We’re often labelled with derogatory language that prompts us to question our growing, birthing and mothering abilities
When you become a mother, everything about you changes, even your DNA. In a process called foetal microchimerism, “zombie cells” from the baby cross the placenta and circulate through the mother’s body, lodging in her organs and tissues like pregnancy souvenirs.
For decades after pregnancy you carry these cells proving that the maternal/infant ties that bind extend much deeper and for much longer than the umbilical cord has us believe.
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