48-year-old mom gives birth to baby boy

Lori Riner is a mom again — at age 48. The Sparta woman gave birth Friday to a boy and became the oldest woman to deliver at Franciscan Skemp Medical Center without the aid of fertility treatment.Lori’s 12-year-old granddaughter named the baby Tucker.At first, Lori thought she was going through menopause. But, she said, “menopause doesn’t kick.”She asked her husband, Sonny, to sit down when she broke the news about the pregnancy.“Of course, I was shocked,” Sonny said. “But I was happy. Most couples would be devastated, but we were not devastated.”The couple has been married four years and have...

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Woman, 61, gives birth to her own grandchild

Almost 39 weeks ago, Kristine Casey set out on an unusual journey to help her daughter and answer a spiritual calling.Her goal was achieved when she gave birth to her own grandson at age 61.Casey, possibly the oldest woman to give birth in Illinois, was a surrogate for her daughter, Sara Connell, who had been trying for years to have a baby. Connell and her husband, Bill, are the biological parents of the child Casey carried, which grew from an embryo created from the Chicago couple’s egg and sperm.Crying and praying, Connell and her mother held hands as Finnean Lee Connell was delivered by Caesarean...

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Education activist Christine, mom at 43

Sex And The City star Cynthia Nixon and her partner Christine Marinoni yesterday showed off their son for the first time.who has been in a relationship with Cynthia since 2004, gave birth to Max Ellington Nixon-Marinoni in New York on Monday.Cynthia, 44, who plays Miranda Hobbes in the hit series, already has two children – a daughter aged 15 and a son, eight – from a relationship with English professor Danny Mozes. They split in 2003.Cynthia and Christine met at an education rally in 2002 and became a couple two years later.Read more...Life Begins... - Miscarriage stories of loss, hope &...

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