Post Partum Warning Signs
If you experience any of the following after your delivery please call the office 770-474-0064 between the hours of 9 am- 4 pm, Monday through Friday. After hours your call will transfer to the emergency line.
- Fever: Temperature above 101° F for greater than 24 hours
- Problems with episiotomy or cesarean incision: redness, drainage, severe bruising
- Urinary problems: burning, urgency
- Problem area on breast: redness, tenderness, lump, warmth
- Problem area on leg: redness, tenderness, lump, warmth
- Excessive vaginal bleeding: soaking a large peripad (kotex) in less than 2 hours; passing a clot larger than a baseball
- Foul-smelling vaginal discharge
- Severe abdominal or epigastric pain
- Severe headache
- Nausea and/or vomiting persisting for greater than 48 hours
- Shortness of breath, chest pain, coughing up blood