primigravida
Latin term for a woman who is pregnant for the first time.
primitive reflexes ...
Primigravida
The name given to a woman who is pregnant for the first time.
Primigravida = a woman who is pregnant for the first time
Gravida = a pregnant woman
Nulligravida = a woman who has never been pregnant ...
Primip / Primigravida: A woman pregnant for the first time.
Prostaglandin: A naturally occurring body chemical (found in semen and other bodily fluids) or a drug which is used to stimulate the uterus to contract, ...
A 31-year-old primigravida woman presenting with term pregnancy was admitted for labor and delivery. After approximately 10 hours of labor, which included an oxytocin infusion, she requested anesthesia intervention.
We evaluated the predictive value of elevated total vascular resistance on the outcome of pregnancy in normotensive high-risk primigravidas with bilateral notching of the uterine artery Doppler.
Among primigravidas, 7 of 35 (20%) had cesareans for failure to progress, all in the epidural group. All women having forceps deliveries were primigravidas - 25.6% in the epidural group versus 9.3% in the nonepidural group (p < 0.05).
"When I started practice 25 years ago, we considered a woman who was having her first baby and was older than 35 years of age to be an 'elderly primigravida.' Nowadays, women are waiting to start a family," says Dr.
Maternal height, shoe size, and outcome of labour in white primigravidas: a prospective anthropometric study. BMJ. 1988 Aug 20-27;297(6647):515-7.
Reilly ET, Freeman RM, Waterfield MR, et al. 2003. Prevention of post-partum stress incontinence in primigravidae with increased bladder neck mobility: a randomised controlled trial of antenatal pelvic floor exercises. J Urol 169(6): 2429 ...
Medically, women who have never been pregnant are referred to as "nulliparous" ("gravida 0, para 0"),[2], during a first pregnancy as a "primigravida" ("gravida 1, para 0") and in subsequent pregnanies as "multigravida" or "multiparous".
50 D'Alessandro U, Langerock P, Bennett S, Francis N, Cham K, Greenwood BM. The impact of a national impregnated bed net programme on the outcome of pregnancy in primigravidae in The Gambia. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1996; 90: 487-92. MEDLINE ...
 See also: Pregnancy, Delivery, Pregnant, During pregnancy, Multip
  
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