Meanings
nounbaby-to-be (plural babies-to-be)
plural babies-to-be
- informalAn embryo or fetus; an unborn child.
At twenty-six weeks, your baby-to-be can move freely in your womb.
2000, Theresa Francis-Cheung, Pregnancy Weight Management: Before, During, After, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 27
Origin
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