primigravidae

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Research about the effect of the use of the partograph showed that over a fifth of the graphs of primigravidae crossed the alert line, and 10-11% crossed the action line (Philpott and Castle 1972, WHO 1994b).

3. CARE DURING THE FIRST STAGE OF LABOUR 1996
Cervicographs in the management of labour in primigravidae.

7. REFERENCES 1996
Because Malawian policy encourages primigravidae and women at risk to deliver at hospital and other women to deliver at health centers, relatively high proportions of primigravidae at higher risk of malaria were recruited, which could lead to an over estimate of the prevalence of malaria.

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Gaoqian Feng et al. 2010
We classified participants as primigravidae (first pregnancy) or multigravidae (second and subsequent pregnancy).

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Gaoqian Feng et al. 2010
The percentage of primigravid women varied between 39.5% in 1997 and 54.0% in 1999; 48.8% of women delivering in 1997-2001 and 50.0% of women delivering from 2002 onwards were primigravidae.

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Gaoqian Feng et al. 2010