When to call your midwife urgently - during pregnancy
If your waters break and the colour of the fluid is green/brown please call urgently day or night
If fluid loss is clear and your baby is moving normally and it happens late at night, page us first thing in the morning.
If you aren’t sure if it’s your waters please page and we will help you determine if it is.
When your labour is establishing: You are experiencing 3-4 painful, regular contractions every ten minutes and this has been happening for at least an hour and they are lasting 60-90 seconds long. And you feel this right up your abdomen, not just low down.
Or if you have a sense of urgency, especially if this is not your first birth and you think your labour is progressing quickly.
If you have any vaginal bleeding:
A show is ok: this is a bloody/mucousy discharge that is often passed vaginally towards the end of pregnancy or during the start of labour
In labour, call if vaginal bleeding is more than spotting and is bright red in colour