Labs 

Type Value 

HGB 13 – 17.2 

HCT 38 – 50 

RBC 4 – 6 M 

WBC 4,000 – 11,000 

Platelet 150 – 450 K 

Female Anatomy:

• Fundus estimates how many weeks you are pregnant!

• Know the internal & external structures!

• Mons pubis protects during labor.

• Fertilization takes place in the ampulla of the fallopian tube (second

portion of the uterine tube)

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Chapter 9

Physical and Psychologic Changes of Pregnancy

Common Obstetrical Terms—KNOW THIS

▶ Gestation- The number of weeks of pregnancy since the first day of the last 

menstrual period. 

▶ Term- The normal duration of pregnancy. 38-42 gestation 

▶ Preterm/Premature- Labor that occurs after 20 weeks but before completing 

37 weeks gestation 

▶ Post term- After delivery 

▶ Post term labor- Labor after 42 weeks 

▶ Antepartum- Still pregnant, during pregnancy 

▶ Intrapartum-The time from the onset of true labor until the birth of the infant 

and delivery of the placenta. 

▶ Nullipara- A woman who has not delivered a viable fetus more than 20 weeks 

gestation 

▶ Primipara- A woman who has given birth to her first child (past the point of 

viability), whether or not that child is living or was alive at birth. 

▶ Postpartum- After giving birth. 

▶ Nulligravida- Never been pregnant. 

▶ Primigravida- First birth. 

▶ Multigravida- Pregnant more than once. 

▶ Abortion- Before 20 weeks. Birth fetus weighing less than 500g. Abbreviated 

as “ab” 

▶ Stillbirth- Delivery of a dead infant. 

▶ Gravida- Any pregnancy regardless of duration. Includes present pregnancy. 

Abbreviated as “G” 

▶ Para- Denotes the # of pregnancies NOT the number of fetuses. Birth after 20 

weeks gestation. Doesn’t matter if infant is born alive or dead. Abbreviated as 

p. 

▶ Multipara-Woman who has had two or more births at more that 20 weeks 

20-37 week preterm labor

Before 20 weeksà abortion

Twins/triplets/quadruplets counted as one pregnancy