Ep37: All About Amniotic Fluid - What It Is and How It Helps Your Baby
Birth With Power
Dr. Nicole C. Rankins
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2019
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Amniotic fluid is the liquid that surrounds your baby and it appears after the first few weeks of pregnancy. This fluid is really important for your baby and your baby's health.
In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:
- What’s in amniotic fluid
- The antibacterial properties of amniotic fluid
- How this fluid protects your baby from any trauma
- Qualitatively and Quantitatively measuring the amniotic fluid
- Types of quantitative ways to measure the amniotic fluid
- Oligohydramnios (low fluid)
- Polyhydramnios (excess fluid)
- What does it mean for your pregnancy if the fluid is low or high
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| 0:00.0 | In today's episode, you're going to learn all about amniotic fluid. |
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| 1:06.1 | Dr. Nicole Rankins.com forward slash email. Hello, hello. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. |
| 1:14.6 | This is episode number 37 and I am so glad you're here today. |
| 1:19.5 | So on today's episode, you are going to learn about amniotic fluid. |
| 1:24.4 | Amniotic fluid is really important for your baby and your baby's health. So I'm going to |
| 1:30.3 | help you understand what it is, why it's important, where it comes from, what happens if it's too |
| 1:36.9 | low, and also if it's too high. Now, before we get into the episode, a couple of quick things. First, let me give a listener shout |
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