When to Contact Your Doctor or Midwife
If you experience any of the following symptoms, call your doctor or midwife immediately:
Abdominal pain and/or cramping
Fluid or blood leaking from the vagina
Abnormal vaginal discharge (foul-smelling, green, or yellow)
Painful urination
Severe headache
Impaired vision (spots or blurring)
Fever over 101°F
Chills
Excessive swelling of face and/or body
Severe and unrelenting vomiting and/or diarrhea
Fainting or dizziness, especially if they are accompanied by abdominal pain or bleeding (They could be symptoms of ectopic, or tubal, pregnancy, a potentially fatal condition where implantation occurs outside of the endometrial lining of the uterus, such as in the fallopian tubes.)
While a good dose of common sense should be used in contacting your doctor or midwife after hours, in most cases better safe than sorry applies. Trust your instincts. If something just doesn't feel right to you, make the call.
