
“PPROM: Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes” – with Dr. Shari Gelber
Healthful Woman Podcast
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Pregnancy
The first step is every woman's least favorite thing. We do a speculum exam, and we look for what's called poolingis just a pool of amneotic fluid in the vagina. Maybe it's ruptured membranes, maybe it's just normal vaginal discharge - cas baginal discharge common in pregnancy. And then e we're doing an ultra sound and measuring the amneotic fluid volume. Not everyone whose water breaks has low fluid ind the uterus because there's the baby continues to p so there's replenishing of the fluid.
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