As part of a first prenatal visit, the nurse records a pregnant woman's obstetric history
She has an 18-month-old daughter who was delivered two days after her estimated date of delivery and a 3-year-old son who was born at 35 weeks' gestation. Before her son was born, she lost two pregnancies: one at 12 weeks and the other at 21 weeks. Using the GTPAL method, how should the nurse record this history?
A) G5 T1 P2 A1 L2
B) G4 T1 P1 A2 L2
C) G5 T2 P2 A1 L1
D) G4 T1 P2 A2 L2
Ans: A
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