What does poor amniotic fluid translucency mean?

Expectant mothers may encounter poor amniotic fluid transparency during prenatal checkups, which may cause them to worry. At this time, you should pay close attention to the condition of the fetus and consult a doctor for help in time. Poor amniotic fluid sound transmission means that the amniotic fluid contains meconium, fetal hair or other substances that make the amniotic fluid turbid. This problem is of a relatively serious nature and should be given sufficient attention. So what should we do if the amniotic fluid is not transparent?

1. Analysis

The amniotic fluid is not very sonogenic and may contain floating dot-like high echoes, which may be caused by vernix caseosa, fetal hair and other appendages; it may also be caused by fetal hypoxia and meconium contamination. 1. Grade I contamination: The amniotic fluid is yellow-green and very thin. This is a chronic lack of oxygen supply to the fetus, and the body may produce some compensatory mechanism to relieve the pressure of hypoxia.

2. Grade II contamination: The amniotic fluid is dark green and contains solid feces suspended in it. At this time, the fetus is already experiencing acute oxygen deprivation.

3. Grade III contamination: thick, highly viscous brown amniotic fluid appears. The fetus's skin, umbilical cord, placenta, etc. are all stained yellow. This means that the fetus has been in an oxygen-deprived environment for 6 hours or longer.

In addition, lipids mixed in the amniotic fluid or excess bile in the pregnant woman's body can also cause turbidity in the amniotic fluid. The specific reason needs to be found out through inspection.

2. Reasons

The reasons for turbid amniotic fluid are many and complex. It may be because lipoprotein is mixed in the amniotic fluid. If the turbid amniotic fluid is caused by this factor, it generally does not cause any harm to the fetus. Therefore, pregnant women do not need to worry too much after confirming that this is the reason. Of course, it is also possible that meconium is mixed in the amniotic fluid. If this is the case, the fetus may suffer from hypoxia in the uterus, so oxygen inhalation is needed. The specific treatment method needs to be carried out closely under the supervision of a doctor. Another possible cause is bile accumulation in the amniotic fluid. The substances in the amniotic fluid are mainly fetal fluid and brittle hair. Simple turbidity generally has no effect. If it is relatively turbid, the fetus may have abnormal conditions, and full-term babies must be delivered immediately.

3. What to do

1. How to improve the poor amniotic fluid sound transmittance is a question that I believe many pregnant mothers are concerned about. First of all, everyone knows that amniotic fluid is the environment that the fetus relies on for production in the mother's body. In order to effectively protect the health of the fetus from harm during pregnancy, amniocentesis may be performed.

2. If the amniotic fluid is found to be poor during the examination, it must be a very worrying thing. In fact, this kind of poor amniotic fluid situation mostly occurs when delivery is approaching, mainly indicating that the amniotic fluid is relatively turbid. It may be caused by meconium contamination that causes the amniotic fluid to be contaminated. If the baby is hypoxic in the uterus or there is too little amniotic fluid in the late pregnancy, defecation may occur, causing the amniotic fluid to become turbid and resulting in poor amniotic fluid sound transmission.

3. At this time, in order to prevent the fetus from severe hypoxia in the uterus, in addition to the need for another ultrasound examination, oxygen inhalation is also required, and the changes in the fetal heart rate must be closely observed, and be prepared to end delivery at any time.