Direct guidance
What to know or do
Avoid prolonged standing when possible and ask about support or comfort measures. Seek prompt care for sudden severe pain, redness, fever, a hard swelling or substantial bleeding.
What changes the answer
- When it began, whether it is worsening, and how it affects eating, sleep or activity
- Severity, pattern, one-sided symptoms and accompanying bleeding, fever or fluid loss
- Pregnancy week, baby movement and relevant conditions or medicines
Check with your care team
When to get individual help
Contact your doctor or maternity service promptly and describe the timing, severity, associated symptoms and pregnancy week so they can choose the right assessment.