Polyhydramnios: An Update

I have truly been slacking on updating this blog and I apologize for that.  I kind of left you all hanging on this one.

A while ago, I mentioned that I was diagnosed with polyhydramnios.
First of all, THANK YOU to all of you that reached out to me to offer your prayers and good vibes.  And thank you to those of you that shared with that you too were diagnosed with this and carried a very healthy baby to 37 weeks and beyond!  It made me feel much more at ease.

When I last left you, I had mentioned that I had the excess of amniotic fluid and my belly was measuring a few weeks ahead of where I was.  There are many causes of polyhydramnios, but they were fairly certain I was going to fall into the 50% of those with no known cause.  (which is what we were hoping for).  Regardless, I had to go through all the tests again.  And the results are in:

Glucose test:  Came back perfect.  It was just as low as it was before and I'm as far from diabetic as could be.

Blood work:  Came back perfect.  Zero indicators of any genetic disorders.

High-risk specialist appointment:  They confirmed that Little Man looks perfect!  His kidneys appear to be functioning normal.  We watched his swallow multiple times and it looks great!  And as I mentioned before, we've had 3D ultrasounds and can see no clefts anywhere.  So no worries about any physical developmental issues.

But the great news is that I saw the high-risk doctors late last week and my amniotic fluids are finally at a average level!!!  WOOHOO!!!!  They're at the highest level of average, but in the average range, so that's good!  And at this point, my cervix should be shortening anyway, so we aren't too concerned.

The high-risk doctors also said they see no reason for me to come back.  I'm still considered high-risk simply due to my cancer history, but until they see an issue that needs to be addressed, I'm okay to be under my regular OBs care.  That made me a very happy pregnant lady.  On the way to happy and healthy!!!!