Post-Partum Danger Signs

Mom If You Have:

• A fever above 100.4 degrees by mouth
• A change or increase in pain, in your bottom or where you have stitches
• Pain or burning when you go to the bathroom
• To go to the bathroom more often than usual after the first week
• New stomach pains
• A sudden increase in vaginal bleeding that does not stop with rest, soaks a pad per hour, or passing clots larger than a golf ball
• Pain, swelling, or redness of the breast with no relief
• Shortness of breath
• Feelings that are out of your control
• Thoughts of harming yourself, your baby, or others
• Complacency and do not look forward to anything you used to enjoy
• Feelings of numbness or feel like you cannot move to take care of yourself or your baby

If Baby: 

• Has a fever above 100 degrees under the arm (make sure the infant is not dressed too warmly or held for a long time right before the temperature was taken)
• Skips two or more feedings
• (Breastfed) has less than six wet diapers and less than three to four stools per day during the first two weeks
• (Formula-fed) has fewer than six wet diapers per day and less than one to two stools every day
• Has bloody or runny stools
• Has forceful or frequent throwing up
• Has skin color changes (becomes pale or blue)
• If the white of the eyes and the bottom of the feet or palms of the hands become yellow
• Has a skin rash
• Has bleeding, drainage, or redness from the belly button cord or circumcision site