Upon providing education to a woman who underwent a Dilation and Curettage (D&C) for a hydatidiform mole (molar pregnancy), the woman inquires about the rationale for avoiding pregnancy for the next 12 months. The nurse's most appropriate response would be:

The major risk to you after a molar pregnancy is a type of cancer that can be diagnosed only by measuring the same hormone that your body produces during pregnancy. If you were to get pregnant it would make the diagnosis of this cancer more difficult.

If you can avoid a pregnancy for the next year the chance of developing a second molar pregnancy is rare. Therefore, to improve your chance of a successful pregnancy it is better not to get pregnant at this time.

If you get pregnant within 1 year the chance of a successful pregnancy is very small. Therefore, if you desire a future pregnancy it would be better for you to use the most reliable method of contraception available.

Oral contraceptives are the only form of birth control that will prevent a recurrence of a molar pregnancy.