Citations:mother-to-be

Noun: "a pregnant woman, especially one expecting her first child"

 * 1997 — Vijayalaksmi Mandayam Ranganath & Veena Kittane Ranganath, "Asian Indian Children", in Transcultural Child Development: Psychological Assessment and Treatment (eds. Gloria Johnson-Powell & Joe Yamamoto), John Wiley & Sons (1997), ISBN 0471174793, page 111:
 * The seventh month of pregnancy is marked with a festive occasion, Seemantham, during which the maternal grandparents invite relatives and friends, give gifts to the mother-to-be, and perform rituals for the welfare of the mother and fetus.
 * 1999 — Michael T. Murray, "Must-have nutrients for mothers-to-be", Better Nutrition, August 1999:
 * Deficiency — or excess — of any of a number of nutrients can lead to birth defects and/or complications during pregnancy. What is a mother-to-be to do?
 * 2000 — Gordon Edlin, Eric Golanty, & Kelli McCormack Brown, Essentials for Health and Wellness, Jones and Bartlett Publishers (2000), ISBN 0763711543, page 148:
 * While it is never good to weigh too much, current obstetric practice allows a mother-to-be to gain a reasonable amount of weight, about 28 to 30 pounds by the end of pregnancy,
 * 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.
 * 2004 — Joanna Martin, Wives and Daughters: Women and Children in the Georgian Country House, Hambledon and London (2004), ISBN 1852852712, page 178:
 * Timing was important, to ensure that the journey from the country did not endanger the mother-to-be and her unborn child.
 * 2006 — Yana Cortlund, Barb Lucke, & Donna Miller Watelet, Mother Rising: The Blessingway Journey into Motherhood, Seeing Stone Press (2006). ISBN 9780307816283, unnumbered page:
 * Regardless of the specific task each guest is engaged in, every woman in the circle should remain focused on the mother-to-be.
 * 2007 — Joanne Stone, Keith Eddleman, Mary Duenwald, & Janice Pearson, Pregnancy for Canadians for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. (2007), ISBN 9780470839454, unnumbered page:
 * The mother-to-be may, out of anxiety, fear, or pain, become somewhat self-centered or irritable — this reaction is completely normal during labour.
 * 2009 — Nina Planck, Real Food for Mother and Baby: The Fertility Diet, Eating for Two, and Baby's First Foods, Bloomsbury USA (2009), ISBN 9781608191260, unnumbered page:
 * Now, I had no idea if these reports were true, and if they were, why she wasn't well, but I found myself wondering if the mother-to-be had been eating real food and enough of it.

Noun: "a woman whose partner is pregnant"

 * 2003 — Ramona Faith Oswald, Lesbian Rites: Symbolic Acts and the Power of Community, Harrington Park Press (2003), ISBN 1560233141, page 23:
 * In order of age, the invited women are admitted into the circle and anointed by Holly, a close friend of Lisa and Janet's, the mothers-to-be.
 * 2007 — Laura Mamo, Queering Reproduction: Achieving Pregnancy in the Age of Technoscience, Duke University Press (2007), ISBN 9780822340782, page 206:
 * This was most clear in racial-ethnic decisions to select a donor who "matched" both mothers when they were of the same ethnicity or to select based on the ethnicity of the "non-biological" mother-to-be.
 * 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.