Which statement, if made by a pregnant adolescent, indicates that she understands her increased risk of physiologic complications during pregnancy?
1. "Smoking and using crack cocaine won't harm my baby."
2. "My anemia and eating mostly fast food are not important."
3. "It's no big deal that I started prenatal care in my seventh month."
4. "I need to take good care of myself so my baby doesn't come early."
4
Explanation:
1. Pregnant adolescents are at great risk for complications such as pregnancy-induced hypertension, anemia, preterm birth, low-birth-weight infants, fetal harm from cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, or the use of street drugs.
2. Pregnant adolescents are at great risk for complications such as anemia.
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. 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.
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