The nurse practitioner determines that a client is approximately 9 weeks’ gestation.
During the visit, the practitioner informs the client about symptoms of physical changes that she will experience during her first trimester, such as:
A . Nausea and vomiting
B . Quickening
C . A 6C8 lb weight gain
D . Abdominal enlargement
Answer: A
Explanation:
(A) Nausea and vomiting are experienced by almost half of all pregnant women during the first 3 months of pregnancy as a result of elevated human chorionic gonadotropin levels and changed carbohydrate metabolism.
(B) Quickening is the mother’s perception of fetal movement and generally does not occur until 18C20 weeks after the last menstrual period in primigravidas, but it may occur as early as 16 weeks inmultigravidas.
(C) During the first trimester there should be only a modest weight gain of 2C4 lb. It is not uncommon for women to lose weight during the first trimester owing to nausea and/or vomiting.
(D) Physical changes are not apparent until the second trimester, when the uterus rises out of the pelvis.