When to Call Your Physician:

• If you think you are in labor or you think your water broke.
• Signs of preterm labor (three or more weeks before due date)
  • Contractions, (uterine tightening), six or more an hour.
  • Severe period like cramping, comes and goes or constant.
  • Abdominal cramps, with or without diarrhea.
  • Low backache, comes and goes or constant, may radiate to lower abdomen.
  • Pelvic pressure, feels like baby is pushing down.
  • Changes in vaginal discharge, color, amount or odor.
  • If you think your water breaks, it may be a big gush or a slow leak, note the color (should be clear).

• Spotting in early pregnancy or vaginal bleeding like a period or more, at any time. Please note if clots are present. (This is especially important if you have been diagnosed with Placenta Previa).
• Abdominal pain.
• Chest pain or severe shortness of breath.
• Decreased fetal movement.
• If you are running a fever, over 100.4 degrees oral temperature.
• Headaches (unusually severe or won’t resolve with Tylenol), especially if accompanied by vision changes and/or extreme swelling (to face, hands, and/or lower extremities).
• Urinary problems—burning and pain, a significant increase in frequency, feels as though you aren’t emptying your bladder, or blood in your urine.
• If you sustain any falls.
• If you are involved in a car accident.
• Abdominal trauma.
• Cannot keep any fluids/down for 24 hours or more.

Moreland OB-GYN phone number 262-544-4411.
After clinic hours phone number 1-800-446-3274.