SIGNS YOUR DOCTOR WILL WANT TO KNOW ABOUT

All pregnant women should know warning signs to tell their doctor about. If anything about your pregnancy does not seem normal or feel right to you, talk to your doctor right away. If you have any trouble reaching your doctor, call your hospital's Labor and Delivery Unit for help. Here are some signs that you should report right away:

• A severe headache

• Your baby moves less or more than normal

• Severe swelling of face, fingers or feet

• Blurry vision with or without a headache

• Pain or burning when you urinate

• A fever

• Backache or period-like cramps that come and go

• Tightening of your uterus with or without pain.

• Severe pain in any part of your body that does not go away

• Any spotting of red blood from your vagina (the birth canal)

• A sudden loss of fluid which could mean your bag of water has broken

• A blister or sore in your vaginal area

• Smelly, thick or yellow mucous from your vagina

• Rapid weight gain for no reason

• Blood sugar greater than 200 which does not seem to come down

Source: Sweet Success, California Diabetes and Pregnancy Program? CDAPP, 2014