A client has been pregnant six times with two deliveries past 20 weeks. What are the gravida and para?

A client has been pregnant six times with two deliveries past 20 weeks. What are the gravida and para?

• A. Gravida 2, para 6
• B. Gravida 2, para 2
• C. Gravida 3, para 6
• D. Gravida 6, para 2

Answer: (D)

Gravidity represents how many times a person has been pregnant, counting every pregnancy regardless of the outcome, and including the current pregnancy if there is one. Parity represents how many pregnancies have reached a viable birth (typically after about 20 weeks of gestation). Each pregnancy that goes past 20 weeks counts as one parity, even if it ends with a preterm birth or a cesarean. Here, the client has been pregnant six times in total, so gravida is 6. Of those six pregnancies, two reached delivery past 20 weeks, so parity is 2. The other four pregnancies did not reach that point (ended before 20 weeks), and thus do not add to parity. Also, if a pregnancy produced twins or other multiples, it still counts as one delivery past 20 weeks for parity.

Gravidity represents how many times a person has been pregnant, counting every pregnancy regardless of the outcome, and including the current pregnancy if there is one. Parity represents how many pregnancies have reached a viable birth (typically after about 20 weeks of gestation). Each pregnancy that goes past 20 weeks counts as one parity, even if it ends with a preterm birth or a cesarean.

Here, the client has been pregnant six times in total, so gravida is 6. Of those six pregnancies, two reached delivery past 20 weeks, so parity is 2. The other four pregnancies did not reach that point (ended before 20 weeks), and thus do not add to parity. Also, if a pregnancy produced twins or other multiples, it still counts as one delivery past 20 weeks for parity.