⚠️ Warning signs
When to get in touch with your maternity care.
This app is a personal record and reference, not medical advice. It can't assess how you or your baby are doing. If anything feels wrong — even if it isn't on this list — trust your instincts and call your midwife or hospital.
Call your hospital or midwife straight away
Any of these mean contact your maternity care now — do not wait for your next appointment.
- ● Any decrease or change in your baby's movements (from 28 weeks) — do not wait, re-count, or try to wake baby first
- ● Heavy vaginal bleeding, or bleeding with pain
- ● A gush or trickle of fluid (your waters may have broken)
- ● Severe or persistent headache, especially with vision changes (spots, blurring)
- ● Sudden swelling of your face, hands or feet
- ● Severe pain in your abdomen or shoulder tip
- ● A high temperature or fever
- ● Persistent vomiting and unable to keep fluids down
- ● Painful, regular contractions before 37 weeks
- ● Feeling faint, a racing heart, or trouble breathing
Contact your midwife or GP for advice
Not emergencies, but worth a call the same or next day.
- ● Mild spotting without pain
- ● Mild, irregular cramping
- ● Burning or stinging when you wee
- ● Persistent itching, especially on your palms and soles
- ● Vomiting a few times a day but still keeping some fluids down
About baby's movements
From around 28 weeks you'll get to know your baby's usual pattern of movements. There's no magic number of kicks to count — what matters is a change from what's normal for your baby. If movements slow, weaken or stop, call your hospital straight away. Don't wait until tomorrow, don't try to make baby move first, and don't be reassured by a home doppler.
Keep your hospital and midwife numbers somewhere you can find them fast.