- You have heavy vaginal bleeding. You have bright red bleeding from the vaginal area (between your legs) that completely soaks one or more maxi-pads in two hours and does not slow or stop with rest.
- You have trouble breathing or chest pain.
- Your baby has breathing problems. Your baby is having trouble breathing, is choking, cannot get his or her breath, or has stopped breathing.
- Your baby has blue skin colour. Your baby’s skin colour looks blue. If you are not sure, look inside his or her mouth for blueness (tongue, lips, gums).
- You pass many blood clots that are larger than a dollar coin (“a loonie”), and your vaginal bleeding becomes heavier and does not slow or stop with rest.
- You have a foul-smelling vaginal odour.
- You have red, sore breasts. Your breasts are red, swollen, and painful. You may have a fever. You may feel as if you have the flu. You may continue to breastfeed your baby.
- You have painful, swollen lower legs.
- You have pain when you pee. You feel burning every time you pee. You find it hard to pee. You may have a fever.
- You see changes in your c-section cut. You see redness or a discharge coming from the cut on your lower tummy. You may have a fever.
- Your baby has a body temperature of over 37.5° Celsius (99.5° Fahrenheit).
- Your baby is vomiting. Your baby does not want to eat and is throwing up.
- Your baby’s behaviour changes. Your baby has very little energy and is not moving much. He or she does not wake up on his or her own and is very sleepy when he or she is awake.
- Your baby’s umbilical cord has a bad or foul smell.
Adapted from Health Canada’s “National Guidelines for Family Centred Maternity and Newborn Care", Ottawa, 2000.
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