heavy with child

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This is a story that is as old as humanity: Once upon a time, a woman was heavy with child.

From Slate • Nov. 25, 2014

But as Nereciana grew heavy with child and finally could no longer waddle out to work in the fields, she imagined the ceremony, the party, the happy times ahead.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Maria was heavy with child, the Germans occupied Peter's village and took over his home and his business.

From Time Magazine Archive

But when the boy Joseph found his beloved already heavy with child, he was quite heartbroken.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under another temporary shed I found a tall woman heavy with child, a daughter ahout sixteen, and four younger children—her husband was also in England, 'sakin work.'

From The slave trade, domestic and foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished by Carey, H. C. (Henry Charles)