What's the difference between primipara and primiparous?
Primipara
Definition:
(n.) A woman who bears a child for the first time.
Example Sentences:
(1) The second stage of delivery in primiparas was 1 hour and 20 minutes and in multiparas 40 minutes.
(2) There was a relatively high frequency of EPH-gestoses among both groups, due to the fact that all were primiparae.
(3) Preeclampsia and hypertension were more common among primiparas than multiparas (P0.001).
(4) In primiparae and multiparae there was a steady rise in umbilical artery lactate levels, with duration of second stage of labour, P less than 0.025 and P = 0.023, respectively.
(5) This paper describes a prospective study of 50 primiparae and 50 multiparae, whose duration of cervical dilatation in the active phase has been investigated.
(6) This study was conducted to determine if a nursing intervention designed to teach primiparas about their infants' behaviours and abilities would ease their transition to the maternal role.
(7) A group of 23 mothers, 17 multiparae and six primiparae aged from 17 to 39 years, were included in a 6-month longitudinal study.
(8) Anemia was common among primipara (16%), gravida 2-6 (16%, and gravida 7 (38%).
(9) Breastfeeding outcomes of 121 primiparas enrolled in a larger study were examined to determine the impact of cesarean delivery on time of first breastfeeding.
(10) In 193 primiparas with spontaneous vaginal delivery, postpartum perineal pain and insufficiency symptoms and their duration were evaluated by means of a questionnaire, 15-24 months post partum.
(11) It comprised of 125 subjects with 93 primiparae and 32 multiparae.
(12) We analysed 98 consecutive instrumental rotational deliveries of babies weighing > 2,500 grams in primiparae.
(13) Breast-feeding, supplementary feeding and weaning practices as well as nutrition during the second year of life were studied in 210 black primiparas, who had cared for their own children through the first year, in a poor, one-crop (maize) rural area in Bophuthatswana.
(14) These age groups are being compared to a collective of primiparae, by whom the delivery took place at an age between 17 and 34 years (Group II).
(15) The cesarean section rate was separately analysed for primiparas, and multiparas with and without previous cesarean section.
(16) Fifty primiparas and 88 multiparas were assessed for pain when the cervix was dilated 2-4 cm, 5-7 cm, and 8-10 cm.
(17) In a study of immunological factors in colostrum, we detected an 18-year old primipara with selective IgA deficiency and with a history of 3 previous hospitalizations for bronchopneumonia.
(18) Multiparas were older and had shorter ritodrine initiation-delivery intervals, but these were the only significant differences when compared to primiparas.
(19) In a series of 26,209 patiens, the incidence of pre-eclampsia was 9.3%, being significantly higher in primiparae (14.1%) than multiparae (5.7%) (P less than 0.001).
(20) With a mean frequency 1.75% of elderly primiparae, the operation took place in 60% of the cases in the year 1984 and in creased up to 80.95% during 1987.
Primiparous
Definition:
(a.) Belonging to a first birth; bearing young for the first time.
Example Sentences:
(1) There were 49% primiparous and 51% multiparous women.
(2) Six groups of primiparous females were tested for maternal behavior to foster pups presented 9-10 days after Cesarean delivery: three groups were permitted to interact with pups for a 2-h period 36 h after Cesarean delivery; and three groups were separated from pups until testing and were given no maternal experience.
(3) The prevalence and correlates of postpartum depression were examined in a large (N = 1,033) sample of married, primiparous, middle-class mothers of full-term, healthy infants; 9.3% met modified Research Diagnostic Criteria for depression.
(4) A subset of 60 primiparous breast-feeding adolescents were enrolled in an investigator-blind, randomized, prospective study to compare the effects on breast-feeding duration of a standard hospital discharge feeding gift pack containing formula and a specially designed study pack that was free of infant formula.
(5) Ten carefully screened primiparous patients between 36 and 38 weeks' gestation underwent pulmonary artery catheterization, arterial line placement, and central hemodynamic assessment in the left lateral recumbent position.
(6) The litter sizes of 8- to 10-mo-old primiparous females were not different from those of multiparous rats.
(7) In non-pregnant primiparous rats, continuous exposure to suckling litters leads to pseudogestation and eventually lactation (in 16-22 days).
(8) Ninety-eight primiparous women recruited from antenatal classes evaluated their expectations and experiences of pregnancy and delivery before and after birth.
(9) Forty-seven cows (24 primiparous) were assigned to one of four normal (20.5%) ADF diets for wk 2 to 5 postpartum.
(10) Primiparous females were mated to proven breeders and stressed during early pregnancy.
(11) Primiparity and prolonged second stages of labour in all parities were found to be significantly associated with low Apgar scores.
(12) The primary care teams and paediatric services face a major task in helping today's primiparous mothers and their infants make a good start in life together.
(13) Samples of blood were obtained from 52 primiparous breast-feeding women 4 days post partum.
(14) 3, fall-calving multiparous and primiparous cows (d 25 to 31 pp) received either no progestogen (NP; n = 20), P4 via intravaginal devices for 5 d (P4H; n = 21) or melengestrol acetate (MGA; .5 mg.head-1.d-1 for 5 d orally, n = 15).
(15) Quarter prevalence of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species prepartum, at parturition, and wk 1 to 5 in primiparous cows was 38.9, 27.8, 15.3, 14.6, 13.2, 15.3, and 14.6%, respectively.
(16) Litters of primiparous and multiparous rat mothers received 0,2, or 5 min of cold stress for the 1st 5 days postpartum.
(17) Stressed offspring of primiparous mothers had shorter latencies to move in an open field than did control offspring of primiparous mothers.
(18) A cross-sectional design was used to test 71 primiparous women placed in one of five groups, based on placement within the childbearing year.
(19) Twenty-four multiparous and 15 primiparous Holstein cows were fed a total mixed corn silage diet with one of three dietary treatments: 14% crude protein, 22% crude protein (all preformed), or 22% crude protein (preformed plus nonprotein N).
(20) P and LH levels during the cycle were conform to the literature and were not different between the primiparous and pluriparous ewes of different breeds used in this study.