Para

Any woman who has given birth once or more is termed a 'para.'</P> Note that, for a pregnancy to count as a 'birth', it must go to at least 20 weeks' gestation (the mid-point of a full-term pregnancy) or yield an infant that weighs at least 500 grams, irrespective of whether the infant is liveborn or not.</P> A woman who is para I (a primipara) has given birth once; a woman who is para II has given birth twice; and so on.</P> The term 'para' comes from the Latin 'pario', to bring forth or bear.