Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
in humans, it is called an embryo until about eight weeks after fertilization, and from then it's called a foetus.

but I've never heard a parent call it a foetus they call it a baby, even my doc misses called little joe a baby when she was pregnant with him, not a foetus
100% agree

Whatever the dictionary says about what fetus means. For me, soon as i got pregnant he's already a baby. I can't remember also that my OB doctor call it a fetus.