mother-to-be
Noun

mother-to-be

  1. A pregnant woman, especially one expecting her first child.
    • 2000, Allison England, Aromatherapy and Massage for Mother and Baby, Healing Arts Press (2000), ISBN 0892818980, page 52 ↗:
      The ideal position for a back massage for the mother-to-be is to sit astride a chair supported by cushions.
  2. A woman whose partner is pregnant.
    • 2010, Amie Klempnauer Miller, She Looks Just Like You: A Memoir of (Nonbiological Lesbian) Motherhood, Beacon Press (2010), ISBN 9780807004692, page 55 ↗:
      I don't know how other lesbian, nonbiological mothers-to-be, who tried to get pregnant and could not, might experience their partners' pregnancy.
Translations
  • French: future mère
  • German: werdende Mutter
  • Russian: будущий



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