Gravida/para

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Gravida/para status is medical shorthand for a woman's obstetric history. Gravida indicates the total number of pregnancies a woman has had, regardless of whether they were carried to term. Para indicates the number of births of viable children.

Therefore, a woman who has had two pregnancies (both of which resulted in live births) would be noted as G₂P₂. A woman who had 4 pregnancies, one of which was miscarried, would be noted as G₄P₃.

[edit] More Detailed Obstetric Notation

Information about the number of miscarriages, preterm births, and living children may also be included in this notation by including 4 separate numbers after the "P", as in G₄P₃₁₁₃. This indicates 4 pregnancies, with 3 live births, 1 preterm birth, 1 therapeutic abortion or miscarriage, and 3 living children. See Gravida/para/abortus for more detail.