Citations:baby-to-be

English citations of baby-to-be

Noun: "(informal) an embryo or fetus; an unborn child"

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• 1995 — Margie Profet, Protecting Your Baby-to-Be: Preventing Birth Defects in the First Trimester, Addison-Wesley (1995), →ISBN, page 1:

  Pregnancy is usually viewed as a nine-month continuum, divided for convenience, into three equal parts — the first, second, and third trimesters. This division categorizes the baby-to-be much like a T-shirt — small, medium, or large.

• 2000 — Theresa Francis-Cheung, Pregnancy Weight Management: Before, During, After, Adams Media (2000), →ISBN, page 27:

  At twenty-six weeks, your baby-to-be can move freely in your womb.

• 2001 — Laury Oaks, Smoking and Pregnancy: The Politics of Fetal Protection, Rutgers University Press (2001), →ISBN, page 73:

  Women who smoke are admonished to demonstrate maternal nurturance by abstaining from cigarettes when pregnant and by taking full responsibility for their baby-to-be's exposure to smoke.

• 2002 — Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg, & Sandee Hathaway, What to Expect When You're Expecting, Workman Publishing (2002), →ISBN, page 540:

  An exercise program will tone and strengthen your muscles as well as improve your conditioning in preparation for the challenging tasks of carrying and delivering your baby-to-be.

• 2004 — Linda L. Layne, "Making Memories: Trauma, Choice, and Consumer Culture in the Case of Pregnancy Loss", in Consuming Motherhood (eds. Janelle S. Taylor, Linda L. Layne, & Danielle F. Wozniak), Rutgers University Press (2004), →ISBN, page 134:

  In addition, sometimes gifts are given to others in the name of the baby-to-be.

• 2010 — Kevin Nelson, The Everything Father-To-Be Book: A Survival Guide for Men, Adams Media (2010), →ISBN, page 104:

  As a father, you must help create a safe and protected place for the mother- and baby-to-be.

• 2011 — Ann Douglas, The Mother of All Pregnancy Books: An All-Canadian Guide to Conception, Birth & Everything in Between, John Wiley (2011), →ISBN, page 43:

  Whether it's nature, nurture, or a bit of both, there's no time like the present to start taking the best possible care of yourself (and your baby-to-be).

• 2012 — Thomas Hill, What to Expect When Your Wife Is Expanding: A Reassuring Month-by-Month Guide for the Father-to-Be, Whether He Wants Advice or Not, Andrews McMeel Publishing (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  Another called their baby-to-be The Peanut, based on a pregnancy book's description of a two-month-old fetus.