OB 371 EXAM 1

prenatal - preceding birth, during the pregnancy prenatal period - a time of physical and psychologic preparation for birth and parenthood antepartum - occurring before birth (used interchangeably with prenatal) intrapartum - during labor or birth postpartum - after birth, 4-6 weeks first trimester - 1-13 weeks second trimester - 14-26 weeks third trimester - 27-40 weeks how many months is a pregnancy - 9 calendar months; 10 lunar months; 40 weeks gravida - woman who is pregnant; any pregnancy including current one gravidity - pregnancy primigravida - woman in her first pregnancymultigravida - woman who has completed two or more pregnancies nulligravida - a woman who has never been pregnant parity - number of pregnancies in which fetus or fetuses have reached viability (20 weeks); not number of fetuses born; not affected by whether or not fetus is born alive or stillborn stillborn - showing no signs of life at birth para - delivery 20 or more weeks regardless of whether fetus is born alive or dead nullipara - woman who has not completed pregnancy with a fetus or fetuses who have reached the stage of viability (20 weeks) primipara - a woman who has completed one pregnancy with a fetus or fetuses who have reached 20 weeks of gestation multipara - a woman who has completed two or more pregnancies to 20 weeks or more of gestation abortion - pregnancy that ends before 20 weeks preterm - a pregnancy that has reached 20 weeks of gestation but ends before completion of 37 weeks of gestation (36 w 6 d)late preterm - a pregnancy that has reached between 34 w 0 d and 36 w 6 d gestation term - a pregnancy that reaches the completion of 37 weeks early term - a pregnancy that has reached between 37 w 0 d and 38 w 6 d gestation full term - a pregnancy that has reached between 39 w 0 d and 40 w 6 d gestation late term - a pregnancy that has reached between 41 w 0 d and 41 w 6 d gestation post term - a pregnancy that has reached between 42 w 0 d and beyond gestation 2 digit approach - first digit - gravidity (# preg. including this one) second digit - parity (# preg. reached 20 weeks) 5 digit approach - GTPAL: first digit - gravida (# preg. including current) second digit - term (# delivered at 37 weeks or later) third digit - preterm (# delivered between 20-37 weeks) fourth digit - abortion (# ending spontaneously or therapeutic that does not reach 20 weeks) fifth digit - living (# living children)