Maternal Child Nursing Care Chapter 18 Maternal Physiologic Changes

A firm, muscular wall with less adipose tissue would ensure that the patient is able to regain the prepregnancy abdominal tone after delivery. Thus, the nurse should advise the patient to do static abdominal exercises during pregnancy. The abdominal tone is not a factor based on which the nurse can determine whether the patient would have a normal vaginal delivery. Patients with weak abdominal muscles, especially those who have multifetal gestation or a large fetus, are at the risk of having diastasis recti abdominis. These abdominal striations usually do not fade away completely. Although the abdominal skin retains its tone, some striae always remain. The nurse advises a pregnant patient to do static abdominal exercises. How would these exercises benefit the patient? 1 They will lead to a normal vaginal childbirth. 2 The patient will have diastasis recti abdominis. 3 The patient will not have any abdominal striations. 4 They will help the patient to gain proper abdominal tone after delivery