I had this condition with my last child that I had at the age of 35, he is the last one of 5. When I found out and was told I had polyhydramnios, I was told that it can mean the baby has a birth defect, I thought it might be because of my age but it does not have anything to do with having children close together, my sister had her kids so close everyone thought they were twins and my daughter also, they never had this, also my kids are spread apart 4-5 years each and more and I had it. I was in and out of the hospital to be checked because of it the last 7 weeks of my pregnancy. They told me on the ultrasound they were not picking up any birth defect but they can't always pick up every birth defect. I cried knowing that my child could be born with something wrong with him. My labor room doctor was notified that i had this condition and believe me when they say there is a lot of water, there was, it went everywhere like a tidal wave!! My baby was blue gray in color and the resisitation team worked on him and got him breathing well although I did not see him until the next day so he could be stabalized and I temporarily left my body during all this, I did not have any drugs as all my pregnancies were natural. I remember them saying we need to flip her the babies heart rate is really low and I did not respond and the doctor finally grabbed my leg and flipped me to my side, I remember them giving me oxygen off and on but it all was hard to remember, my mom and sister watched as the team of resuscitation nurses worked on him, also there was a c-section team standing by in case they had to go that route because I guess with this type of pregnancy they said they don' know what they are going to run into until they are in there and it is happening. Joshua is a healthy baby boy despite his rough birth and the only deformity if you will that he has is that little thing on your ear that sticks out, I don't know what it is called but you will feel it if you feel the outside of your ear, he was born with an extra little one on the outside, some people say that he is hyper and has too much energy but it comes in handy on moving day!!! He is gifted and we home school him as he was extremely bored in school, he has been working on computers and with electricity believe it or not since 4 years old, he made his own antenna at 4 years old and it worked!! He is now 12 and he rebuilds computers and helps people out of their computer jams, all the engineers in the neighborhood love talking with him, they say he knows as much as their engineering buddies. He does come from a long line of Engineers including an Aerospace Engineer. Pray and remember that God doesn't give us more than we can handle. Babies are a wonderful gift, enjoy yours.