amniotic fluid
Noun
Meaning
the serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion
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Love is all around us all the time. Love is the ethers that we swim in. Love is the amniotic fluid of the soul.
before a woman gives birth her waters break
Aly Jenkins, a member of Sherry Anderson's rink, died Sunday during childbirth at the age of 30. Doctors determined amniotic fluid had entered her blood stream, setting off a rare amniotic fluid embolism.
Causes Fetal distress during labor causes intestinal contractions, as well as relaxation of the anal sphincter, which allows meconium to pass into the amniotic fluid and contaminate the amniotic fluid.
Meconium is normally stored in the infant's intestines until after birth, but sometimes (often in response to fetal distress and hypoxia) it is expelled into the amniotic fluid prior to birth, or during labor.
Meconium passage into the amniotic fluid occurs in about 5–20 percent of all births and is more common in overdue births.