Come and tell me about your polyhydramnios...

[SusieSusieSheep]

Hi there,

So when I was pregnant with DD1, I was measuring normal for most of the pregnancy. Towards the end in the last few months I became much bigger but the midwife put it down to me being short.

Then at 39 weeks, the day before I went into labour, a different midwife saw me and was shocked at my size and booked me in for a scan on that day, where I was diagnosed with polyhydramnios. I basically had triple the average amount of fluid which was making everything really uncomfortable, and when my waters broke it felt like they were breaking for hours.

Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else has had this, and what the chances I will have it with my second pregnancy. Also how early were you diagnosed? I'm really hoping for an early diagnosis this time round because it affects my thoughts on whether I would consider another section versus a vaginal birth.

TIA :)

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Sorry no information but I've just been told today I have a lot of extra fluid... 32 Weeks and measuring 40. Did this affect your birth etc? I'm quite worried.

Hey pinkr thanks for replying I was getting quite lonely over here. If you haven't had a section before it hopefully shouldn't affect your birth too much. I was told that the main/only concern was the danger of a cord prolapse when your waters break -- ie. the pressure of the water forcing the chord partially down your vagina (I think, you might want to check that). They told me that if my waters broke I should get on all fours and dial 999. Literally just a few hours after they diagnosed this, I thought my waters broke so I did that, but you can't be on all fours in an ambulance so it seemed a bit pointless. It turned out that they hadn't broken, so I went home, then a few hours after that they really did break. But then when I rang the hospital they just said to drive in, which I did (not me driving obviously) and when I got there, everything was fine, no chord prolapse and I just got on with the labour after being induced. I have no idea if my waters breaking before going into labour had anything to do with polyhydramnios or not.

So in the end the only way it affected me was that an absolutely fuckload of fluid came out and ruined the matress and my pyjamas. But this time round I think it's a bit more of an issue because I've had a section.

So there you go. Are your midwives going to have another look at you in a few weeks?

Thanks SuzieI've to get a gtt test this morning and see the consultant again on a few Weeks. Funny when you start a thread and no one replies you start thinking your problem must be very unusual

I think it's supposed to affect 1% of pregnancies which sounds rare but then that should means that hundreds of mumsnetters should have had it...

I have the complete opposite! Too little fluid with T1 in 1st trimester and still too low in 2nd. I'm sick of seeing water and bed rest!

Good luck during the rest of your PG!

I developed this in my last pregnancy at around 30 weeks along with gestational diabetes. They actually delivered my baby at 35 weeks via section as a result. I am now 26 weeks into a 'surprise conception' and was found to have diabetes again at 20 weeks. At 24 I was measuring 32 weeks so god knows what I will measure today!! I have been booked in for steroid injections at 28 weeks and they are predicting delivery around 34 weeks, bit of a concern about my section scar as it was only 15 months ago. I will add that the diabetes is very well controlled at the moment and baby is on the smaller side of average. I never had the GD or poly in my first two pregnancies.

Hey razzdazz hope it goes well for you...

Same here, GD in first pregnancy and excess fluid.

Thankfully nothing else out of the ordinary, delivered by c-section.

DD was 10lbs 7oz.

I am not sure if to answer this but I had it with my DD at 20weeks. Unfortunately it was due to serious problems with DD. However this is very rare and many problems can be treated in utero. Sometimes it can be due to swallowing or other issues in the baby. I know several people who had polyhydramnios and all had a good outcome just to show how rare my situation was.

No babies here but a close relative had this. She looked massively pregnant and had a big baby along with all the fluid. She did put a waterproof covering on her bed but her waters went when she was out one day (I was with her) and was literally only a trickle at first. They didn't properly go until she was at the hospital. Mum and baby absolutely fine.

I had the opposite too, My first pregnancy was fine then 2nd and 3rd i had too low fluid, both were born with positional talipes (club feet) which is associated with low fluid. In my 3rd all was fine until 36 weeks when it suddenly dropped. I think mine was caused by high blood pressure but not sure what the causes of too much fluid are.

I had too much fluid in my third pregnancy. Started at around 36 weeks, noticed by midwife at 38 weeks. The midwives were extra vigilant when they broke my waters but all was fine. No cause was found, I had a gtt but it was negative.

I had polyhydaminos with my last pregnancy, It was spotted at 32 weeks, I had GTT but this showed no diabetes. I had a detailed scan as it can be an indicator of abnormalities such as cleft lip and palette but dd was fine and it's also said to be a marker for neurological disabilities and dd does in fact have autism as does ds with whom I didn't have polyhydraminos .
Dd was born at term plus three. When my waters went there was a huge amount but labour and delivery were straight forward and on the plus side I was back to pre pregnancy size within a week.