whats another word for pregnancy or being pregnant?

Question

i'm writing my dissertation for my degree and I dont want to use the word pregnant twice so close together.

Answer 1

Obviously if you're writing your dissertation you want something professional sounding...so I recommend avoiding "knocked up", "bun in the oven" and "preggers" or other silly names! :)

With child sounds the best I think...but then again it depends on the context of the sentence.

Best of luck!

Answer 2

Euphemisms and colloquialisms
There are a number of euphemisms and colloquialisms for pregnancy.

"With child" is a slightly archaic euphemism.
"Expecting" is a common euphemism which indicates that a woman is expecting a baby.
"In a family way" is used as a euphemism in the southern U.S.
"Drink out of the well" is sometimes used as a metaphor in the southern U.S.
"On his [or her] road" is sometimes used as a metaphor in the southern U.S. to indicate a baby’s imminent birth.
"Gone" or "along" may be used to represent gestational time (e.g., "She's really far gone."; "She’s six months along.")
"Having a bun in the oven" is a metaphor for pregnancy.
"Drop," "pop," "blow," and "burst" describe the state of imminent labor.
"In a fix" and "preggers" are slang terms used on the east coast of the U.S.
"Knocked up" is used in Canada and the United States; the act of impregnating a woman is sometimes referred to as "knocking [her] up." This phrase is considered somewhat vulgar.
"Up the duff" is used in Australia and the UK, particularly in cases in which the pregnancy was unplanned.[2]
Colloquialisms and metaphors for pregnancy exist universally. In France and throughout Europe, phrases translating to "she’s full" are the most common.

Answer 3

Bread in the oven. Pot belly. Enlarged stomach. Having a baby. All these terms are the same as pregnant or being pregnant.

Answer 4

Expectant?

Answer 5

Expecting. With child.

Answer 6

Maternal

Answer 7

As in being pregnant with a baby? Or pregnant with anticipation?

You could try: "with child", "up the duff", "expecting" or "gravid"

Answer 8

Infanticipating, expecting, with child

Answer 9

there is also prenatal. and you could utilize these words in various ways abundant, anticipating, bumped, childing, enceinte, expectant, fecund, fertile, fraught, fruitful, gestating, gone, gravid, heavy, hopeful, knocked up, parous, parturient, preggers*, productive, prolific, replete, rich, teeming, with child*

Answer 10

abundant, anticipating, big, bumped, childing, enceinte, expectant, fecund, fertile, fragrant, fraught, fruitful, full, gestating, gone, gravid, heavy, hopeful, knocked up, parous, parturient, preggers, productive, prolific, replete, rich, teeming, with child