with child

Carrying a baby

With child is an old-fashioned or formal way of saying pregnant: She was with child when her husband died at sea.

The phrase appears in legal documents, religious texts, and period literature.

It sounds archaic in casual speech, where pregnant dominates.

pregnancy

expecting

Awaiting a predicted outcome

due dateWhen payment is required
maternityState of being pregnant
ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves

trimester · gestation · bump · prenatal · labor · delivery · contractions · midwife · obstetrician · baby shower

conception

fertility

Capacity for reproduction

ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
conceptionFormation of an idea
reproductionCopying or procreation

fertilization · implantation · IVF · insemination · fertility clinic · menstrual cycle · fecundity · procreation · trying · conceive

motherhood

maternal

Of or like mothers

nurturingSupportive care-giving
parentingNurturing and guiding children
childrearingRaising and nurturing offspring

bonding · caregiving · newborn · infant · postpartum · lactation · cradle · mother · adoption · offspring

Categories

pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
Euphemismspass away, passed away, passed on, expecting, in a family way
fertility statesfertile, infertile, sterile, barren, fecund

Opposites

reproductive state

with childbarren

Unable to produce

infertile · sterile · childless · unpregnant · empty

life stage/parental status

with childchildless

Lacking any offspring

child-free · unburdened · unencumbered

Family

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Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG