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    Symptoms during your pregnancy that can't be ignored. When to call your Dr...

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    When to Call a Doctor

    During the last trimester, call 911 or other emergency services immediately if you:
    • Experience severe vaginal bleeding.
    • Have severe abdominal pain.
    • Have had fluid gushing or leaking from your vagina (the amniotic sac has ruptured) AND you know or think the umbilical cord is bulging into your vagina (cord prolapse). If this happens, immediately get down on your knees so your buttocks are higher than your head to decrease pressure on the cord until help arrives. Cord prolapse can cut off the fetus's blood supply. (These measures apply to you if you are as early as 24 weeks pregnant.)
    At any time during your pregnancy, call your health professional immediately if you:
    • Have signs of preeclampsia, a potentially life-threatening condition, such as:
      • Sudden swelling of your face, hands, or feet.
      • Visual problems (such as dimness or blurring).
      • Severe headache.
    • Have pain, cramping, or fever with bleeding from the vagina.
    • Pass some tissue from the uterus.
    • If you think or know you have a fever.
    • Vomit more than 3 times a day, or are too nauseated to eat or drink, especially if you also have fever or pain.
    • Have an increase or gush of fluid from your vagina. It is possible to mistake a leak of amniotic fluid for a problem with bladder control.
    At any time during your pregnancy, call your health professional today if you:
    • Notice sudden swelling of your face, hands, or feet.
    • Have any vaginal bleeding or an increase in your usual amount of vaginal discharge.
    • Have pelvic pain that doesn't get better or go away.
    • Have itching all over your body (usually in the evenings at first, then throughout the day as well) with or without dark urine, pale stools, or yellowing of skin or eyes.
    • Have painful or frequent urination or urine that is cloudy, foul-smelling, or bloody.
    • Feel unusually weak.
    If you are between 20 and 37 weeks pregnant, call your health professional immediately or go to the hospital if you have signs of preterm labor  including:
    • Mild or menstrual-like cramping with or without diarrhea.
    • Regular contractions for an hour. This means about 4 or more in 20 minutes, or about 8 or more in 1 hour, even after you have had a glass of water and are resting.
    • Unexplained low back pain or pelvic pressure.
    For more information, see the topic Preterm Labor.
    Between 20 and 37 weeks of pregnancy, call your health professional immediately or go to the hospital if you:
    • Have noticed that your baby has stopped moving or is moving much less than normal. See fetal movement counting for information on how to check your baby's activity.
    • Have uterine tenderness or unexplained fever (possible symptoms of infection).
    After 37 weeks of pregnancy, call your health professional immediately or go the hospital if you:
    • Have vaginal bleeding (for light spotting, you can call at any time on the same day).
    • Have had regular contractions for an hour. This means about 4 or more in 20 minutes, or about 8 or more within 1 hour.
    • Have a sudden release of fluid from the vagina.
    • Notice that the baby has stopped moving or is moving much less than normal. See fetal movement counting for information on how to check your baby's activity.
    At any time during pregnancy, call your health professional if you have steady or heavy discharge from the vagina unlike your normal secretions along with symptoms of itching, burning, or odor.

    ~Monica Condon
    Unit Clerk/Social Media Rep


    • 20 March 2011
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    The Care you Need Close to Home! First Rate Physicians, cutting-edge technology, ...CARE with a personal touch.

    Sutter Delta Medical Center offers an array of inpatient and outpatient services to meet the needs of our East Contra Costa Community.

    • 24-Hour Level II Emergency Care
    • Medical/Surgical Services including Post-Anesthesia Care
    • ICU/CCU/OPCU
    • State-of-the-art Family Birthing and Women’s Health Center
    Specialty Care Services include:
    • Pain Management Lab
    • Nuclear Medicine
    • Rehabilitation Medicine (PT,OT, ST)
    • Ambulatory Care Unit - Operative/Minimally Invasive procedures
    • Cardiac Cath and GI/Endoscopy Lab
    • Urology
    • Pediatrics
    • Oncology
    • Neurology
    • Orthopedics –Sports Medicine
    • Obstetrical/Gynecology Services

    Advanced Imaging Services:
    • CT Scanning
    • MRI
    • Digital Mammography
    • Diagnostic Imagining
    • Stereotactic

    Sutter Delta Medical Center
    3901 Lone Tree Way, Antioch CA 94509
    (925) 779-7200

    http://www.sutterdelta.org
    http://yourhealth.sutterdelta.net/

    Serving the East Contra Costa communities of Antioch, Brentwood,Oakley, Discovery Bay, Pittsburg and Knightsen.

    Driving Directions to Sutter Delta Medical Center click here:http://sutterdelta.com/about/maps/sdmc.pdf

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