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Ante-partum This is the period of time (care provide) before child birth.

this called post-term

Intrapartum This is the period of time (care provide) during the act of birth. Gravida It is a pregnant lady who is, or was, pregnant.

Postpartum First 6 months after birth called postpartum period. Nulligravida woman who was never pregnant at all

Gestation The period of time among conception and birth is gestation. The Primigravida a woman who for the first time is pregnant.
baby grows and develops within the womb of the mother during this time.
Multigravida a pregnant woman who was not pregnant.
Abortion Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the removal of an
embryo or fetus or by its expulsion. Para the number of effectiveness pregnancies (20 weeks).

Term Under recent guidelines, 39 weeks of gestation is now considered Nullipara A woman who has never been pregnant by a fetus
to be "full term”. (37-42) week
Primipara a woman who has one full term baby delivered.
Preterm Babies born alive before the end of 37 weeks of pregnancy are
Multipara a woman who has more than one viable fetus delivered.
known as preterm. Before 36 weeks.
Stillbirth Before or after labour, a stillbirth is the death or loss of an infant.
Post-term If, after 42 weeks of gestation, a woman has not yet delivered her
child, two weeks beyond the normal 40-week period of pregnancy

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