Dark amniotic fluid on scan 40w

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Has anyone had dark fluid identified on a scan post-DD before? Advised it may be meconium as I'm 40w+2 so baby likely to be developed enough and full of 💩

If you had dark amniotic fluid identified by sonographer, was it meconium in your waters or something else?

Just trying to get the most info to decide what to do next and as usual with women's health, not a lot of info out there

Meconium in itself it's not dangerous. It's normal for babies whose guts have matured to release meconium into amniotic fluid. Its only risky if the baby inhales the meconium as it's born which can happen when babies become distressed.

Fresh meconium in waters can be a sign of distress so requires intervention such as more intense monitoring during labour, perhaps caesarean. Old meconium doesn't as it suggests maturity of the gut.

I had meconium in my waters with DD2.

Although we are both healthy after birth, we had to stay an additional night so they could monitor her.

The level of care you are receiving seems very poor.

Update after I still couldn’t find anyone with the same prob (dark fluid on scan): had the baby at 42w exactly, no meconium just loads and loads
of floaty vernix. So not sure if that’s what it was on scan?

3 obstetricians all said only needed hospital transfer if waters broke with meconium, same as any birth home birth or not. Had baby at home in six hours, no unnecessary intervention (would have almost certainly had assisted delivery if in hospital setting). Obviously always take medical advice if you find yourself in similar situation, but in the absence of any advice or knowledge from multiple puzzled health practitioners, this is what it was for me :)

Thanks for updating OP and congratulations. I'm glad baby was fine and all went well