A teenager in the clinic is refusing to eat during her pregnancy because she does not want to "get fat". What information should the nurse provide on the outcomes of the infant related to poor maternal weight gain?


a) The fetus could develop congenital anomalies
b) The infant will be small and could have problems
c) It will just make the baby smaller but there are no other problems associated
d) There is little impact on the infant, the mother will suffer complications