Posted by mbotee | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 09-08-2010
Oligohidramnion is a condition that is care for pregnant women who are pregnant. For when pregnant women have much amniotic fluid in the life of the baby. There are several causes of amniotic fluid is too few women pregnant at the time you need to know, of course, so you and your children a safe childbirth.
Amniotic fluid is a component of systems to support the baby’s life. Amniotic fluid not less, but some complications can be low amniotic fluid of pregnant women that are harmful to the baby and themselves cause.
The amniotic fluid consists of approximately 12 days after fertilization. This solution can protect your baby and help develop the muscles of the legs, lungs and digestive system of the baby.
At the beginning of amniotic fluid with water that comes from his mother, but at 20 weeks pregnant amniotic fluid contains fetal urine.
Amniotic fluid may be too low or too high, too low as it is to oligohidramnion and if too high referred polihidramnion.
Oligohidramnion is a condition that has too little amniotic fluid. Doctors can measure the amount of fluid through various methods, and most common is the index of amniotic fluid (amniotic fluid index / AFI).
If the volume of fluid less than 500 ml at 32-36 weeks of pregnancy, she will be suspected of having oligohidramnion. This condition may occur during pregnancy, but the most common is when the third quarter.
If the supply is increased to two weeks or more, the amniotic fluid is low risk. Because amniotic fluid is generally decreased after reaching 42 weeks gestation.
Cause of the amniotic fluid is low:
1. The existence of problems with the development of kidney or urinary tract infections of childhood, making a small production of urine, it will create a low amniotic fluid.
2. One problem with the placenta, because if the placenta does not deliver enough blood and nutrients to the child stop recycling fluid.
3. There is a leak or rupture of the amniotic wall that the output of amniotic fluid from the uterus does.
4. The gestational age was above the limit, causing the decline in placental function that allows the amniotic fluid is reduced.
5. The maternal complications such as dehydration, hypertension, preeclampsia, diabetes and chronic hypoxia.
Symptoms that may occur as a little amniotic fluid is as follows:
1. Mom felt the pain during movements of the fetus in utero
2. If the membranes rupture, the liquid that comes out very little or not at all and felt very ill at the time of contraction.
