Today, you don't "expect" you are just plain pregnant. When I was a child, I didn't even know what pregnant meant -- until I learned to read books beyond my years. It was whispered about by the women but even then, they probably said "expecting" or "in the family way". I was probably half grown before I ever heard the word said aloud.
Expectancy. I think that is such a descriptive word for being pregnant. After all, a lot of times you are expecting a baby. You are expecting a son or daughter. You are expecting (hoping/praying) the baby to be healthy and whole. Expectancy just plain describes the condition you are in for 9 months. Expecting nausea, heartburn, expecting to grow large with babe. Anticipating a little foot running up and down your ribs or stretching your tummy all lop sided as she stretches.
I suggest that we drop the word pregnant from our vocabulary and go back to a more gentle way of describing a miracle.
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