Gravida and Para: Solution and Explanation to easy problems

Solution of all questions on Parity index with their explanations

Problem no 1

A 19 years lady married 5 months back presented to your OPD with complains of amenorrhea for 2 months. Urine pregnancy test was done and was found to be positive. How will you define her pregnancy.

Solution 1: G₁P₀L₀A₀ simply G₁

The lady is a PRIMI GRAVIDA. She has conceived for the first time ever and has not delivered any viable fetuses so her garvidity is 1, and parity is 0.

Problem no 2

A 22 years lady was married a year back and had one spontaneous abortion 8 months back at 12 WOG. She has again conceived and is 8 weeks pregnant. What is her parity Index?

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Solution 2: G₂P₀L₀A₁

The lady is pregant currently and has conceived previously so her garvidity is one. But since the previous pregnancy could not reach a viable age to be defined as parous rather was terminated at 12 weeks hence labelled as one abortion.

Problem No 3

A women underwent induced abortion at 4 months of gestation, followed by normal full term delivery and is again pregnant. What is her garvidity?

Solution 3: G₃P₁L₁A₁

The lady is conceiving for the third time. So, her gravida is 3.She had one medical termination of pregnancy, which accounts for 1 abortion. She has also delivered a normal full term child so one viable fetus has been delivered which makes her  parity 1 and the child is living.

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Problem no 4

A 35 years lady is pregnant for the second time now and had delivered twins at term in previous pregnancy. Calculate the parity Index.

Solution 4: G₂P₁L₂A₀

The lady is pregnant for the second time.. She has twin delivery before. Though she delivered two child, that was a single pregnancy and the same single preganacy crossed the vaibility. So, her garvidity is 2 and so is her parity. Since two child are alive so the living status is 2.

  

Problem no 5

A lady is 36 weeks pregnant with triplets following an invitro fertilization. What is the parity index?

Solution 5: G₁P₀L₀A₀

This is the first and foremost time the lady has conceived which makes her primi gravida. Even though the period of viability has crossed but she has not delivered any child so her parity is zero. No matter how many fetus are within, this is still a single pregnancy and this does not change neither her gravidity nor the parity.

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