Four women are close to delivery on the labor and delivery unit. The nurse knows to be vigilant to the signs of neonatal respiratory distress in which delivery?

A) 42-week-gestation pregnancy complicated by intrauterine growth restriction
B) 41-week-gestation pregnancy with biophysical profile score of 10 that morning
C) 40-week-gestation pregnancy with estimated fetal weight of 3200 grams
D) 39-week-gestation pregnancy complicated by maternal cholecystitis


A
42-week-gestation pregnancy complicated by intrauterine growth restriction

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