When To Call Your Provider
Below are signs of when to call your doctor:
- Vaginal spotting or bleeding
- Change in vaginal discharge
- Abdominal cramping more than 4 times in an hour
- Abdominal pain
- Pelvic pressure
- Severe nausea and vomiting
- Fever
- Decreased fetal movement
- Contractions that occur 4 or more times an hour
- Leaking of fluid from the vagina
- Persistent/severe headache
Below are signs of pre-term labor:
- Cramping
- Low, dull backache (different than your regular backache)
- Contractions
- Pressure in lower abdomen, which comes and goes
- A change in discharge
- A slow leak or gush of fluid from the vagina
If you are in labor and it is after business hours, please call a WomanCare office that you visit and the physician on call will be notified.
If you have a life-threatening emergency, please call 911 immediately.
This publication is intended as a reference only and not as medical advice. The information that is provided herein is designed to help inform you with regard to your pregnancy. Your health care provider does not intend it to be used as a substitute for treatment, advice or recommendations.
