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Evidence Library · Staying well

When to be seen, whatever the schedule says

The short list worth keeping.

Contact your team the same day, regardless of when your next visit is, for any of these:

  • Vaginal bleeding
  • A genuine reduction or change in the baby's movements
  • Severe or persistent headache, changes in vision, or new pain under your ribs on the right
  • Sudden swelling of your face or hands
  • Fluid leaking from the vagina
  • Regular painful contractions before 37 weeks
  • Fever, or burning when passing urine
  • Persistent vomiting or inability to keep fluids down
  • Thoughts of harming yourself
If you are put offSay the sentence that gets a response: "I want to be assessed today." You do not have to justify it, and you are not being difficult.

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This page is educational. It supports the conversation with your own clinicians. It is not consent to any treatment, and it cannot assess you. If you are worried about a symptom now, see urgent warning signs.