The pregnant patient who is at 14 weeks' gestation asks the nurse why the doctor used to call her baby an embryo, and now calls it a fetus. What is the best answer to this question?
A) "A fetus is the term used from the ninth week of gestation and onward."
B) "We call a baby a fetus when it is larger than an embryo."
C) "An embryo is a baby from conception until the eighth week."
D) "The official term for a baby in utero is really zygote."
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