keep the baby
Continue the pregnancy
To keep the baby is to continue a pregnancy rather than terminate it, or to raise a child rather than give it up for adoption.
The phrase implies a decision point where alternatives exist: She decided to keep the baby after all.
It can sound clinical or detached, treating the child as an object of choice rather than a person.
- parentingNurturing and guiding children
- abortionEnding a pregnancy
- nurtureSupport growth and development
- maternal instinctInborn drive to nurture
- infancyEarliest period of life
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