blessed event
Newborn joins family
A blessed event is the birth of a baby, used with gentle irony or old-fashioned warmth: When's the blessed event?
The phrase treats childbirth as a momentous occasion worthy of celebration, though it can sound coy or euphemistic in modern contexts.
- babyVery young child
- natalityMeasure of births occurring
- birthComing into the world
- arrivalAct of reaching destination
- deliveryConveyance of goods
special delivery · newborn · little one · infant · parturition · labor · baptism · miracle · nursery · cradle · maternity · christening · birth announcement · midwife · lullaby · forceps · expecting a baby · firstborn
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
blessed eventdeath
Cessation of life
funeral · passing · demise · memorial service · burial
blessed eventstillbirth
Late-term pregnancy loss
tragedy · catastrophe · miscarriage · sudden infant death · calamity
event, blessing, blessed, blessings, blesses, blessedly, blessedness