- Antepartum: time between conception and the onset

of labor; usually used to describe the period during

which a woman is pregnant; used interchangeably
with prenatal.
- Intrapartum: time from the onset of true labor until
the birth of the infant and placenta.
- Postpartum: time from the delivery of the placenta
and membranes until the womans body returns to a
non-pregnant condition.
- Gestation: the number of weeks of pregnancy since
the first day of the last menstrual period.
- Gravida : a woman who is pregnant
- Gravidity: Pregnancy.
- Multigravida: a woman who has had two or more
pregnancies.
- Multipara: a woman who has completed two or more
pregnancies to the stage of fetal viability.
- Nulligravida: a woman who has never been pregnant.
- Nullipara: a woman who has not completed a
pregnancy with a fetus or fetuses who have reached
the stage of fetal viability.
- Parity: the number of pregnancies in which the fetus
or fetuses have reached viability when they are born,
not the number of fetuses (twins) born.
- Postterm: a pregnancy that goes beyond 42 weeks of
gestation.

- Preterm: a pregnancy that has reached 20 weeks of

gestation but before completion of 37 weeks of
gestation.
- Primigravida: a woman who is pregnant for the first
time.
- Primipara: a woman who has completed one
pregnancy with a fetus of fetuses
- Term: a pregnancy from the beginning of week 38 of
gestation to the end of week 42 of gestation.
- Viability: capacity to live outside the uterus , about
22 to 24 weeks since last menstrual period, or fetal
weight greater than 500g.
- Abortion : Pregnancy ending before age of viability.
Elective and spontaneous abortions are counted
together.
- Stillbirth: an infant born dead after 20 weeks
gestation.

5 Digit System

G Gravida
T Term
P Preterm
A Abortions
L Living

A women reports being pregnant 4 times counting this

pregnancy. One baby was stillborn at 19 weeks. One

pregnancy resulted in twins born at 35 weeks ,and both

survived. One was born at 38 weeks. The present time she
is in her 6th week of pregnancy.

G4 T1 P1 A1 L3
Client pregnant w/twins. Has 5-yr. old-delivered 38 wk., no
abortion or fetal demise.

G2 T1 P0 A0 L1
A pregnant woman comes to the clinic for a visit. This is her third
pregnancy. She had a miscarriage at 12 weeks and gave birth to a son,
now 3 years old, at 32 weeks

G3 T0 P1 A1 L1

Trimesters
1st Trimester = 1-12 weeks
2nd Trimester = 13-27 weeks
3rd Trimester = 28- 42 weeks

Difference between Length of Pregnancy

and Gestation
- Pregnancy is measured from the first day of the last
menstrual period
(40 weeks)

- Gestation is measured from conception (approximately

38 weeks).

Estimated Date of Birth

(Nageles Rule)
- Used to determine EDC mathematically
- Use these steps :
1. Determine the first day of the last menstrual
period (LMP)
2. Subtract 3 months from month
3. Add 7 days
4. Add 1 to the year if LMP after March.

Training question:
LMP : 29/4/2007
EDD: 5/2/2008
LMP: 6/2/2007
EDD: 13/11/2007