The nurse documents which clinical finding as an expected change associated with advancing pregnancy?

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Murmurs, splitting of S1 and S2, and the presence of S3 may be heard after the twentieth week of gestation. Ankle edema may occur, but normally is not persistent. Option B is not an expected finding in pregnancy. The diaphragm is pushed up by the growing fetus, which decreases the diaphragmatic excursion, rather than increasing it.

The Nurse Documents Which Clinical Finding as an Expected Change