Gravida = (1) a woman who is pregnant; (2) total number of confirmed pregnancies. Ex: a woman who is pregnant for the first time will be termed a primigravida
Para = total number of pregnancies past 20 weeks of pregnancy; primipara = a woman who has had one delivery after 20 weeks; multipara = a woman who has had two or more births; nulliparous = a woman who has never given birth after 20 weeks of pregnancy
- For example, a woman who has had a miscarriage at 8 weeks of pregnancy, a birth of twins at 36 weeks of pregnancy, and a birth of a single baby at 40 weeks of pregnancy is a gravida 3 and para 2