Mother Care: The First Two Weeks - GRMC Birthing Center

Call your healthcare provider if you:

Have a fever above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C)
Are passing vaginal blood clots larger than a ping-pong ball
Saturate more than one pad an hour
Have a vaginal discharge with a foul-smelling odor
Feel dizzy or lightheaded
Experience worsening abdominal pain
Have severe constipation
Experience pain, burning or increased frequency when urinating
Have worsening pain, redness or increasing drainage around your perineum (the skin between the vagina and anus)
Have increased swelling, redness, drainage or separation around stitches (episiotomy or cesarean section)
Have areas on the leg or arm that are tender or red (blood clot)
Find yourself constantly crying or worrying excessively
Have thoughts of hurting yourself or your baby
Have problems eating or sleeping
Are unable to care for yourself or your baby
Experience any extreme behavior changes
Feel severe breast pain or have red, tender areas on either breast (mastitis)
Experience any flu-like symptoms