Which is the gravida and para for a client who delivered triplets 2 years ago and is now pregnant again?
a. 2, 3
b. 1, 2
c. 2, 1
d. 1, 3
ANS: C
She has had two pregnancies (gravida 2); para refers to the outcome of the pregnancy rather than the number of infants from that pregnancy. She is pregnant now, so that would make her a gravida 2. She is para 1 because she had one pregnancy that progressed to the age of viability.
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