When a client is 12 hours postpartum, the nurse would expect the client's fundus to be in which of these positions?
a. at the level of the umbilicus
b. below the symphysis pubis and no longer palpable
c. 1 centimeter above the umbilicus
d. 1 centimeter below the umbilicus
A
Note the size, consistency, and placement of the uterus. It should be the size of a grapefruit, firm, and in the midline. It should descend approximately one fingerbreadth each day. At 12 hours postpartum, the fundus should be approximately at the level of the umbilicus.
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