I hope that all went well. I was diagnosed with Polyhydramnios at 32 weeks. I had been getting regular u/s because of complete placenta previa. All of this combined with legs that were measuring at least 3 weeks behind had me worried. Because of my placenta previa I had a scheduled c sectional 36 weeks. My little girl turned out just fine!
38 weeks pregnant, too much amniotic fluid, any experiences?
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RangerPooh
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I experienced a large influx of amniotic fluid during my second pregnancy and polyhydramnios was considered as the cause, but eventually ruled out. Instead it turned out that there was a blockage somewhere that lead to swelling/pooling of fluid that lead to my measuring 42 weeks at 36 weeks and concerns about our baby's development. Induction was needed for complications as my skin stopped stretching and started splitting open, the stretch mark scars are huge! Our daughter was born blue and not breathing with the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck multiple times, but our doctor got her going. This was followed by having to pump her stomach overnight due to concerns about her not intaking/passing liquids. The first 24 hours of her life were very scary, but today she's a healthy 8yo. Good luck and hopefully everything will be ok.
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I had polyhydraminos with my second baby and everything went fine. I was induced and they broke my water to monitor how she tolerated everything. It felt like my water would never stop! I ended up in csection that delivery, unrelated to the poly, but everything else was perfect!
Mrs. Bob Loblaw
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Thank you everyone for all thoughtful replies!
My water ended up breaking 14 hours before my scheduled c-section, just a couple hours after dinner. Turns out I'd been in labor for an unknown period of time and when I got to the hospital, my contractions were 2.5-4 minutes apart. I called the hospital to ask if I should go to emergency or to labor and delivery. They told me L&D, if I could walk there. It was a long, awkward walk and the elevator ride with strangers left me feeling so embarrassed. Then the nurses had me standing in the hall to get checked in. I felt like a never ending sprinkler.
My nurses ended up laughing because of the amount of fluid and because of the towels we went through that first hour or so. My c-section was moved up to 6am the following morning, instead of at noon, as scheduled. My baby boy is named Kepler (after the scientist/NASA mission) and he is perfectly healthy. He was born 21.5" long, 8 pounds, 10 ounces.
The c-section itself seemed very different from my previous one. There was way more tugging and pulling and the whole table shook with the force the doctors were using on me. I ended up with some pretty bad bruises and the incision was twice as large as the previous one. I was released from the hospital 2 days later, on a Friday, but 2 days after that, I woke up in the middle of the night feeling short of breath. I decided it was in my head and thought nothing of it. On Monday, I had an appointment to have my staples taken out. My blood pressure was pretty high (the sudden rise it likely because of recovery from surgery) and I had only lost 1 pound, but the doctor didn't see me or say anything about it. That night, I woke in a panic because I couldn't breathe again. I went back to my doctor the next day and he was going to send me home with some lasix. My mom was at the appointment and told the doctor that I was really struggling to breath the night before, so he sent me back to the hospital. Turns out the high blood pressure put me into heart failure. My heart is perfectly healthy, but the blood pressure caused fluid to build up in my lungs and they said my heart just couldn't keep up. I had to spend 2 days in the hospital and am on blood pressure pills for the next 4+ weeks as my body returns to normal and hopefully my blood pressure returns to normal. I came home from the hospital nearly 25 pounds lighter, so that was a lot of fluid my body retained. What a scary start to my little one's life, but everything's been going well since then.
My water ended up breaking 14 hours before my scheduled c-section, just a couple hours after dinner. Turns out I'd been in labor for an unknown period of time and when I got to the hospital, my contractions were 2.5-4 minutes apart. I called the hospital to ask if I should go to emergency or to labor and delivery. They told me L&D, if I could walk there. It was a long, awkward walk and the elevator ride with strangers left me feeling so embarrassed. Then the nurses had me standing in the hall to get checked in. I felt like a never ending sprinkler.
My nurses ended up laughing because of the amount of fluid and because of the towels we went through that first hour or so. My c-section was moved up to 6am the following morning, instead of at noon, as scheduled. My baby boy is named Kepler (after the scientist/NASA mission) and he is perfectly healthy. He was born 21.5" long, 8 pounds, 10 ounces.The c-section itself seemed very different from my previous one. There was way more tugging and pulling and the whole table shook with the force the doctors were using on me. I ended up with some pretty bad bruises and the incision was twice as large as the previous one. I was released from the hospital 2 days later, on a Friday, but 2 days after that, I woke up in the middle of the night feeling short of breath. I decided it was in my head and thought nothing of it. On Monday, I had an appointment to have my staples taken out. My blood pressure was pretty high (the sudden rise it likely because of recovery from surgery) and I had only lost 1 pound, but the doctor didn't see me or say anything about it. That night, I woke in a panic because I couldn't breathe again. I went back to my doctor the next day and he was going to send me home with some lasix. My mom was at the appointment and told the doctor that I was really struggling to breath the night before, so he sent me back to the hospital. Turns out the high blood pressure put me into heart failure. My heart is perfectly healthy, but the blood pressure caused fluid to build up in my lungs and they said my heart just couldn't keep up. I had to spend 2 days in the hospital and am on blood pressure pills for the next 4+ weeks as my body returns to normal and hopefully my blood pressure returns to normal. I came home from the hospital nearly 25 pounds lighter, so that was a lot of fluid my body retained. What a scary start to my little one's life, but everything's been going well since then.
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Crazy birth story but glad it resulted in a healthy little guy and you are on the mend as well!! Congrats!! 
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