Term referring to women who have borne a child. While questions have been raised concerning changes in the Sponge's efficacy because of possible enlargement of the uterus after childbirth, worldwide clinical trials of the Today® Sponge do not support this theory.

having given birth to one or more viable children

adjective, Latin pario = I bear (children); hence, adjective, applied to woman who has borne one or more children (cf. nulliparous, multiparous).

Females that have produced young.

Referring to a female who has produced offspring.