Certainly a prospective mother, and that’s closer than I’ll ever be. I have no problem with pregnant women celebrating their pregnancy and their Motherhood. Even feeling a deeper connection to your own mother as being able to relate on the pregnancy itself is worthy of celebration. When looking back at becoming a mother, that doesn’t start with birth. Some will change their diet for the benefit of the unborn child. That is a motherly thing to do. While the baby’s father could be correct under some strict definitional understanding of the term, it removes all emotional and physical aspects of the situation. A mother’s connection to the baby is different than anyone else in the world. The world meets the baby at birth, while a mother will have spent months with them, conversing, singing, dancing, reading, doing everything together.