“It’s also a rough indicator of the baby’s health status.”Īmniotic fluid levels are assessed during routine ultrasounds. “Amniotic fluid provides protection, cushioning and a nice, warm environment for the baby to thrive and grow,” says Kenneth Lim, head of maternal fetal medicine at BC Women’s Hospital in Vancouver. Instead of spending her third trimester wrapping up things at the office, browsing for baby gear in boutiques and going for long walks on the beach with her husband, Feeney worked remotely, shopped online and went to the hospital two or three times a week for monitoring. HELLP Syndrome: A rare, scary pregnancy illness you should know about Limiting caffeine to 200 to 300 mg a day is the recommendation during pregnancy.) It was Feeney’s personal choice to cut coffee altogether. (Drinking a normal amount of water per day-eight glasses-is fine during pregnancy. From that moment on, Feeney says she set a goal for herself of drinking 20 glasses of water a day, and she gave up her morning coffee. But Feeney was immediately put on modified bed rest and urged to drink lots of water to help build up her fluid. Upon checking, the baby’s heart rate was fine and she was moving normally. “I was wondering, Is it something I did? Is it because I have a cup of coffee a day?” “It was stressful and I had a million questions,” says the Ottawa mom, who was living in Vancouver at the time.
If the results were abnormal, she was warned she may need an emergency C-section. When the ultrasound showed Feeney’s amniotic fluid was dangerously low, she was quickly given a non-stress test to check on the baby’s movement and heart rate. She went to the hospital for the scan on her lunch break the day she was training her maternity leave replacement, but didn’t return to the office. At her 30-week prenatal checkup, Ali Feeney’s belly was measuring small, so her obstetrician sent her for an ultrasound.
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