1. gravida: woman who is pregnant
2. parity: number of pregnancies that reached 20 weeks
3. nuligravida: not been pregnant before
4. primigravida: pregnant for the first time
5. multigravida: pregnant more than once
6. preterm: Preterm: 20-37 weeks
Late preterm: 34-36.6
full term: 39-40.6
post term: 42+
7. viability: viable at 20-25 weeks
8. parity: number of pregnancies, not number of of fetuses
not affected by baby born alive or still
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, 9. GTPAL: Gravida
Term
Preterm
Abortions
Living
10. HCG: rises to 60-70 days pregnant then declines to lowest level at 100-130 days
11. elevated HCG remaining: miscarriage
questions about the test call manufacturer
12. presumptive: subjective changes reported by woman
amenorhea, fatigue, breast changes
13. probable: objective signs observed by examiner
positive pregnancy test
14. positive signs: objective signs observed by examiner only attributed to the fetus
heart tones, ultrasound, palpating movement by provider
15. uterus during pregnancy: high levels of estrogen and prog. in 1st tri
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