:: The placenta most decidedly is "'not "'functioning to keep the amniotic fluid inside the uterus; that's the function of the amniotic sac, as Richard Avery notes.
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In amniocentesis, which is more commonly done in this country, fluid is drawn from the amniotic sac with a needle; it is done at 14 weeks or later.
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"' Dittrichin Siegmundin "'( 1648 1705 ) was a German Francois Mauricaeu, to apply the technique of puncturing the amniotic sac to arrest hemorrhaging in placenta praevia.
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Specifically, it was a widely held belief that those who in later life became " benandanti " were born with a caul, or amniotic sac, wrapped around their heads.
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Even though she'll be at greater risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, premature labor and rupturing of the amniotic sac surrounding the fetuses, Ivette and her husband want to keep all seven.
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Between 18 and 22 weeks, during a routine ultrasound exam, a hand-held transducer is moved against the outside of the mother's abdomen, and the baby, placenta and amniotic sac can be visualized.
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Implantation in the uterine wall allows for the next step in embryogenesis, gastrulation, which includes formation of the placenta from trophoblastic cells and differentiation of the ICM into the amniotic sac and epiblast.
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It is defined as rupture of membranes ( breakage of the amniotic sac ), commonly called breaking of the mother's water ( s ), more than 1 hour before the onset of labor.
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There are believed to be links with polyhydramnios ( excessive amniotic sac fluid ) . if you have excessive amniotic fluid, microsomia is more likely, since there is no room for the baby to grow.
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But women have a 1 percent chance of suffering a miscarriage from amniocentesis, the use of a needle to draw fluid from the amniotic sac, or from a similar invasive test called chorionic villus sampling.
