ASDS DOULA FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Gravida - Answer -pregnant (woman); (a woman who is or has been pregnant,
regardless of pregnancy outcome)
Gravidity - Answer -number of times a woman has been pregnant
Primigravida - Answer -an individual pregnant for the first time
Nulligravida - Answer -a woman who has never been pregnant (Nu = No)
Nullipara - Answer -no births (a woman who has not given birth to a viable offspring)
Primipara - Answer -a woman who has borne one viable child (P = positive)
Multigravida - Answer -woman who has been pregnant more than once
Multipara - Answer -woman who has delivered more than one viable infant
Parity - Answer -number of pregnancies in which fetus or fetuses have reached
viability, not the number of fetuses born
Postterm Birth - Answer -birth occurring after 42 weeks of pregnancy
Preterm Birth - Answer -birth occurring before 37 weeks of pregnancy
Term - Answer -end of pregnancy
Viability - Answer -ability of the fetus to survive outside the womb
TPAL - Answer -(T)erm newborns
(P)re-term newborns
(A)bortions/miscarriages
(L)iving children
PROM - Answer -(P)remature
(R)upture
(O)f
(M)embranes
What are human rights? - Answer -Rights that every human is entitled to. Such as civic,
political, social, economic, and cultural rights.
*They cannot be granted or taken away. They must all be respected.*
, Reproductive Justice - Answer -about access not just choice, not just about abortion.
there is no choice when there is no access.
- RJ is about access to STI prevention/care, contraception, sex ed (comprehensive),
alternative birth options, safe homes, etc.
Intersectionality - Answer -- Overlapping of social categories such as race, class,
gender as they apply to a given individual or group.
- Creates interdependent systems of discrimination/disadvantage.
*Coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw (1989)
No Mas Bebes - Answer -Madrigal v. Quilligan (1981) : the prosecution alleged that a
group Mexican-American women had been been sterilized either through coercion or
without informed consent (patients were signing forms in English but only spoke
Spanish.)
The judge sided with the doctors but after the case, form were made available in
multiple language.
Black Mamas Matter - Answer -Black Mamas Matter is an alliance co-founded by
SisterSong Reproductive Justice Collective and the Center for Reproductive Rights in
2015.
As a collective, it aims to:
1. Change policy: introduce and advance policy grounded in the human rights
framework that addresses Black maternal health inequity and improves Black maternal
health outcomes
2. Cultivate research: leverage the talent and knowledge that exists in Black
communities and cultivate innovative research methods to inform the policy agenda to
improve Black maternal health
3. Advance care for Black mamas: explore, introduce, and enhance holistic and
comprehensive approaches to Black mamas' care
4. Shift culture: redirect and reframe the conversation on Black maternal health and
amplify the voices of Black mamas
Signs of Pregnancy: Presumptive - Answer -- miss period
- nausea/vomiting (increase of progesterone)
- hyperpigmentation (melasma; darkening of the Philadelphia areola)
- breast tenderness
- movement (quickening)
Signs of Pregnancy: Probable - Answer -- enlarged uterine
- positive pregnancy test
- Goodell's sign: softening of the tip of the cervix
- Chadwick's sign: blueish tinge of the vagina/cervix
Gravida - Answer -pregnant (woman); (a woman who is or has been pregnant,
regardless of pregnancy outcome)
Gravidity - Answer -number of times a woman has been pregnant
Primigravida - Answer -an individual pregnant for the first time
Nulligravida - Answer -a woman who has never been pregnant (Nu = No)
Nullipara - Answer -no births (a woman who has not given birth to a viable offspring)
Primipara - Answer -a woman who has borne one viable child (P = positive)
Multigravida - Answer -woman who has been pregnant more than once
Multipara - Answer -woman who has delivered more than one viable infant
Parity - Answer -number of pregnancies in which fetus or fetuses have reached
viability, not the number of fetuses born
Postterm Birth - Answer -birth occurring after 42 weeks of pregnancy
Preterm Birth - Answer -birth occurring before 37 weeks of pregnancy
Term - Answer -end of pregnancy
Viability - Answer -ability of the fetus to survive outside the womb
TPAL - Answer -(T)erm newborns
(P)re-term newborns
(A)bortions/miscarriages
(L)iving children
PROM - Answer -(P)remature
(R)upture
(O)f
(M)embranes
What are human rights? - Answer -Rights that every human is entitled to. Such as civic,
political, social, economic, and cultural rights.
*They cannot be granted or taken away. They must all be respected.*
, Reproductive Justice - Answer -about access not just choice, not just about abortion.
there is no choice when there is no access.
- RJ is about access to STI prevention/care, contraception, sex ed (comprehensive),
alternative birth options, safe homes, etc.
Intersectionality - Answer -- Overlapping of social categories such as race, class,
gender as they apply to a given individual or group.
- Creates interdependent systems of discrimination/disadvantage.
*Coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw (1989)
No Mas Bebes - Answer -Madrigal v. Quilligan (1981) : the prosecution alleged that a
group Mexican-American women had been been sterilized either through coercion or
without informed consent (patients were signing forms in English but only spoke
Spanish.)
The judge sided with the doctors but after the case, form were made available in
multiple language.
Black Mamas Matter - Answer -Black Mamas Matter is an alliance co-founded by
SisterSong Reproductive Justice Collective and the Center for Reproductive Rights in
2015.
As a collective, it aims to:
1. Change policy: introduce and advance policy grounded in the human rights
framework that addresses Black maternal health inequity and improves Black maternal
health outcomes
2. Cultivate research: leverage the talent and knowledge that exists in Black
communities and cultivate innovative research methods to inform the policy agenda to
improve Black maternal health
3. Advance care for Black mamas: explore, introduce, and enhance holistic and
comprehensive approaches to Black mamas' care
4. Shift culture: redirect and reframe the conversation on Black maternal health and
amplify the voices of Black mamas
Signs of Pregnancy: Presumptive - Answer -- miss period
- nausea/vomiting (increase of progesterone)
- hyperpigmentation (melasma; darkening of the Philadelphia areola)
- breast tenderness
- movement (quickening)
Signs of Pregnancy: Probable - Answer -- enlarged uterine
- positive pregnancy test
- Goodell's sign: softening of the tip of the cervix
- Chadwick's sign: blueish tinge of the vagina/cervix
