{"id":46996,"date":"2023-10-24T10:39:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T23:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=46996"},"modified":"2023-10-24T10:39:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T23:39:46","slug":"mother-and-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=46996","title":{"rendered":"Mother and Child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-46997\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Skeleton_Of_Mother_And_Fetus-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"Skeleton Of Mother And Fetus\" width=\"846\" height=\"1295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Skeleton_Of_Mother_And_Fetus-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Skeleton_Of_Mother_And_Fetus.jpg 486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During pregnancy, some baby cells migrate into the mother&#8217;s bloodstream and then return to the child. It&#8217;s called &#8220;mother-fetal microchimerism&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>For 41 weeks, the cells mix and circulate back and forth, and, after the baby is born, many of these cells remain in the mother\u2019s body, leaving a permanent imprint in the tissues, bones, brain and skin of the baby to mother, and they often remain there for decades.<\/p>\n<p>Every other child a mother has will leave a similar imprint on her body.<\/p>\n<p>Even if a pregnancy doesn\u2019t end, or if you have an abortion, these cells still migrate into the bloodstream.<\/p>\n<p>Research has shown that if a mother\u2019s heart is injured, fetal cells will rush to the injury site, and transform into different types of cells that specialize in repairing the heart.<\/p>\n<p>The child helps the mother repair, while the mother builds the child.<\/p>\n<p>This is often the reason why some diseases fade away during pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s amazing how the mother&#8217;s body protects the baby at all costs, and the baby protects and rebuilds the mother in return, so they can safely develop and survive.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s think about pregnancy cravings for a moment. What did the mother need, that the child make her wish?<\/p>\n<p>The studies also showed the presence of fetal cells in her mother&#8217;s brain 18 years after birth.<\/p>\n<p>How wonderful is this? &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>From an article by Nargis Kizalbash<\/p>\n<p>Art by Enric Hugue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;During pregnancy, some baby cells migrate into the mother&#8217;s bloodstream and then return to the child. It&#8217;s called &#8220;mother-fetal microchimerism&#8221;. For 41 weeks, the cells mix and circulate back and forth, and, after the baby is born, many of these cells remain in the mother\u2019s body, leaving a permanent imprint in the tissues, bones, brain &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=46996\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mother and Child&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46998,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46996\/revisions\/46998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}