Question: Is there a special relation between a mother's soul and her child's soul?
Sri Chinmoy: Normally there is, but it is not always so. At times a soul enters into the physical body of the mother in spite of her intention or wish. Again, sometimes a particular soul does not want to enter into the physical body of the mother, but the mother’s soul pleads with that soul to enter into her body.
Sri Chinmoy, Sri Chinmoy answers, part 13, Agni Press, 1999