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A "multigravida" or "secundigravida" is a female who has been pregnant more than once. Terms such as "gravida 0", referring to a nulligravida, "gravida 1" for a primigravida, and so on, can also be used. The term "elderly primigravida" has also been used to refer to a female in their first pregnancy who is at least 35 years old. [7]
A woman who is (or has been only) pregnant for the first time is referred to as a primigravida, [21] and a woman in subsequent pregnancies as a multigravida or as multiparous. [19] [22] Therefore, during a second pregnancy a woman would be described as gravida 2, para 1 and upon live delivery as gravida 2, para 2.
Prolonged labor is the inability of a woman to proceed with childbirth upon going into labor. [1] Prolonged labor typically lasts over 20 hours for first time mothers, and over 14 hours for women that have already had children. [1]
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Childbirth, also known as labour, parturition and delivery, is the completion of pregnancy where one or more babies exits the internal environment of the mother via vaginal delivery or caesarean section. [7]
Triplet brothers at graduation. A multiple birth is the culmination of one multiple pregnancy, wherein the mother gives birth to two or more babies.A term most applicable to vertebrate species, multiple births occur in most kinds of mammals, with varying frequencies.