A Woman Who Is 8 Weeks Pregnant Is Visiting the Clinic

A woman who is 8 weeks pregnant is visiting the clinic for a checkup.Her systolic blood pressure is 30 mm Hg higher than her pre-pregnancy systolic blood pressure.The nurse should:

A) Consider this a normal finding
B) Expect the blood pressure to decrease because the estrogen levels increase throughout the pregnancy
C) Consider this an abnormal finding because blood pressure is typically lower at this point in the pregnancy
D) Recommend that she decrease her salt intake in an attempt to decrease her peripheral vascular resistance