When I was pregnant with my first child, I didn’t pop. I exploded. At 26 weeks, a well-meaning stranger asked if I had passed my due date. Passed my due date? I hadn’t even entered my third trimester.

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 ...

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 surrounds your baby throughout pregnancy, protecting and supporting their growth. Its levels naturally change ...

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Nerve disease caused by type 2 diabetes accounts for half of all amputations in the U.S., but a new treatment is helping patients keep their limbs. And it comes from a pregnant woman! Diabetic sores ...

Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a life-threatening condition that affects pregnant women shortly before, during, or immediately after labor and delivery. It is a syndrome marked by the start of ...

When Suzy Mack was told while just 17 weeks pregnant that her baby had no amniotic fluid because of a preterm premature rupture of membranes, doctors offered two options: inducing labor and ...

close up of a man's eye as he's squeezing a generic eye drop dropper near his face, pushing out a drop of clear liquid People should not use eye drops marketed as if they contain amniotic fluid, the ...

Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) is a rare complication of pregnancy. It is seen in the case of identical twin pregnancies where the twin babies share the same placenta. Timely diagnosis, ...