Patient's question:
Doctor, hello!I will go to Shenzhen Maternal and Child Hospital tomorrow for prenatal diagnosis. Since there is less amniotic fluid, what tests will be required? I heard that they might need to draw amniotic fluid. Will it be painful? Will it affect the baby???
Doctor's answer:
For women with hypercoagulability, low-molecular-weight heparin can be administered subcutaneously, or low-molecular-weight dextran can be infused intravenously to make the blood less likely to clot, improve blood circulation in the placenta, and facilitate amniotic fluid formation. If necessary, amniotic cavity irrigation therapy can also be used, which involves injecting an appropriate amount of normal saline into the amniotic cavity through a puncture needle guided by ultrasound to improve the condition of oligohydramnios. This method is now being recognized and adopted by more and more people, especially for pregnant women with early-onset oligohydramnios of unknown cause, where the fetus is immature. Amniotic fluid infusion can improve the effects of oligohydramnios on the fetus in a short period of time and maintain normal fetal development.