Pregnancy - AnswersPeriod between conception through complete birth of the products of conception.
Gestation - AnswersThe usual duration of pregnancy is 280 days or 9 calendar months.
Antepartum - AnswersThe period of time before childbirth.
Trimester - AnswersOne of the three periods of approximately three months each into which pregnancy
is divided.
Intrapartum - AnswersThe period of time during childbirth.
Term - AnswersA pregnancy that has reached between 39 weeks 0 days and 40 weeks 6 days.
Postpartum - AnswersThe period of time after childbirth.
Preterm - AnswersA pregnancy that has reached 20 weeks of gestation but before completion of 37
weeks of gestation.
Gravidity - AnswersThe number of times a woman has been pregnant, regardless of the outcome.
Gravida - AnswersA woman who is currently pregnant.
Nulligravida - AnswersA woman who has never been pregnant.
Primigravida - AnswersA woman who is pregnant for the first time.
Multigravida - AnswersA woman who has had two or more pregnancies.
Parity - AnswersThe number of pregnancies in which the fetus or fetuses have reached viability, not the
number of fetuses born.
Nullipara - AnswersA woman who has not completed a pregnancy with a fetus or fetuses who have
reached the stage of fetal viability.
Primipara - AnswersA woman who has completed one pregnancy with a fetus or fetuses who have
reached the stage of fetal viability.
Multipara - AnswersA woman who has completed two or more pregnancies to the stage of fetal viability.
Term - AnswersA pregnancy that has reached between 39 weeks 0 days and 40 weeks 6 days.
Preterm - AnswersA pregnancy that has reached 20 weeks of gestation but before completion of 37
weeks of gestation.
Early term - AnswersA pregnancy that has reached between 37 weeks 0 days and 38 weeks 6 days
gestation.
, Full term - AnswersA pregnancy that has reached between 39 weeks 0 days and 40 weeks 6 days.
Late term - AnswersA pregnancy that has reached between 41 weeks 0 days and 41 weeks 6 days.
Postterm - AnswersA pregnancy that has reached 42 weeks 0 days and beyond gestation.
Protein - AnswersOne of the basic four food groups needed during pregnancy, found in meat, poultry,
fish.
Carbohydrate - AnswersOne of the basic four food groups needed during pregnancy, found in grains,
breads, and cereals.
Dairy - AnswersOne of the basic four food groups needed during pregnancy, includes milk and dairy
products.
Fruit & Vegetable - AnswersOne of the basic four food groups needed during pregnancy, includes fruits
and vegetables.
Iron - AnswersA mineral needed during pregnancy to prevent iron deficiency anemia.
Calcium - AnswersA mineral needed during pregnancy for fetal bone development.
Fat-soluble vitamins - AnswersVitamins A, D, E, and K that are stored in the body's fat tissues and are
needed during pregnancy.
Water-soluble vitamins - AnswersVitamins that are not stored in the body and need to be replenished
daily, including folate or folic acid, pyridoxine, vitamin C, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12.
Folate - AnswersA water-soluble vitamin needed during pregnancy for fetal neural tube development.
Preconception - AnswersThe period of time before conception.
Embryonic - AnswersThe stage of pregnancy during the first trimester that is crucial for fetal organ
development.
Periconceptual - AnswersThe period of time before and after conception.
Uterine-placental-fetal unit - AnswersThe combination of the uterus, placenta, and fetus that develops
during pregnancy.
Iron Deficiency Anemia - AnswersA condition during pregnancy where there is a lack of iron in the blood,
resulting in low hemoglobin levels.
PICA - AnswersAn eating disorder during pregnancy where the individual craves and consumes non-food
substances that have no nutritional value.
Weight gain - AnswersThe increase in body weight during pregnancy.