Be sure to call your provider if you experience any of these things prior to your delivery:

1. Persistent pains or cramping
2. Vaginal bleeding
3. Severe or constant headaches that are not relieved by medication approved by your provider
4. Persistent vomiting or diarrhea
5. Swelling of hands, face, legs, and feet
6. Fever (over 101 degrees) lasting more than 24 hours
7. Changes in your vision
8. If you think your water may have broken, or if you experience a sensation of leaking fluid
9. Decreased or absent fetal movement
10. Burning, increased frequency, or an increased sense of urgency to urinate

Feel free to contact your provider's office if you have a question at any time during your pregnancy.

Be sure to call your provider if you experience any of these things after your delivery:

1. Fever over 100.4 degrees
2. Foul smell or an unexpected change in your lochia flow (there should not be any bright red blood or clots in the lochia after about the fourth postpartum day)
3. Heavy lochia/bleeding, saturating a sanitary pad in one hour or passing blood clots larger than a ping pong ball
4. Sharp pains in your perineum, abdomen, breast, or chest
5. Blurred vision or dizziness, appearing alone or with a headache
6. Pain in your legs, particularly in the calf muscles when you walk or extend your feet
7. Appearance of a large blue or purple lump on your vulva or vaginal area or around the perineum [such lumps may be blood clots called hematomas; small lumps may disappear on their own, large lumps (greater than a quarter size) usually need medical treatment]
8. Any sign of swelling, redness, or pus around your cesarean incision or your genitals, especially at your episiotomy site
9. Separation of episiotomy or abdominal incision
10. Swelling, red streaks, and tenderness in your breasts, accompanied by fever greater than 100.4 F. This may indicate an infection of your breast tissue.
11. Discomfort or burning when you urinate, inability to urinate, or the inability to completely empty your bladder
12. Feeling weak, lightheaded, or confused and having cold or clammy skin
13. Any sense that "something is wrong" with you physically
14. Crying spells, mood swings that leave you feeling out of control
15. Any thoughts of harming yourself, your baby, or any other family members