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Labor and Pregnancy

A woman visits her obstetrician for a pregnancy test that is positive. In taking her history, she reports that she has been pregnant four times before. She has two children at home, one of which was born at 32 weeks gestation. She lost a set of twins at 14 weeks and another baby at 12 weeks. What is her para, gravida, and TPAL?

ExplanationPara and gravida refer to pregnancies and pregnancies terminated after the age of viability. The woman is now pregnant and has been pregnant four times before—G5. She has delivered twice after the age of viability—P2. TPAL looks at babies. She had 1 term infant, 1 preterm infant, 3 abortions (one at 12 weeks and two at 14 weeks), and has 2 living children.