Definitions Flashcards
Pregnant woman
Gravida
Woman who has produced a viable or non-viable infant of > 20 weeks gestation
Para
Condition of having carried pregnancy to > 20 weeks gestation
Parity
> 5 deliveries
Grand Multipara
First delivery
Primipara
Length of pregnancy; calculated from a woman’s LMP assuming it was a normal cycle ; this gives us EDC
40 weeks or 280 days
Estimated Date of Confinement ; “due date” ; AKA EDD - Estimated Due Date or Estimated Delivery Date
EDC
First trimester
0-12 weeks
Second trimester
13-27 weeks
Third trimester
28-40 weeks
“Fourth trimester”
first 6 weeks postpartum
Preterm
delivery between 20 and 37 completed weeks of pregnancy
Term
delivery between 38-42 weeks
Post-term
delivery after 42 weeks
Abortion
pregnancy ended before 20 weeks
- Antepartal Period
- Intrapartal Period
- Postpartal Period
- Pregnancy
- L&D
- first 6 weeks
Neonatal Period
up to 28 days of life
1 pound
454 grams
1 ounce
28 grams
1 inch
2.54 centimeters
LBW = low birth weight
< 2500 grams
LGA = large for gestational age
4000 grams and > ( > 90th percentile)
Babies need … calories
108 calories/kg/day
Formula has …. calories
20 calories/ounce