Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They say being a parent is like having your heart walk outside your body. While it may feel true that your baby is now part of you ...

They may grow up and move out of the house, but some part of a mother’s child always stays with her. And that can be a bad break for mom. In a new study, scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research ...

Scientists have found what could be a first-ever causative link between the concentration of circulating Y-chromosome fetal cells in women who gave birth and their risk of later developing breast ...

Mothers often feel connected to their children; now science tells us that that the connection is literally true ... and that idea is bringing comfort to a number of women who have suffered a loss.

Finally, the authors note, fetal microchimerism may be one piece of a subtle and dizzyingly complex puzzle. Cell traffic is actually bi-directional, with the fetus receiving cells from the mother.

During pregnancy, maternal and fetal cells migrate back and forth across the placenta, with fetal cells entering the mother's bloodstream and tissues. They can settle in maternal organs such as the ...

Dramatic research has shown that during pregnancy, cells of the fetus often migrate through the placenta, taking up residence in many areas of the mother's body, where their influence may benefit or ...

Presenter and journalist Anna Whitehouse has opened up about a little-known phenomenon that helped offer some comfort after experiencing multiple miscarriages. During an appearance on the CBeebies ...