Which of the following statements, if made by the pregnant adolescent, would indicate that she understood her increased risk of physiologic complications during pregnancy?
1. "It's no big deal that I started prenatal care in my seventh month."
2. "My anemia and eating mostly fast food are not important."
3. "I need to take good care of myself so my baby doesn't come early."
4. "My smoking and using crack cocaine won't harm my baby."
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Rationale:
1. Pregnant adolescents are at high risk for complications such as pregnancy-induced hypertension, anemia, preterm birth, low-birth-weight infants, and fetal harm from cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, or the use of street drugs.
2. Pregnant adolescents are at high risk for complications such as pregnancy-induced hypertension, anemia, preterm birth, low-birth-weight infants, and fetal harm from cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, or the use of street drugs.
3. Early and regular prenatal care is the best intervention to prevent complications or to detect them early, to minimize the harm to both the teen and her fetus.
4. Pregnant adolescents are at high risk for complications such as pregnancy-induced hypertension, anemia, preterm birth, low-birth-weight infants, and fetal harm from cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, or the use of street drugs.
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