The amniotic fluid serves as the environment for the child. From it, the baby gets the nutrients he needs. In addition, the volume and composition of the amniotic fluid depends on the safety and fetal development of the fetus. In the normal state, the amount of water gradually increases, otherwise the doctor diagnoses a lack of water.
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Ambulatory fluid is the fluid that fills the uterine area and surrounds the embryo during the prenatal period. Substance includes a large number of nutritional components: salts, hormones, vitamins, oxygen, many other substances, without which the normal development of the child is impossible. The role of amniotic water is enormous: during the entire period of pregnancy and during childbirth, they perform the most important functions. The main tasks of amniotic fluid during pregnancy:
- Metabolism. The child receives the bulk of the necessary substances from the amniotic fluid and releases into it the processed products. They are removed from the body of a woman through her excretory system.
- Sterility. The waters are always perfectly clean, so the fruit has a sterile habitat. The liquid protects the baby against infection and is updated every 3 hours, while maintaining the desired chemical composition.
- Protection against mechanical damage. The amniotic fluid serves as a kind of airbag. In addition, water does not allow the squeezing of the umbilical cord or tissue fusion, allowing the crumb to move and grow freely.
- Assistance in childbirth. Generic activity begins with the outflow of water at the bottom of the fetal bladder. The volume of the liquid presses on the uterine neck, causing it to expand. The water provides favorable conditions for the child during the fights, and at the exit wash the ancestral ways, which helps the baby to move more easily.
Each trimester of pregnancy provides for a certain norm of amniotic fluid that is capable of providing fetal needs. As a rule, from the third semester, in the absence of any deviations in the type of leakage or polyhydramnios, from 1100 to 1600 ml of water is observed. If the volume is lowered, the doctor makes a diagnosis - water scarcity. In the presence of this pathological condition, labor often comes before the due date and is accompanied by complications. The volume of amniotic fluid is less than 500 ml.
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is dangerous If the volume of amniotic fluid is slightly below the norm( about 500 ml at late periods) - this is a moderate water shortage. As a rule, this condition does not pose a serious danger, it easily flows and is corrected. Thanks to modern diagnostic tools, it is easy to detect pathology in the second trimester of pregnancy. Nevertheless, hypochlorism can lead to various complications: if the water is too small, the uterine walls fit tightly to the fetus, which results in a strong squeezing of the baby, which bends in an uncomfortable position. Malnutrition during pregnancy leads to:
- to the clubfeet of the baby;
- curvature of the spine;
- increment the skin of the baby to the fetal sac.
Expressed prolonged water retention in pregnant women in late terms, accompanied by a close contact of the skin of a future mother with an amniotic bladder, leads to the appearance of Simonart ligament. These formations entwine the embryo, reducing its activity and, in rare cases, lead to serious disabilities of the child's development. As a result of the violation of blood flow in the vessels of the baby there is a delay in physical development, and in complicated cases - its death.
Symptoms of lack of hydration are felt by many women who have been diagnosed with this pathology. In the third and second trimesters, its sign is a constant pain syndrome in the lower region of the peritoneum. At the same time, when the baby moves, the pain intensifies. Symptom becomes much brighter at the 36-42 week of the period when the fetus reaches significant dimensions.
If the amount of amniotic fluid is insufficient in the process of delivery, the cervix opens too slowly, and the contractions become very painful and ineffective. After giving birth, women with malnutrition often bleed. In some cases, the deficiency of the amniotic fluid leads to extremely negative consequences: spontaneous miscarriage or premature birth.
Symptoms of hypochlorism in pregnancy
Moderate form of the disease has almost no effect on the woman's health during pregnancy. For severe lack of water, the following symptoms are typical:
- dry mouth;
- nausea;
- weakness;
- soreness in the lower abdomen.
When after the twentieth week the baby begins to behave more actively, the woman experiences severe discomfort due to the low degree of depreciation of the amniotic fluid. During the examination, the doctor can determine that the patient has a tendency to lack of water, if the ultrasound shows a lag in the size of the uterus from the norm, characteristic for a certain period of pregnancy. In addition, ultrasound helps to see the volume of water and the severity of low water. Due to timely examination, negative consequences can be avoided, immediately starting treatment of pathology.
Causes of malnutrition
Various factors can lead to the onset of a pathological condition, including fetal diseases, abnormal placenta development, severe chronic diseases in a pregnant woman. The most common causes of lack of hydration are:
- abnormal kidney development in the child( with the pregnancy interrupted, because the baby can not live without the kidneys);
- hypertension in a pregnant woman, which leads to impaired placental functions, insufficient blood flow;
- placenta aging with a delayed pregnancy( the doctor does cesarean section or artificial stimulation of labor);
- latent, untreated infections in a future mother;
- pregnancy is twins;
- obesity, impaired metabolism.
Treatment of hypochlorism in pregnancy
Therapy of pathology is prescribed by the doctor to each patient individually. For example, if hypochondria during pregnancy has arisen as a result of a woman's excess weight or metabolic disorders, it is necessary to follow a special diet and adhere to the diet. It is allowed to use extremely useful products, while the amount of fat is reduced to a minimum. In addition, the patient is prescribed vitamins.
How is it treated with medicament? For this purpose, drugs that improve metabolism in the placenta and vitamin and mineral complexes are prescribed. With moderate malnutrition, you allow treatment with folk remedies. An excellent means is the decoction of the hog uterus, which strengthens the uterine walls. Infusion of a red brush promotes activation of blood flow and strengthens the outer part of the placenta. When malovodia is also used rose hips, which has a general therapeutic effect in pregnancy.
For moderate pathology, outpatient treatment is provided. A woman needs to reduce physical activity, motor activity and apply drugs, which she prescribed a doctor. If the disease has a pronounced degree, the pregnant woman is put in a hospital. When a threat to the fetus in late pregnancy, the doctor appoints a cesarean section or early delivery.
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Reviews
Julia, 25 years old
When she noticed an active discharge of fluids during pregnancy, she became worried and started reading the reviews on the forums of expectant mothers. I learned that sometimes women begin to leak, which in the end can lead to negative consequences. I went to a doctor who denied my theory and said that it was a frequent incontience for urine incontinence.
Valeria, 28 years old
I had a slight hypotension in the second trimester of pregnancy. When asked to see a doctor, he recommended adjusting the diet and taking a vitamin-mineral complex for pregnant women for a month. At the next ultrasound pathology was no longer. In the third trimester, there was moderate polyhydramnios, and before the birth, everything returned to normal.
Ekaterina, 31 year
Do not read reviews on the Internet if you are concerned about something: every organism is individual, so you will not know the exact answer to your questions. During pregnancy, I had both leakage, and mild infertility - I took tests for infection, did not find anything. As a result, the pathology did not complicate pregnancy and I gave birth to a healthy child.