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 prepregnancy blood pressure.The nurse would:

A) consider this a normal finding.
B) expect the blood pressure to decrease as 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.