With regard to the postpartum uterus, nurses should be aware that:
a. At the end of the third stage of labor, it weighs approximately 500 g.
b. After 2 weeks postpartum, it should not be palpable abdominally.
c. After 2 weeks postpartum, it weighs 100 g.
d. It returns to its original (prepregnancy) size by 6 weeks postpartum.
B
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A At the end of the third stage of labor, the uterus weighs approximately 1000 g. It does not return to its original size.
B However, the uterus does not return to its original size.
C After 2 weeks postpartum, the uterus weighs about 350 g. It does not return to its original size.
D The normal self-destruction of excess hypertrophied tissue accounts for the slight increase in uterine size after each pregnancy.
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