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Natrum muriaticum and polyhydramnios

post #1 of 10
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Does anyone have success stories or non-success stories of their experiences of Natrum muriaticum (Nat Mur) to treat polyhydramnios (excessive amniotic fluid)?

I was just diagnosed at 32 weeks pregnant and my OB is trying to risk me out of a VBAC for it.
post #2 of 10
Do they know why you have polyhydramnios? Have you had a lvl II ultrasound with a perinatologist?

What is your UTI?

You might have some success with it but nothing helped mine.

Polyhydramnios alone isn't a reason to risk out. 80% of polyhydramnios cases are idiopathic. Cutting out sugar is also supposed to help.
post #3 of 10
Thread Starter 
It is "Ideopathic". I'm not GD, no birthdefects showed up on any of the 6 U/Ss I had (one was a level II), and I'm not Rho-negative. I don't know the exact number but it was low end of high.

I had an epiphany that this may be my MO for the 3rd trimester. Looking back at my last 2 babies, my uterus was measuring very large late in the pregnancy even though I didn't have babies that were excessively large. 2nd DD was breech and the inversion was a piece of cake at 39 weeks.

The only other issue that popped up about the same time was high blood pressure that I could control by diet. If I reduced my salt intake next to nothing, my blood pressure was normal. Of course, I didn't do this until the last 2 weeks of the pregnancy back then...

I am theorizing that if I reduce salt (and I guess sugar but I'm not a sweet tooth anyway) and take the Nat Mur as a salt balancing remedy, I should reduce my amniotic levels to normal. My next U/S is Dec 29th so I should know then how the situation improved.

I was curious to know if there were some women it didn't work in, or if mamas changed their diet, etc... I've got 8 weeks (I hope) to figure this out.


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Originally Posted by abimommy View Post
Do they know why you have polyhydramnios? Have you had a lvl II ultrasound with a perinatologist?

What is your UTI?

You might have some success with it but nothing helped mine.

Polyhydramnios alone isn't a reason to risk out. 80% of polyhydramnios cases are idiopathic. Cutting out sugar is also supposed to help.
post #4 of 10
Here is a thread I posted during my pregnancy that has some great responses.

http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=884157

I did start adding some nettles and dandelion root to my tea, which was recommended but it also didn't help.

It did turn out that my son had some issues so my polyhydramnios wasn't really idiopathic. He is doing ok now.
post #5 of 10
I am going to move this to Pregnant so you get some better responses
post #6 of 10
I had mild idiopathic poly with DD1. Didn't do anything to remedy it. Never posed a problem.

I had a significant case of poly with DS1. Drank dandelion root and leaf tea. Drank lots of water and took Nat Mur. Nothing worked. Took extra vit C to strengthen my BOW to hopefully SROM/cord prolapse. We knew it was serious because my fundus measured 10-12 cm ahead, whereas with DD1 it only measured 5-6 cm ahead (she was also LGA).

In the end the cause of poly in my case with him was related to anatomical problems. My guess is that if it was idiopathic then the remedies might have been successful.
post #7 of 10
Thread Starter 
I just read that Nat Mur is basically table salt. This would be counter intuitive for me to decrease sodium in my diet and take the Nat Mur.

I will try the teas - nettles and dandelion root, and exercise too!
post #8 of 10
that isn't quite correct. Tissue salts are very different and have balancing properties that work on the cellular level. However for what you are experiencing I'd be looking at nat sulph which is what you'd use to remove excess liquid. Nat mur is more about re-hydrating and moving water INTO the cells. Nat sulph moves it out.
post #9 of 10
Thread Starter 
Nat mur is just the latin for Sodium Chlorine which is indeed table salt, which does help to retain water. I'll look into the nat sulph.
post #10 of 10
it is latin for table salt, however I assume that by using it you are talking about the homeopathic or tissue salt which isn't the crude substance. Different.
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