Obstetrics - When To Call Your Provider

WHEN TO CALL YOUR PHYSICIAN

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• 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

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