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You are conducting a postpartum visit with a 19-year-old woman who gave birth by cesarean 4 weeks ago, following induction of labor at term for gestational hypertension. During your visit today she reports scant lochia, exclusive breastfeeding, and some pain on the outer aspect of her left breast. She wants to review her experience of labor and birth with you, and asks whether it is true that, "once a cesarean, always a cesarean."
Chart review reveals BMI of 39, gestational diabetes with diet control, laboratory tests normal, no history of Pap screening.
During your visit you note that her blood pressure is 148/92, with a pulse of 88 and 14 respirations per minute. Your physical exam reveals the following:
\bullet Breasts: Soft and nontender, no palpable masses, and intact everted nipples
\bullet Abdominal exam: No guarding, fundus firm and central halfway between the umbilicus and symphysis pubis. Nontender except at palpation of surgical incision where no erythema or exudates was observed.
\bullet Pelvic exam: No cervical motion tenderness on bimanual exam, which confirmed uterine size estimated by abdominal exam. Moderate pelvic muscle tone, lochia alba noted.
Which of the following health screening, promotion, and education activities are not recommended in this case?


A) A baseline Pap smear
B) Advice that a vaginal birth after cesarean is recommended in most circumstances
C) Encouragement to achieve and maintain a normal body mass index
D) Screening for posttraumatic stress disorde
E) Two-hour, 75-gram oral glucose tolerance test

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