maternity, pregnancy, gestation - the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

gravida I, primigravida - (obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time

gravida II, secundigravida - a woman who is pregnant for the second time

gravida III, tertigravida - a woman who is pregnant for the third time

adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"