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  2. Fetal distress - Wikipedia

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    Low amniotic fluid (oligohydramnios) If there is too little amniotic fluid around the baby in the uterus, the baby can have trouble moving around in the uterus and its growth and temperature can be impacted. Low amniotic fluid can be caused by placental issues, high gestational blood pressure, some medications, as well as problems with the ...

  3. Oligohydramnios - Wikipedia

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    The amount of amniotic fluid available is based on how much fluid is produced and how much is removed from the amniotic sac. In the first trimester, the main sources of amniotic fluid are fetal lung secretions, transportation of maternal plasma across the fetal membranes, and the surface of the placenta. By the second trimester, the fetal ...

  4. Amnioinfusion - Wikipedia

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    Amnioinfusion is a method in which isotonic fluid is instilled into the uterine cavity.. It was introduced in the 1960s as a means of terminating pregnancy and inducing labor in intrauterine death, but is currently used as a treatment in order to correct fetal heart rate changes caused by umbilical cord compression, indicated by variable decelerations seen on fetal heart rate monitoring.

  5. Potter sequence - Wikipedia

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    Fetal urine production begins in early gestation and comprises the majority of the amniotic fluid in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. The fetus continuously swallows amniotic fluid, which is reabsorbed by the gastrointestinal tract and then reintroduced into the amniotic cavity by the kidneys via urination.

  6. Amniotic fluid - Wikipedia

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    The amniotic fluid is the protective liquid contained by the amniotic sac of a gravid amniote. This fluid serves as a cushion for the growing fetus, but also serves to facilitate the exchange of nutrients, water, and biochemical products between mother and fetus. For humans, the amniotic fluid is commonly called water or waters (Latin liquor ...

  7. Mom who was dead for 45 minutes during child birth wakes up ...

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    Amniotic fluid normally enters the mother’s bloodstream during birth but allergic reactions only occur in 2.5 for every 100,000 births or 1 in 40,000 in the United States.

  8. Amniotic fluid index - Wikipedia

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    AFI is the score (expressed in centimetres) given to the amount of amniotic fluid seen on ultrasonography of a pregnant uterus. To determine the AFI, doctors may use a four-quadrant technique, [ 2 ] when the deepest, unobstructed, vertical length of each pocket of fluid is measured in each quadrant and then added up to the others, [ 3 ] or the ...

  9. Mom, 30, was 'clinically dead' for 45 minutes. When she woke ...

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    Amniotic fluid embolisms. Amniotic fluid embolisms are “very rare occurrences.” “The likelihood of it happening to any individual mom who might be reading this is incredibly low,” Samuel says.