Prenatal Care Flashcards
The date on
which the baby is
expected to be
delivered
Estimated Date of Delivery (EDD) • Estimated Date of Confinement (EDC) • Estimated Date of Birth (EDB)
State of being pregnant
•
A woman who is or has been pregnant
GRAVID/
GRAVIDA
the total number of pregnancies, past
and present, irrespective of the
outcome
GRAVIDITY
woman pregnant for the first time
PRIMIGRAVIDA
woman with 2 or more pregnancies
MULTIGRAVIDA
Woman >35 years old carrying her
first baby
OLDER
PRIMIGRAVIDA
Woman who has never never
experienced a pregnancy.
NULLIGRAVIDA
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woman with six or more pregnancies
GRAND
MULTIGRAVIDA
Total number of birth that reach 24 or more weeks
resulting in viable fetus whether born dead or
alive. ( twins, triplets etc. considered as one).
PARA
/PARITY
Woman who has given birth to one
child past age of viability or atleast 24
weeks alive or dead
PRIMIPARA
a woman who has given birth more
than once at 24 or more weeks of
gestation
MULTIPARA
a woman who has never completed a
pregnancy beyond age of viability
NULLIPARA
A woman who has given birth to 6 or
more viable deliveries whether dead or
alive at birth
GRAND
MULTIPARA
the earliest age at which
fetuses could survive if they
were born at that time(24
weeks)
AGE OF
VIABILITY
pregnancy that terminates
before the period of viability (24
wks );fetus weighs less than 500g
ABORTION
an infant born before 37
weeks but more than 24
weeks
PRETERM
INFANT
an infant born after 42 weeks
POST TERM
INFANT
Duration of Pregnancy in Days
267 to 280 days
Duration of Pregnancy in Weeks
37 42 weeks
Duration of Pregnancy in LUNAR
MONTHS
10 months
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1 Lunar month= 4 week period