Very little amniotic fluid at 19 weeks

[Mildez]

If your friend has a leak then there is a higher chance the area that the fluid is leaking from will seal up and fluid levels will build. The bigger concern would be if the fluid is low for another reason and if so why. The chance then of levels increasing would be low. There does need to be a certain Amount of fluid for her baby to be able to develop normally (lungs, kidneys, limps etc) FX the next scan shows an increase in fluid.

[juleswa]

thanks for your replies. they don't really know why the fluid is leaking. She has been bleeding throughout the whole pregnancy which initially they weren't too concerned with but she has passed about 3 rather large clots. They seem to think that these clots are putting pressure on the membrane causing it to rupture and thus leak. The reason behind the bleeding and the clots is still unexplained so it's hard to know exactly what's going on.

She has been told that there is very little fluid. they can see the uterus almost 'collapsing' over the baby as there is hardly any fluid there at all to keep in inflated if that makes sense.

at this stage baby is developing normally, but if the fluid doesn't improve in the next two weeks there is no way the lungs or kidneys will be able to develop.

and yes, there is the risk of infection ever present.

Such a hard situation.

It's just crap.

[TaRhLi.]

So sorry for your friend, my cousin (in England) had an issue with her pregnancy with her little girl whereby she had very little amniotic fluid, so much so that her dr's were planning on terminating her pregnancy (this was last year).

After a lot of monitoring they didn't terminate the pregnancy and she made it to 28 weeks when her baby was born alive. My cousin became seriously ill as it appears the amniotic fluid was re-entering her body and she sustained a serious life threatening infection. Her baby passed away at 4 days old from liver and kidney failure but they don't know if it was due to the lack of amniotic fluid or due to her prematurity. Fingers crossed your friend can have a more positive outcome than my cousin and that both her and her baby are healthy.

[Charlotte91]

I had Oligohydramnios with my daughter. It's unexplained, but it was linked to her birth defect (alot of bubs with this defect have low fluid)

It caused severe IUGR and DD was delivered at 34 weeks.

Does she have an ultrasound report? On the report (or she could ask her OB), see what it says. It should have a measurement on how much fluid is there, deepest pool, etc. And I'll conpare it to mine.

I was drinking 3ltrs a day and that helped my fluid from reducing any more.

[Charlotte91]

Also, I was told the same thing about my daughter. She wasn't supposed to survive, she was supposedly going to have fatal chromosomal problem. But she is perfect.
She's not going to the Royal Women's in Melbourne, by any chance?

My Oligohydramnios was picked up at 22 weeks.