Definitions Flashcards
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Gravid
The state of being pregnant
Gravida
A pregnant woman
Nulligravida
A woman who had never been pregnant
Primigravida
A woman pregnant for the first time
Multigravida
A woman who has had two or more pregnancies
Parity
The number of times a woman has given birth to a child (live or stillborn) after 20 weeks gestation (prior to 20 weeks, it is considered an abortion either spontaneous or therapeutic).
Nullipara
A woman who has not yet given birth
Primipara
A woman who has given birth once after 20 weeks gestation (after the age of viability)
Multipara
A woman who has given birth more than once
Preterm
20 – 36 +6 weeks of gestation
Term
37 – 41 +6 weeks of gestation
Post term
< 42 weeks of gestation
GTPAL
Gravidity, term births, preterm births, abortion, living children
Presentation
Part of the fetus that enters pelvic inlet first. Cephalic (head), breech
(buttocks or feet [footling]), or shoulder
Presenting part
The part of the fetus that lies closest to the internal os. The part felt first by the examiner during VE. Usually the occiput in a cephalic presentation or the sacrum in a breech presentation.
Position
Relationship of the presenting part of the fetus (occiput, sacrum, mentum or sinciput) to the four quadrants of the maternal pelvis. Eg. Left occiput anterior (LOA).
Attitude
Relationship of the fetal body parts to each other; may be flexed, deflexed or extended
Lie
Relationship of the long axis (spine) of the fetus to the long axis (spine) of the mother; lie may be longitudinal (vertical), horizontal (transverse) or oblique (diagonal)
Station
Relationship of the presenting part to an imaginary line drawn between the ischial spines of the pelvis. It is a measure of the degree of descent of the fetus through the pelvis.
LOA
Left occiput anterior
LOP
Left occiput posterior
LOT
Left occiput transverse
ROA
Right occiput anterior
ROP
Right occiput posterior
