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Postpartum Warning Signs


 

Call your health care provider with any of the following problems:

  • Fever over 100.4 for more than six hours.
  • Fever and chills.
  • Severe pain in abdomen, chest, or back.
  • Vaginal bleeding that gets heavier rather than lighter.
  • Foul-smelling vaginal bleeding.
  • Bleeding or any drainage from episiotomy, laceration, or abdominal incision
  • Redness, warmth, separation, or foul odor at an incision site.
  • Difficulty urinating or burning with urination.
  • Dizziness, light-headedness, or fainting.
  • Pulse over 100 while resting.
  • Uterus that is soft and will not remain firm with massage.
  • "Baby Blues" that prevent self-care and /or baby care.
  • Nausea and vomiting.
  • Hard, swollen, red breast(s).
  • A painful or reddened knot on the breast

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Information provided by UMHS perinatal education committee March, 2005

 

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Postpartum Warning Signs


 

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