mother-to-be

plural mothers-to-be · alternative mother to be

1. A pregnant woman, especially one expecting her first child.

   The ideal position for a back massage for the mother-to-be is to sit astride a chair supported by cushions.

   2000, Allison England, Aromatherapy and Massage for Mother and Baby, Healing Arts Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 52

2. A woman whose partner is pregnant.

   I don't know how other lesbian, nonbiological mothers-to-be, who tried to get pregnant and could not, might experience their partners' pregnancy.

   2010, Amie Klempnauer Miller, She Looks Just Like You: A Memoir of (Nonbiological Lesbian) Motherhood, Beacon Press, published 2010, →ISBN, page 55