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“If you have any of these symptoms during or after pregnancy, contact your health care provider and get help right away.”
- Headache that won’t go away or gets worse over time
- Dizziness or fainting
- Thoughts about hurting yourself or your baby
- Changes in your vision
- Fever
- Trouble breathing
- Chest pain or fast-beating heart
- Severe belly pain that doesn’t go away
- Severe nausea and throwing up (not like morning sickness)
- Baby’s movements stopping or slowing during pregnancy
- Vaginal bleeding or fluid leaking during pregnancy
- Vaginal bleeding or fluid leaking after pregnancy
- Swelling, redness, or pain of your leg
- Extreme swelling of your hands or face
- Overwhelming tiredness
“If you can’t reach your provider, go to an emergency room, or call 9-1-1.”
“Be sure to tell them if you are pregnant or were pregnant within the last year.”
Quoted in full from the Urgent Maternal Warning Signs, developed by ACOG and the Council on Patient Safety in Women’s Health Care and distributed by the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM), September 2022, as published at saferbirth.org. Wording varies slightly between republications, so this is one source, named.