The nurse is teaching a pregnant 14-year-old patient who is at 10 weeks' gestation about the expected body changes that will occur during pregnancy. Which patient statement indicates that additional information is needed?
1. "My breasts are going to get even bigger than they've gotten over the past couple of years."
2. "My belly will gradually get more round, especially from the middle of pregnancy on."
3. "My hair will feel thicker until I deliver, and then I'll lose more hair than usual for a few weeks."
4. "My skin won't change, and I'll look just as good in a bikini next year as I did last summer."
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Rationale 1: Breasts will enlarge, as will the belly.
Rationale 2: Breasts will enlarge, as will the belly.
Rationale 3: Hair decreases shedding during pregnancy, which results in the perception of thicker hair, but after delivery, the shedding rate increases until it is back to what was normal prior to conception.
Rationale 4: Skin changes of pregnancy are common, and include darkening of the linea nigra, darkened areas on the skin of the face and neck (chloasma), and striae or stretch marks.
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