The nurse delivering babies on an obstetrical unit checks the mother's blood type to assess for ABO incompatibility. Which client would be at risk for this hemolytic disease?

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ABO incompatibility risk arises when the mother's blood type is different from the fetus's, particularly if the mother has type O or when the fetus has a blood type that includes antigens not present in the mother's blood. In option D, the mother is type A and the fetus is type AB, meaning the fetus has a B antigen which the mother lacks, potentially leading to ABO incompatibility.

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