Cells That Stay: The Poetic Science Behind a Mother’s Lasting Bond

A mother’s bond is written in cells. Motherhood doesn’t only change your heart and mind— it changes your body at a cellular level. Your child becomes a part of you in a lasting, biological way. Microchimerism is the term which explains how a baby’s cells cross the placenta and enter the mother’s body. Some cells leave after birth, but some stay and do incredible things!