1. Babies gave Moms’ their name
One of the first word-like sounds babies typically vocalize is a “ma” sound, and almost every language across the globe has taken that baby talk as the basis for the word for mother.
In English she’s mom;
In Mandarin Chinese, mama.
In Spanish, she’s mama,
In Hindi, Ma
In Hebrew, Em
Noticing a trend? No coincidence!
2. Part of babies still remain in Mom
A part of physical you still remains in your mom! During pregnancy, moms and children swap cells via their connection through the placenta. In some cases, these cells persist in mom’s body, even for years. Research by Tufts University School of Medicine geneticist Diana Bianchi once revealed a mother with her 27-year-old son’s cells still inside her. No one knows whether the cells have any effect on the maternal body, though some researchers suspect they may either contribute to or protect from autoimmune disease. [11 Brainy Baby Facts]
3. You may have altered your Mom’s brain
Pregnancy may cause permanent brain changes in women, according to research published in 2011 in the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science. Most of the research on pregnancy brain has been done in rodents, which develop new smell-related brain cells during pregnancy. Humans aren’t rats, of course, but at least one brain imaging study has found that new moms have more gray matter four months after birth. Some scientists suspect that the hormones that flood the brain during pregnancy could lead to permanent alterations, just as teenage hormones contribute to adolescent brain development.
