Gravidity is defined asthe number of times that a woman has been pregnant. Parity is defined as the number of times that she has given birth to a fetus with a gestational age of 24 weeks or more, regardless of whether the child was born alive or was stillborn. What does G1 stand for...
“Similarly, a mother cannot bury a pregnancy, but she will need to decide to either cremate or bury herstillbornchild.” Adjective ▲ (figurative)Without influence, or unsuccessful from the outset “What characterizes thesestillbornattempts at radical transformation in comparison with serious contenders...
To see or not to see: should parents hold their stillborn? Around one in 200 babies in the UK are stillborn. But what is the impact on parents allowed to see and hold their baby? Senior research fellow Penelope Turton outlines this contentious ...
Information about parity (defined asthe number of times that a woman had given birth to a fetus with a gestational age of 24 weeks or more, regardless of whether the child was born alive or was stillborn) was obtained by questionnaire at enrollment. What does gravida 3 para 2 mean? Prepa...
I had a beautiful stillborn son, Eddy, in 1995, and feel compelled to answer the heartbreaking question posed by several women on this site. Yes, you can absolutely go on to have healthy children after losing a baby, unless you have been specifically told otherwise by your doctor. ...
Some babies with prune belly syndrome may be stillborn. Other babies born with prune belly syndrome may not live more than a few months past birth. Even with treatment, some children may develop kidney failure. Kidney failure is described as 85 to 90% of your kidney function being gone, res...
Elvis Presley’s birth was marked by tragedy. His older twin brother, Jessie Garon Presley, was stillborn and his death deeply wounded Elvis’s mother. As a result, she and Elvis’s father, Vernon, decided to never have any more children — Elvis would be their only son. In turn, Gl...
Sometimes its hard feeling like the world has moved on—away from our pain, our sadness—away from our baby. I sometimes think it’s easier for others to let go when a baby dies—especially when they are stillborn. To others, that baby was only an idea. There is nothing tangible to ...
As I crest the hill overlooking Pevely, Jackson Browne’s warped mantra sends a rush up my spine via the rear speakers: “Time running out, without a shadow of a doubt, time running out. …” There is something more than a little macabre about racing to a man’s execution. Life may ...
Someplace warmer, young Dany gets married off to Dothraki horse warrior Khal Drogo, eats a heart, gets pregnant, and starts enjoying herself. 'Game'-changer When Drogo dies and her baby’s stillborn, Dany walks into his funeral pyre with three dragon eggs she received at their wedding, ...