As your baby starts to grow, the sac fills with amniotic fluid. In the early stage of pregnancy, the fluid contains mostly water from your body. However, its chemical makeup changes over the ...

Pregnant women can experience excess amniotic fluid or polyhydramnios, you know, Mom. Recognize the symptoms and how to treat them below.

Evidence is mounting that clinicians can treat serious genetic disorders prenatally by injecting medicine into the amniotic fluid, thus preventing damage that begins in utero.

However, if you have severe polyhydramnios, you may need treatment, such as amnioreduction, medication, or hospitalization, to reduce the amount of amniotic fluid in your body. Oligohydramnios ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have developed a new stem cell model of the mature human amniotic sac, which ...

Injecting medicines into amniotic fluid may be a viable strategy for treating SMA before birth, according to a new study in ...

LYING on an operating table, new mum Helaina Thorpe was looking forward to the precious first glimpse of her newborn baby, ...

Evidence is mounting that clinicians can treat serious genetic disorders prenatally by injecting medicine into the amniotic ...

Injecting medicine into the amniotic fluid staves off progression of spinal muscular atrophy in utero.Evidence is mounting ...

Amniotic fluid is the vital fluid that surrounds and protects a fetus during pregnancy. In addition to providing much-needed cushion and protection for the fetus, it also aids in development of ...