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Good news/annoying news at 33-week appointment
I had an ultrasound along with my 33-week appointment on Monday. At 22
weeks I'd been diagnosed with marginal placenta previa, and unfortunately the midwife who told me the news had been quite scary when explaining the problem and also left out how common it is at that stage, and how often it goes away later. Anyway, the most recent ultrasound showed that I no longer have any sort of previa, yay! But on the heals of that news came the diagnosis of borderline polyhydramnios, i.e., too much amniotic fluid. According to the dr., I had the "lowest high score" (24 cm) for fluid that is diagnosed as polyhydramnios. I know that too much amniotic fluid can indicate a bunch of problems, but it seems highly unlikely the baby or I have any of them. (In fact, my official diagnosis is "ideopathic polyhydramnios," because they can't find a likely cause.) For instance, GD was ruled out because I passed my glucose tolerance test with flying colors a few weeks ago. I've had 3 previous ultrasounds checking for fetal abnormalities, and the baby has never scanned as anything other than completely average in its weight, growth, etc. After the initial ultrasound, my doctor sent me for a nonstress test, where the technician pronounced the baby's readings as a textbook healthy. At least this time the doctor didn't freak me out with doomsday pronouncements on this issue -- he said that under the circumstances, my Sea Monkey is probably absolutely fine and we'll have a normal, safe delivery. He figures that I'm just one of those people who doesn't quite conform to the statistical norm for fluid. The annoying thing is that the hospital still wants me to come back every single week for scans and nonstress tests to monitor the situation. Also, I'm annoyed because I may have accidentally caused the whole idiotic situation to begin with, as I'd been feeling sick to my stomach the day before and was a little dehydrated from that, and worried that they might erroneously diagnose *too little* fluid because of that. So about 60 minutes before the scan I drank 16 oz. water, and then about 30 minutes before, I had another 16 ounces. I was kind of floating when they did the scan! I explained this to the doctor afterwards and he said that while being dehydrated can cause too little amniotic fluid, that drinking too much "wasn't seen as a cause" for too much amniotic fluid! I'm hopeful that when I go back next week my fluid score/amount will be in normal range, and I can force them to stop having me do all these tests. Has anyone else had experience with this issue? Thanks, Erin 33 weeks, 4 days |
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Good news/annoying news at 33-week appointment
Hi Erin,
I had my 4th pregnancy this year and was also diagnosed as borderline polyhydramnios. All the tests checked out OK. DD was born on 20th Aug and is perfect and I had no problems either in pregnancy or at delivery.( other than "midwife distress" but that's another story!!) If no cause has been found in your case I'm sure you too will be fine. All the best, Diane & Lyra (3w2d) "Erin" wrote in message k.net... I had an ultrasound along with my 33-week appointment on Monday. At 22 weeks I'd been diagnosed with marginal placenta previa, and unfortunately the midwife who told me the news had been quite scary when explaining the problem and also left out how common it is at that stage, and how often it goes away later. Anyway, the most recent ultrasound showed that I no longer have any sort of previa, yay! But on the heals of that news came the diagnosis of borderline polyhydramnios, i.e., too much amniotic fluid. According to the dr., I had the "lowest high score" (24 cm) for fluid that is diagnosed as polyhydramnios. I know that too much amniotic fluid can indicate a bunch of problems, but it seems highly unlikely the baby or I have any of them. (In fact, my official diagnosis is "ideopathic polyhydramnios," because they can't find a likely cause.) For instance, GD was ruled out because I passed my glucose tolerance test with flying colors a few weeks ago. I've had 3 previous ultrasounds checking for fetal abnormalities, and the baby has never scanned as anything other than completely average in its weight, growth, etc. After the initial ultrasound, my doctor sent me for a nonstress test, where the technician pronounced the baby's readings as a textbook healthy. At least this time the doctor didn't freak me out with doomsday pronouncements on this issue -- he said that under the circumstances, my Sea Monkey is probably absolutely fine and we'll have a normal, safe delivery. He figures that I'm just one of those people who doesn't quite conform to the statistical norm for fluid. The annoying thing is that the hospital still wants me to come back every single week for scans and nonstress tests to monitor the situation. Also, I'm annoyed because I may have accidentally caused the whole idiotic situation to begin with, as I'd been feeling sick to my stomach the day before and was a little dehydrated from that, and worried that they might erroneously diagnose *too little* fluid because of that. So about 60 minutes before the scan I drank 16 oz. water, and then about 30 minutes before, I had another 16 ounces. I was kind of floating when they did the scan! I explained this to the doctor afterwards and he said that while being dehydrated can cause too little amniotic fluid, that drinking too much "wasn't seen as a cause" for too much amniotic fluid! I'm hopeful that when I go back next week my fluid score/amount will be in normal range, and I can force them to stop having me do all these tests. Has anyone else had experience with this issue? Thanks, Erin 33 weeks, 4 days --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.515 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 01/09/2003 |
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Good news/annoying news at 33-week appointment
I had polyhydramnios with my first pregnancy.
I did some research on the net and scared myself a little. I was induced at 9 days past the due date. The baby never engaged and the OB suggested it might have been because she was floating in the excessive fluid. The midwife was anxious about cord prolapse but it did not happen. The induction failed, (I don't think she was ready to be born yet) and I ended up with a c/s. But my daughter is a healthy, happy and bright 4 year old with no problems. I did not have polyhydramnios with my second pregnancy. I think it is usually only diagnosed after 30 weeks. If you are borderline I would not worry. Larissa Erin wrote: I had an ultrasound along with my 33-week appointment on Monday. At 22 weeks I'd been diagnosed with marginal placenta previa, and unfortunately the midwife who told me the news had been quite scary when explaining the problem and also left out how common it is at that stage, and how often it goes away later. Anyway, the most recent ultrasound showed that I no longer have any sort of previa, yay! But on the heals of that news came the diagnosis of borderline polyhydramnios, i.e., too much amniotic fluid. According to the dr., I had the "lowest high score" (24 cm) for fluid that is diagnosed as polyhydramnios. I know that too much amniotic fluid can indicate a bunch of problems, but it seems highly unlikely the baby or I have any of them. (In fact, my official diagnosis is "ideopathic polyhydramnios," because they can't find a likely cause.) For instance, GD was ruled out because I passed my glucose tolerance test with flying colors a few weeks ago. I've had 3 previous ultrasounds checking for fetal abnormalities, and the baby has never scanned as anything other than completely average in its weight, growth, etc. After the initial ultrasound, my doctor sent me for a nonstress test, where the technician pronounced the baby's readings as a textbook healthy. At least this time the doctor didn't freak me out with doomsday pronouncements on this issue -- he said that under the circumstances, my Sea Monkey is probably absolutely fine and we'll have a normal, safe delivery. He figures that I'm just one of those people who doesn't quite conform to the statistical norm for fluid. The annoying thing is that the hospital still wants me to come back every single week for scans and nonstress tests to monitor the situation. Also, I'm annoyed because I may have accidentally caused the whole idiotic situation to begin with, as I'd been feeling sick to my stomach the day before and was a little dehydrated from that, and worried that they might erroneously diagnose *too little* fluid because of that. So about 60 minutes before the scan I drank 16 oz. water, and then about 30 minutes before, I had another 16 ounces. I was kind of floating when they did the scan! I explained this to the doctor afterwards and he said that while being dehydrated can cause too little amniotic fluid, that drinking too much "wasn't seen as a cause" for too much amniotic fluid! I'm hopeful that when I go back next week my fluid score/amount will be in normal range, and I can force them to stop having me do all these tests. Has anyone else had experience with this issue? Thanks, Erin 33 weeks, 4 days |
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