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

Mrs. Grice. mother of six and once again heavy with child, put the bottle on the kitchen table and set herself to comforting her children.

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

HEINRICH, a woman of thirty, heavy with child; an expression of torturing anxiety and apprehension on her worn face.

From The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I by Hauptmann, Gerhart