Has anyone suffered from Polyhydramnios during pregnancy?

Question

I am 34 weeks pregnant and been to see the midwife today. I am measuring 32cm but midwife thinks I have grown too much in the last couple of weeks and so has booked me in for a scan to see if I have Polyhydramnios. Has anyone else had this and what happened?

Answer 1

can't answer your question but my daughter was at the hospital yesterday and she is 34 wks as well and the midwife told her the baby feels about 36wks I can't remember the measurements but she wasn't concerned about it.Try the bounty forum for expecting mums there is quite a lot of activity on there and there is a few mums to be around the same time as you maybe one of them will help.congratulations to you as well.by the way never heard of poly........good luck.

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Answer 2

I had it with my daughter and it caused me to have her prematurely. I had gestational diabetes, but my idiot doctor didn't care and didn't want to hear it. At 31 weeks I went to labor and delivery, hoping someone would take me seriously. I measured 48 cm then. Polyhydramnios is an excess of amniotic fluid, 32 doesn't seem excess for how far along you are, not that I'm the expert. Anyway, the very high blood sugar (356 upon admission to the perinatal ward that day) caused a lot of thirst and I drank more water than my kidneys could handle. So since I wasn't urinating it all out, it went elsewhere. My amniotic fluid increased and I gained 35lbs of edema. I was in the hospital for a week and at 32 weeks and over 50cm, my water broke. I had my daughter by a very emergency c-section because she got stuck and she stayed in the hospital for a week. She was on an at home heart monitor for 3 months. Now, the causes of polyhydramnios can be varied. Sometimes it's not a problem at all. But I was huge and my water was bound to break early at that rate. I think for most women, it's not as bad as what happened to me. My case was serious medical neglect. Sorry if I scared you. Did she tell you that you were measuring large? You should roughly be as many cm large as weeks along. Maybe want to get another professional's opinion. Good luck.

Answer 3

If anything you are measuring slightly small for dates. I suppose she is worried as you have grown quickly in a short space of time. It isn't likely you have polyhydramnios but it is brilliant she is getting you checked out. Most midwives wouldn't! I'm sure the result will be fine and it's only an untrasound so not harmful. I wouldn't worry.

I had oligohydramnios during my last pregnancy (too little fluid) as my waters broke early. (34 weeks). Now my 8 month old has a cystic hygroma on his brain and is could be related...great!