to be caught

[ladorada]

In what contexts can we use the expression 'she was caught', meaning that she got pregnant?

Are there any other ways of expressing the same 'event'?

(P.S. I'm not a native.)

[peter johnso]

There are many but Up the Duff comes to mind

[joko]

some people say 'she fell pregnant'

but i think just saying she became pregnant, or accidentally got pregnant, is fine - as both of those others have a negative feel i think

[pinkkitty]

up the stick
knocked up
preggers

[bigmamma]

with child
expecting

[Ida1979]

bun in the oven.

[hedgehogy]

I always understood the term caught on to refer to the fertilized egg catching onto the wall of the uterus

[Solarjunkie]

Iv'e often heard this expression in sentences like "that was just after she was caught with her youngest" - referring to someone newly pregnant with her youngest child. Always sounds like the mother was surprised it happened, to me!

You can choose from many terms including "with child" which always sounds a lovely term to me.

[taperface]

In pod.

[dundurn]

in the family way
in the (pudding) club
in an interesting condition
in a delicate condition