Antepartum and Intrapartum Period Obstetrics (OB) SCC 4th Quarter Practice Test

Gravidity is the total number of pregnancies a patient has had, including the current one if applicable. In GTPAL, the first number is gravidity. So a value of 5 means the patient has been pregnant five times in total. The other numbers describe the outcomes of those pregnancies: term births 2, preterm births 1, abortions 1, and living children 2. The sum of term, preterm, and abortions is 4, which indicates one pregnancy is still ongoing (counted in gravidity but not yet in outcomes). The living count (2) reflects how many of the completed pregnancies resulted in a living child. Thus, total pregnancies = five.