{"id":7288,"date":"2020-02-29T04:53:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T09:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=7288"},"modified":"2021-04-11T14:33:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T18:33:21","slug":"expecting-a-baby-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/expecting-a-baby-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Expecting a baby in English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning, dear readers! We all know how important and delicate it can be to express ourselves in a foreign language. Even simple, everyday things in our native language become more complex when we try to communicate them. And it so happens that a couple of my students over the past couple of months had their first babies and we spent quite some time discussing the topic. So I thought it might be useful to all parents-to-be to focus on this important and beautiful moment in our lives: the process of expecting a baby. So today we will work on some of the common idioms related to this unique moment, from pregnancy to birth. Let&#8217;s get to it!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7289\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7289\" class=\"wp-image-7289 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/02\/pregnant-woman-pregnant-mam-big-belly-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"Pregnant woman\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/02\/pregnant-woman-pregnant-mam-big-belly-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/02\/pregnant-woman-pregnant-mam-big-belly-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/02\/pregnant-woman-pregnant-mam-big-belly.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pregnant woman (Photo from PXfuel under Creative Commons Zero &#8211; CC0)<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>baby<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John and Mary decided to <strong>try for a baby<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The couple had an ultrasound to find about about the sex of the<strong> baby<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>to miss a period, to be late<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>When a woman first finds out about her possible pregnancy<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last month, Carla <strong>missed her period\u00a0<\/strong>so she thinks she might be expecting a baby<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>I&#8217;m<\/strong> two weeks<strong> late<\/strong>, so I decided to take a pregnancy test just to be sure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>pregnancy, pregnant\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After trying for six months, Joana was not expecting a negative <strong>pregnancy<\/strong> test\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alice and her partner were overjoyed to have a positive <strong>pregnancy<\/strong> test<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The couple is a bit scared about the unexpected<strong> pregnancy<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I just heard you are <strong>pregnant<\/strong>, congratulations!\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>expecting a baby\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Now that my neighbors are <strong>expecting a baby<\/strong> they are moving to a bigger flat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>belly\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The baby was kicking, so Ana rubbed her <strong>belly<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Could you feel the baby moving in my<strong> belly<\/strong>?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>morning sickness<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Usually pregnant women feel sick in the morning period<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My wife has been getting a lot of <strong>morning sickness<\/strong>, I wish I knew how to help her<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>heartbeat\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was able to listen to the baby&#8217;s <strong>heartbeat<\/strong> today at the doctor&#8217;s office<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>pre natal care<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The medical exams a pregnant woman is supposed to take during her pregnancy<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sara took a day off to take the <strong>prenatal care<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>painkillers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Please, ask the doctor for some <strong>painkillers<\/strong>, I can&#8217;t stand these contractions any longer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>delivery room\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The place in the hospital where the baby is delivered<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Only the parents are allowed in the <strong>delivery room<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Sarah has just been taked to\u00a0the <strong>delivery room<\/strong>. The baby is coming!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>newborn\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is important to take the <strong>newborn<\/strong> to its mother so they can bond\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Useful phrases\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have you picked the baby&#8217;s name yet?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This pregnancy is making me eat for two!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Will you have a normal delivery or are you going for a C-section<em>?<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Is it a boy or a girl?<\/span><\/li>\n<li>How far along are you?\/ When is the baby due?<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Minha water just broke!\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She just went into labor right now!\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Push harder, you&#8217;re almost there!\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The doctor already cut the umbilical cord\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So what did you think of this post? Can you think of any other pregnancy-related terms or phrases? Make sure to leave your thoughts below in the comment section. See you next time!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/02\/pregnant-woman-pregnant-mam-big-belly-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pregnant woman\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/02\/pregnant-woman-pregnant-mam-big-belly-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/02\/pregnant-woman-pregnant-mam-big-belly-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/02\/pregnant-woman-pregnant-mam-big-belly.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Good morning, dear readers! We all know how important and delicate it can be to express ourselves in a foreign language. Even simple, everyday things in our native language become more complex when we try to communicate them. 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