Hi everybody,

I've learnt that a nulliparous is a woman who has never given birth. A para 1 is woman who has given birth to one child, a para 2 (biparous) is a woman who has given birth to 2, and a multiparous is woman who has given birth to 2 or more..

Now my question is, what if a woman got pregnant and let's say for about 9 months (i.e a period of time that made her undergo all the significant hormonal changes that a para 1 regularly undergo) and then she had a miscarriage ...
What should this woman be regarded as? a nulliparous or a para 1 ?

And this leads to the more important question which is :
Is this system of nomenclature just for the sake of naming per se? Or is there really a difference between a nulliparous, para1, mutilaprous.. such as hormonal & physiological changes that shall stay even after labor?
And if there is such everlasting difference, under which party should the example I mentioned above categorized ?

Your replies would be greatly appreciated

Hamoodi ..all that will be very clear as soon as u start Obs/Gyne studying ..but shortly speaking..

Parity count (P) will increase 1 for each pregnancy passing the 24th week of gestation according to the WHO definition ( 28th in iraq ) ..no matter what happens after that time ...If miscarriage happens before that time it will be added to the Abortion count (A) .. the sum of both is called the Gravida (G) .. plus some additions for the ectopic and multiple pregnancies..

Surely it has a significance .. u must know the obstetrical history of the mother to put in mind the image relevant to the current case ..e.g: infertility,abortions,ruptures,prolapse,..etc..


Hope that clears things .. and hope other friends fill in the missing lines....if any ..

salam..

as yezen said, so it will be G1 P1 A0

Yezen I see that you gave m7md what he needs to know right now by simple terms

As you know m7md, the pregnancy includes a wide range of physiological and hormonal changes that could differ a little bit from one woman to another...

Some of these changes return back to pre-pregnancy condition when puerperium ends (about 6 weeks post delivery) while others may remain till the end of lactation (up to 2 years post delivery).
Few changes would never return as they where before pregnancy
Some changes during pregnancy

Nice questions m7md and fine answers Yezen, husam

I've listed very few notes coz the detalis is quite clear and understanable if you want to have a look at and shall be covered for you in an obstetrics lecture "Changes During Pregnancy".