Definition of "multiparous" []

• Having given birth two or more times. (adjective)
• Giving birth to more than one offspring at a time. (adjective)

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• "In Latin America a different partograph is in use, differentiating between nulliparous and multiparous women, intact and ruptured membranes, and upright or lying position (Schwarcz et al 1987-1995)."
• "In multiparous women the referral rates are much lower than in nulliparae (MacVicar et al 1993, Hundley et al 1994, Waldenstrm et al 1996)."
• "For low-risk multiparous women the result of a home birth was significantly better than the result of a hospital birth (Wiegers et al 1996)."