplement for now.

[RockRose]

firsttimemommy,  I can't imagine how you could say "that's not true".  

I went to a seminar about birth practices in this hospital where I was a labor companion,  and met this doc and he didn't publish anything but said in his experience he's gotten a lot of referrals of black women from OBs who appear to have polyhydramnios but it resolves in the third trimester.

He also said it was amazing the number of things on sono that look like a concern that resolve,  and how many babies with abnormalities in their brains cope completely well and if you hadn't seen it on imaging you'd never know.

I haven't heard another sonographer mention this,  but I trust he experienced it in his practice.

[briannaalovely]

I had an extra amount of fluid and my doctor said it was due to my high blood pressure that can cause it. Do you have high blood pressure at all?

[tigereyes_409]

I have the same issue. But baby is healthy. I have gone into pre-term labor twice though because with higher levels my body believes I am further along. I have restrictions. I also want to add my husband and I are both Caucasian.

[peaches0329]

^^^^lmbo

[firsttimemommy05]

That is not true rockrose smh....

[februaryorbust15]

Nope :-/

[RockRose]

There's a guy here,  he's nicknamed "Dr. Sonogram" and he does more sonograms per year than pretty much anyone else.  He's discovered some interesting trends.

One healthy variation he's found in pregnancy is that black women or women carrying 1/2 black babies often have extra amniotic fluid in their second trimester and then it resolves by itself and seems to be a normal healthy variation.  I don't think he's published this finding anywhere.

So are black or partially black?