The client at 39 weeks' gestation calls the clinic and reports increased bladder pressure but easier breathing and irregular, mild contractions. She also states that she just cleaned the entire house. Which statement should the nurse make?
1. "You shouldn't work so much at this point in pregnancy."
2. "What you are describing is not commonly experienced in the last weeks."
3. "Your body may be telling you it is going into labor soon."
4. "If the bladder pressure continues, come in to the clinic tomorrow."
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Explanation: 3. One of the premonitory signs of labor is lightening: The fetus begins to settle into the pelvic inlet (engagement). With fetal descent, the uterus moves downward, and the fundus no longer presses on the diaphragm, which eases breathing.
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