Having a baby/child 怀孕

• want a baby/a child/kids 想要孩子
• start a family 生孩子
• conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child 怀孕
• miss your period 月经未按期来
• become/get/be/find out that you are pregnant 怀孕了；发现怀孕了
• have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family 有一个宝宝/一个孩子/孩子/一个儿子/一个女儿/一对双胞胎/孩子
• have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth 正常/历经艰难/意外怀孕；顺产；难产；在家中分娩
• be in/go into/induce labour/ (especially US) labor 分娩；催产
• have/suffer/cause a miscarriage 流产；引起流产
• give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins 生了一个孩子/一个宝宝/一个女儿/一个儿子/一对双胞胎

Parenting 养育；抚养；教养

• bring up/ (especially NAmE) raise a child/family 抚养孩子
• care for/ (especially BrE) look after a baby/child/kid 照顾小孩
• change (BrE) a nappy/ (NAmE) a diaper/a baby 换尿布；给婴儿换尿布
• feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby 喂孩子；给孩子哺乳；用奶瓶喂养孩子
• be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave 有权利休/正在休产假/陪产假
• go back/return to work after maternity leave 产假后回到工作岗位
• need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare 需要/找到一个临时保姆/负担得起的高质量儿童保育
• balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life 平衡/兼顾工作与照顾小孩/抚养小孩/家庭生活
• educate/teach/home-school a child/kid 教育孩子；给孩子家庭教育
• punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid 惩罚/管教/娇惯孩子
• adopt a baby/child/kid 收养小孩
• offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption 把小孩给人收养
• (especially BrE) foster a child/kid 代养小孩
• be placed with/be raised by foster parents 被交给寄养父母；由寄养父母抚养