Can drinking less water replenish amniotic fluid?

The entire pregnancy period of a pregnant woman lasts for forty weeks, and in the late pregnancy, the amount of amniotic fluid is crucial to the development of the fetus. If there is less amniotic fluid, it will pose a greater risk to the fetus. So, can the amniotic fluid be replenished by drinking less water? According to relevant personnel, low amniotic fluid will cause fetal hypoxia, so it should be relieved in time. Drinking water may have a certain effect in the short term, but it is not a good method in the long run.

1. How to quickly replenish the low amniotic fluid

Many pregnant women are unaware of their condition during pregnancy, and only discover that they have less amniotic fluid when they go to the hospital for a check-up. Because amniotic fluid directly affects the fetus, many pregnant mothers panic. So, what is the quickest way to replenish the low amniotic fluid? Let me introduce it to you below.

1. Drink plenty of water

When a pregnant woman has less amniotic fluid, she can increase it by drinking plenty of water. Drinking 2000ml of water within two hours can increase the amount of amniotic fluid in a short period of time, but the amount of amniotic fluid will decrease after a period of time and cannot last for a long time.

Pregnant women should drink more nutritious beverages such as soy milk, milk, and fruit juice, and soup should not be missing in their three meals a day. If a pregnant woman needs to increase amniotic fluid in a short period of time, she can also drink 1000ml of soy milk, 500ml of milk, and 1500ml of water in two hours, but the effect will also become ineffective after a period of time.

Note: Pregnant women with low amniotic fluid should eat less diuretic foods such as watermelon and winter melon to avoid severe water loss.

2. Infusion oxygenation

When a pregnant woman has a serious case of low amniotic fluid, she should immediately receive an infusion to quickly increase the amount of amniotic fluid. At the same time, she should immediately supplement oxygen to increase the amount of amniotic fluid and prevent the fetus in the womb from suffering from hypoxia due to low amniotic fluid.

3. Nourishing blood

Many pregnant women suffer from insufficient amniotic fluid due to insufficient blood volume. Insufficient blood in the mother will affect the fetus's blood volume, which will indirectly affect the amniotic fluid circulation and lead to insufficient amniotic fluid.

Therefore, it is very important for pregnant women to replenish blood. They can eat more iron-rich foods, such as pork liver, kelp, black fungus, beef, celery, soybeans, cherries, etc.

4. Subcutaneous injection of low molecular weight heparin

Many pregnant women have low amniotic fluid because of their hyperhemolytic function, so they can be injected subcutaneously with low-molecular-weight heparin or intravenously with low-molecular-weight dextran to make the blood less easy to coagulate, improve the blood circulation in the placenta, and facilitate the formation of amniotic fluid. After the pregnant woman's hemolytic function returns to normal, the amount of amniotic fluid will gradually return to normal.

5. Amniotic Instillation

When a pregnant woman has an abnormally low amount of amniotic fluid, she may suffer from stillbirth due to lack of oxygen. In order to save the life of the fetus, you can try amnioinfusion to directly increase the amount of amniotic fluid. Intra-amniotic infusion therapy is to inject an appropriate amount of normal saline into the amniotic cavity through the abdomen with a puncture needle under the guidance of B-ultrasound to improve the condition of oligohydramnios. This is a safe, economical and effective method, but multiple amniotic fluid infusions may have complications such as chorioamnionitis, so treatment must be carried out under the guidance of a doctor.

Warm reminder: If a pregnant woman is found to have too little amniotic fluid and the fetus is also deformed during examination, it is recommended to terminate the pregnancy immediately. This is the most correct approach for both the pregnant woman and the fetus.

2. What to do if there is little amniotic fluid

Low amniotic fluid in pregnant women can cause many problems. If you have such a problem, you must seek timely treatment. In the second trimester, if too little amniotic fluid is found, there is usually a possibility of fetal malformation, and a detailed examination is needed (such as umbilical cord blood or amniotic fluid chromosome examination to rule out chromosomal abnormalities). After ruling out the possibility of fetal malformation, the fetus's condition in the uterus and changes in the amount of amniotic fluid can be closely observed.

If oligohydramnios is caused by insufficient maternal blood volume or hypoxia, drinking plenty of water, intravenous infusion and oxygen inhalation can indeed play a certain role.