2022 Friday — Third Birthday

This is a special day in our family. A new chapter in our grandkid story started 3 years ago today. This little one’s journey was very long, but after hours and hours of labor he arrived. Robert John “RJ” was born July 24th, 2019. He weighed 8lbs 1oz. He is our fourth great-grandchild and the first born for Ashly & Robert, who not only gained a son but also new titles: Mommy and Daddy. Ashly is the one who first made us grandparents. Mr. Fun & I are so blessed.
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From a friend: “When pregnant, the cells of the baby migrate into the mother’s bloodstream and then circle back into the baby; it’s called “fetal-maternal microchimerism."

For 41 weeks, the cells circulate and merge backwards and forwards, and after the baby is born, many of these cells stay in the mother’s body, leaving a permanent imprint in the mother’s tissues, bones, brain, and skin, and often stay there for decades. Every single child a mother has afterwards will leave a similar imprint on her body, too.

Even if a pregnancy doesn't go to full term or if an abortion is performed, these cells still migrate into the mother’s bloodstream.
Research has shown that if a mother's heart is injured, fetal cells will rush to the site of the injury and change into different types of cells that specialize in mending the heart.

The baby helps repair the mother, while the mother builds the baby.

This is often why certain illnesses vanish during pregnancy.

It’s incredible how a mother’s body protects the baby at all costs, and the baby protects and rebuilds the mother back, so that the baby can develop safely and survive.

Think about crazy cravings for a moment. What was the mother deficient in that the baby made her crave?

Studies have also shown cells from a fetus in a mother’s brain 18 years after giving birth.

If you’re a mom you know how you can intuitively feel your child even when they are not there….Well, moms carry them for years and years even after they have given birth to them.”
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"I wanted to meet my biological mother mostly to see if she was okay and to thank her, because I am glad I didn't end up as an abortion."
Steve Jobs
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We should all thank our mothers for choosing life. The rights of all women are important and that includes the rights of unborn women. I have friends that don’t agree. That’s okay. That’s their decision. They are still my friends.

Celebrating birthdays not abortions,
Rosie (& Mr. Fun), aka Carol
and Chloe & Mitzi too!