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When to Seek Medical Care

A woman who is pregnant who experiences cramping or bleeding at any time should call her health care provider. A pregnant woman who experiences these symptoms but does not have a health care provider should go to her closest hospital's emergency department to be examined.

A pregnant woman should go to the hospital if she experiences the following symptoms:

• Heavy bleeding (soaking more than one pad per hour)
  
  
• Passing something that looks like tissue (Place this tissue in a container and take it with you to the hospital.)
  
  
• Severe cramping (like a menstrual period)
  
  
• Cramping or bleeding accompanied by fever
  
  
• Bleeding or abdominal pain in a woman who has had a previous ectopic (tubal) pregnancy
  
  
• Vomiting so severe she can't keep anything down