Amniotic fluid is the protective liquid surrounding a growing foetus within the amniotic sac in the womb. Often described as the baby’s lifeline, this fluid cushions the foetus, regulates temperature, ...

What is low amniotic fluid? Low amniotic fluid (oligohydramnios) is a condition in which the level of amniotic fluid measures lower than expected for a baby's gestational age. Under normal ...

Amniotic fluid is a liquid that surrounds and protects your baby in the womb. When there’s too much amniotic fluid in your womb, though, that condition is called polyhydramnios. It can cause ...

Amniotic fluid helps the foetus move, grow its lungs, and stay at a comfortable temperature. Smoking while pregnant might lower the amount of amniotic fluid by changing how blood flows through the ...

OBJECTIVE: To determine if an amniotic fluid index (AFI) r5.0 cm within 7 days of delivery in the third trimester is associated with decreasing umbilicalarterial pH and base excess. CONCLUSION: An AFI ...

Oligohydramnios is a condition during pregnancy when you have too little amniotic fluid around your baby. It occurs in about 4% of to-term pregnancies, but it becomes more common (increasing to around ...

In addition, recent studies on the effect of amniotic fluid on the blood-clotting mechanism 1 have suggested that amniotic fluid entering the maternal circulation in amounts insufficient to cause an ...

As a fetus develops, its body is bathed in amniotic fluid: a warm, salty soup of nutrients, hormones, and antibodies produced by its mother. And into that fluid, a fetus is constantly sloughing off or ...

UK mom suffers a rare, but often fatal pregnancy event: amniotic fluid embolism. Jan. 8, 2013— -- Angela Cottam was in the middle of heavy labor with a set of twins when she suddenly began ...

The special abilities of embryonic stem cells can today be used in multiple "grown-up" cells (e.g. skin and hair cells). This is done by reprogramming the cells and converting them to "induced ...