primiparous

English

From New Latin prīmiparus, from prīmus (“first”) + pariō (“to give birth”).

primiparous (not comparable)

(obstetrics) Pregnant or giving birth for the first time.
- 1857, Pierre Cazeaux, translated by Wm. R. Bullock, A Theoretical and practical treatise on midwifery‎^[1], Lindsay and Blakiston, page 128:
  [The linea nigra] may generally be regarded, especially in a primiparous female, as a certain sign of pregnancy […]
(medicine) Having borne only one child.
- 1990, Carl M. Corter, Alison S. Fleming, “Maternal Responsiveness in Humans: Emotional, Cognitive, and Biological Factors”, in Advances in the Study of Behavior, volume 19, page 102:
  Seashore et al. (1973) found that in comparison to multiparous women, primiparous women separated from their premature babies undergo greater loss of self-confidence, an effect that apparently can be reversed if primiparous women have had prior experience caring for infants.