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Re: leaking fluid after amnio

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Wed, 28 May 2003 12:46:14 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 28 May 2003, gracie wrote: >
>I am 15 weeks pregnant and had an amnio yesterday that went very
>smoothly. I am 35 years old and have another child, now 21 months. I
>had an amnio with her as well due to elevated AFP results. Last night
>during my sleep, I leaked some fluid, which woke me up. It happened
>again this morning before I got out of bed. This was not happening
>before the amnio. I leaked about as much as the size of three quarters
>in my underwear. I went to the OB this morning, and they were unable to
>determine for sure whether or not this was amniotic fluid, because I was
>not leaking at the time. My CBC was normal with normal white blood cell
>count. We heard the baby's heart beat. I guess it's possible that I'm
>leaking urine, but I don't understand why it would have started after
>the amnio. I have not leaked at all since this morning. I would like
>to know if it is common to leak after an amnio and what does this mean
>for my pregnancy?
>Thank you in advance.

I'm sorry you are going through this- it must be extremely nerve-racking. The miscarriage rate for an amniocentesis is 1 in 200 -- there ARE risks associated with this and YES, it does cause leaks in amnio fluid. Hopefully yours will heal back up. Drink a lot of water! A LOT of water! This is why some doctors recommend several Level II ultrasounds after elevated AFP instead of amnio. I think amniocentesis -- with rare exception when you have a STRONG indication of genetic anomaly -- should NOT be standard. It's too dangerous. I bet you are going to be OK, though, just take it easy for a few days and drink water. My sister leaked fluid after the amnio for about 24 hours and she was fine (it still makes me IRATE that they did the amnio-- she had 1 in 800 risk for Downs and she was 26 years old- - how absurd can you get?!)

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