Giving birth: When to call your health care provider

Call your health care provider or midwife if:

• your water breaks (gush or trickle of fluid)
• you are bleeding from the vagina more than just spotting
• you have constant, severe pain with no relief between contractions (Call your health care provider of midwife right away.)
• your contractions are five minutes or less apart and have been that way for at least one hour or if your contractions become longer, stronger and closer together
• you have a temperature of more than 100.4 F
• you have any problems you know or think are related to your pregnancy
• you notice a decrease in your baby's activity.

Call your health care provider or midwife any time you are worried about yourself or your baby's well-being.