Maternity Secret

Dangerous signal 8 - Amniotic fluid volume

Amniotic fluid is to defend the fetus to survive one of the elements, too much or too little amniotic fluid may be warning signs of fetal disease. Once upon examination revealed abnormal amniotic fluid volume, pregnant women need to be vigilant.

The usefulness of amniotic fluid, in addition to open the uterus wall, the provision of fetal growth and development needed to free space for activities, but also including external shocks suffered uterine buffer to maintain the temperature stability, and pains when hydroma conduction through the pressure so as to assist the expansion of the cervix, etc. . Thus, fetal amniotic fluid is considered the “Water for Life.”

Amniotic fluid is mainly from the womb of pregnant women placental tissue infiltration fluid and fetal urine is formed and when the 10 weeks of pregnancy began to appear, followed by weeks of pregnancy with the increase. When the general term normal amniotic fluid volume of about 800 to 1000 milliliters, if the sheep up to 1500 milliliters of water and even more than 2000 milliliters, the disease known as polyhydramnios. Fetus will be drinking the amniotic fluid, amniotic fluid is likely to mean excessive fetus can not swallow amniotic fluid, urine or gastrointestinal obstruction manufacturing increased. In addition, too much amniotic fluid may also presage fetal central nervous system, cardiovascular abnormalities, etc.; if less than 400 milliliters of amniotic fluid is called oligohydramnios disease, may show that fetal kidney or lung development is incomplete.