Pregnancy
At 37 weeks and beyond, go to the hospital if you:
- Are leaking fluid from the vagina.
- Are bleeding enough to see it on your underwear or a pad.
- Are having painful contractions every 5 minutes for at least an hour.
- Have a severe headache, vision change and/or severe abdominal pain.
- Are feeling the baby move less and have been unable to feel the baby move at least 10 times in 2 hours.
- Have had any injury to your abdomen.
If you are less than 34 weeks, go to the hospital if you:
- Are leaking fluid from the vagina.
- Are bleeding enough to see it on your underwear or a pad.
- Are having more than 4 contractions an hour x 2 hours.
- Have severe headache, vision change, and /or severe abdominal pain.
- Are feeling the baby move less and after 28 weeks if you have been unable to feel the baby move at least 10 times in 2 hours. (Kick counts can be performed from 28 weeks and beyond.)
- Have had an injury to the abdomen.
Post Partum
Please go to the hospital if you:
- Have heavy bleeding that is filling a pad every 2x hours.
- Have a fever greater than 100.4 F/38 .0C.
- Have severe headache, vision change and /or severe abdominal pain.
- Worsening pain, drainage or redness or c-section incision.
- Breast pain, redness and fever that may indicate infection in the breast.
- Severe depression or thoughts of suicide.
Gynecologic Concerns
Please go to the hospital if you:
- Have had a recent procedure/surgery and have a fever and/or severe pain at the incision site.
- Have an early pregnancy and have severe abdominal pain with or without bleeding.
- Have severe abdominal pain and swelling.
Please call the office during business hours or message your healthcare provider through the Athena portal to:
- Review test results.
- Request prescription refills.
- Schedule and reschedule appointments.
- Discuss irregular periods.
- Discuss yeast/vaginal infection symptoms and concerns.
- Discuss contraceptive needs/concerns.