Signs or symptoms | When to contact your health care provider |
Vaginal bleeding, spotting or discharge |
Any amount of bleeding |
Immediately |
Greenish or yellowish vaginal discharge with odor, redness or itching |
Within 24 hours |
Steady or heavy discharge of watery fluid from your vagina |
Immediately |
Pain |
Occasional pulling or pinching sensation on one or both sides of your abdomen |
Next visit |
A moderate, bothersome headache that doesn't go away |
Within 24 hours |
A severe or persistent headache, especially with dizziness, faintness, nausea or vomiting, or vision problems, such as blind spots |
Immediately |
Moderate to severe pelvic pain |
Immediately |
Leg pain with redness and swelling |
Immediately |
Pain with fever or bleeding |
Immediately |
Uterine contractions, less than 6 each hour for 2 or more hours |
Next visit |
Uterine contractions, more than 6 each hour for 2 or more hours |
Immediately |
Vomiting |
Occasional or once a day |
Next visit |
More than 3 times a day or with inability to eat or drink |
Within 24 hours |
Accompanied by pain or fever |
Immediately |
Urinary problems |
Painful urination |
Same day |
Other |
Cravings for nonfood substances, such as clay or dirt |
Next visit |
Consistently low mood or loss of pleasure |
Next visit |
Fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath, heart palpitations or lightheadedness |
Next visit if occurring occasionally; same day if persistent |
Sudden swelling of your hands, face or feet |
Same day |
Fever lower than 102 F (38.9 C) |
Within 24 hours if fever persists |
Fever of 102 F (38.9 C) or higher |
Immediately |
Fainting or visual disturbances, such as blurring |
Immediately |
Low mood, loss of pleasure, and thoughts of harming yourself or others |
Immediately |