How to understand that there is not enough amniotic fluid in the mother's body? There are no special signs of a lack of amniotic fluid in the mother's body. Only with severe oligohydramnios dry mouth, weakness, nausea may appear. However, nausea also occurs with toxicosis, therefore, professional diagnostics are necessary to clarify the clinical picture.
With severe oligohydramnios, the abdomen may decrease in size due to a reduction in the size of the uterus.
An indirect symptom of a pathological condition can be pain when a large baby moves shortly before childbirth. A sufficient amount of amniotic fluid softens the active movements of the child, acting as a shock absorber. If there are pains with active stirring, an urgent need to carry out diagnostics - ultrasound, medical examination.
The characteristic features are as follows:
• the size of the abdomen on the 4th month is small, does not correspond to the norm;
• permanent aching/pulling pains in the lower abdomen;
• weakness, loss of strength;
• dry mouth, nausea;
• pain during fetal movement.
With severe oligohydramnios, the contractions are very painful, the cervix does not fully open during the tension of the muscles of the uterus. All contractions are ineffective and do not lead to the expulsion of the fetus from the child's place. Opening the fetal bladder with a lack of amniotic fluid leads to the eruption of a thick liquid, colored by the feces of the fetus.
Relative oligohydramnios during pregnancy appears only before the very birth, the cause is the aging of the placenta. She flakes off. A woman should be under the constant supervision of an obstetrician, take appropriate medications.