Please notify your doctor's office if you experience any of the following symptoms:
  • Bright red vaginal bleeding (pink tinged or dark brown spotting after a pelvic exam or intercourse is not uncommon)
  • Severe abdominal pain not relieved by heat, rest or a bowel movement
  • Severe vomiting or an inability to keep fluid or food in your stomach
  • Chills or fever greater than 100.6°
  • Pain or burning with urination
  • Loss of fluid from the vagine - a gush, a trickle, or continual wetness
  • Severe continuous headaches unrelieved by rest or Tylenol ®
  • Severe or sudden swelling of the face, hands, ankles or feet
  • Blurred vision
  • Pelvic pressure or the feeling that the baby may "fall out "
  • Dull low backache
  • Marked change in fetal movement, or no fetal movement, late in pregnancy

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