25/08/2025
When you’re pregnant, something extraordinary happens.
your baby’s cells don’t just grow inside you, they actually travel into your bloodstream. scientists call this ‘fetal-maternal microchimerism’.
for 9 months, your cells and your baby’s cells flow back and forth.
and after birth? many of those baby’s cells stay inside you.
they live in your bones, your skin, even your brain sometimes for decades.
every child you carry leaves this kind of imprint.
even pregnancies that don’t go to term. even loss.
research shows those cells aren’t just a memory, they can help heal.
if a mother’s heart is injured, her baby’s cells rush to the site and transform into repair cells.
the baby literally helps rebuild the mother, while the mother builds the baby.
maybe that’s why some illnesses disappear in pregnancy.
maybe that’s why cravings feel so intense, your baby whispering what you need.
and maybe that’s why, years later, you can *feel* your child even when they’re not near.
because their cells are still with you. always.
how beautiful is that?