“ADEQUATE AMNIOTIC FLUID IS CRITICAL FOR FOETAL LUNG AND LIMB DEVELOPMENT. SO IT CAN LEAD TO SEVERE CONSEQUENCES, SUCH AS PULMONARY HYPOPLASIA (UNDERDEVELOPMENT OF THE BABY LUNGS) OR MALFORMED LIMBS.”
I was in my last trimester of an otherwise healthy pregnancy when a routine scan picked up a worrying dip in amniotic fluid. I was told to prepare for a possible induction or even a caesarean, as too little amniotic fluid
