Unfortunately, PROM and PPROM aren't nearly as fun as prom. (No dancing or fruit punch, but you may get some juice in the hospital.) ...

Oligohydramnios is a condition during pregnancy when you have too little amniotic fluid around your baby. It occurs in about 4% of to-term pregnancies, but it becomes more common (increasing to around ...

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When Suzy Mack was told while just 17 weeks pregnant that her baby had no amniotic fluid because of a preterm premature rupture of membranes, doctors offered two options: inducing labor and ...

Amniotic fluid is a liquid that surrounds and protects your baby in the womb. When there’s too much amniotic fluid in your womb, though, that condition is called polyhydramnios. It can cause ...

Amniotic fluid surrounds your baby throughout pregnancy, protecting and supporting their growth. Its levels naturally change ...

Nerve disease caused by type 2 diabetes accounts for half of all amputations in the U.S., but a new treatment is helping patients keep their limbs. And it comes from a pregnant woman! Diabetic sores ...

close up of a man's eye as he's squeezing a generic eye drop dropper near his face, pushing out a drop of clear liquid People should not use eye drops marketed as if they contain amniotic fluid, the ...

Scientists have created miniorgans from cells floating in the fluid that surrounds a fetus in the womb – an advance they believe could open up new areas of prenatal medicine. Miniorgans, or “ ...

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