
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

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