Prenatal Assessment: Adolescent: Pregnancy Education:

Adolescent girls may respond to health teaching that is directed to their own health more than to that of a fetus inside them. Instructions about possible discomforts and changes associated with pregnancy, and measures to relieve them. Hemorrhoids is normal in pregnancy Assure adolescents that abdominal striae (stretch marks) are normal due to skin elasticity. Chloasma (excess pigment on face and neck) is normal. Suggesting a cover makeup and offering reassurance the pigmentation will fade after pregnancy can help.