I had never heard about this practice till about two months ago. First was in an american tv serie ‘the practice’ I think. One of their lawyers had to give birth. She started as usual with a normal day and then from one minute in another she was in a very heavy labor. :-)
In the hospital they broke the bag and few time later the baby was in severe stress and the resolution was to pump wather in the uterus again. I think when they show it on a serie on tv that it is already a common practice in America. For me it just sounds stupid to artificial break the bag and then pump fluid in the uterus to resolve the created problems.
The second time I heard about it was in a flamish magasin for futur parents and a mother also described an amnio-infusion, so it already has arrived in our country.
Warm greetings
Lieve
On 14-05-2004 09:39, "Jodie Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've been researching post-term pregnancy. Has anyone heard of this practice
and is it used anywhere in reality?
"Amnioinfusion is sometimes used during labor if there is very little
amniotic fluid or the fetus is compressing the umbilical cord. In
amnioinfusion, a sterile fluid is instilled with a catheter (hollow tube)
into the broken amniotic sac to help replace the low levels of fluid and
cushion the fetus and cord."
Cheers,
Cas.
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Hey Jodie,
I have been doing some reading on Post term preggos and found this interesting tidbit about Amnioinfusion. Could you do me a favour and post a message on Ozmid asking if anyone has heard of this practice and if it used anywhere in reality?
“Amnioinfusion is sometimes used during labor if there is very little amniotic fluid or the fetus is compressing the umbilical cord. In amnioinfusion, a sterile fluid is instilled with a catheter (hollow tube) into the broken amniotic sac to help replace the low levels of fluid and cushion the fetus and cord.”
Cheers,
Cas.
