Better to be “that mom” that worries too much, than to not worry enough, and miss something serious.ĮTA: the only time I ever really felt like fluid gushed out was when I went to pee right after we found out we needed an emergency c-section. When in doubt, call your OB, and go get checked out. Even a super healthy pregnancy and healthy LO can get into trouble VERY quickly when fluid levels drop too low. But if I hadn’t gone, I’m pretty sure we would have lost the baby. I really didn’t think it was anything to worry about. I got so used to the fire drills, and so settled in thinking that “oh, sometimes LO is just quiet,” or “well, it could be a leak, but probably isn’t” that I only went to the hospital that night because I felt like it was the safest call. We had a long, scary NICU stay, and then eventually got to come home.ĭon’t be like me. An ultrasound showed that the fluid was almost gone, and then it got very serious very fast - the baby was born by emergency c-section about an hour and a half later. Showed up at the hospital, LO was too quiet, and then there were some terrifying heart rate decelerations. Went in to get checked out, thinking it was the normal routine (little troll baby would get snuggled into a comfy position and stop moving for a bit, then throw a dance party during the NSTs). I felt some leaking, or what I thought might be leaking, but it’s hard to tell - at that point you have plenty of discharge going anyway, and you’re peeing all the damn time.Īt 35 weeks, I had a less-enthusiastic-than-usual kick count one day, and then baby failed one the next day. At 34 weeks, another slight drop, but still within a normal range. Around 33 weeks, there was a slight drop. Throughout my pregnancy, my fluid levels were good/high.
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They may need to repeat the BPP to see if the levels are dropping. Call your doctor and get checked out (a biophysical profile, or BPP, is an ultrasound where they can measure your amniotic fluid levels).