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Old Dad, Poor Brain
 Old Dad, Poor Brain 
Mar 10, 2009 4:44 AM CDT

Old Dad, Poor Brain

Children born to older dads fare worse on memory, learning tests, study finds

(Newser) - Children born to older dads tend to do worse on memory, learning and concentration tests than babies of older moms, researchers have found, reports the BBC. Scientists speculate that the poorer performance may be linked to damaging sperm mutations over time that affect babies who are conceived later in life....

71-Year-Old New Mom Wants to Go for No. 2

After decades of trying for child, couple heard about IVF

(Newser) - At 70, after 4 decades of trying, Indian Rajo Devi Lohan had her first child last year, making her the world’s oldest known mother. Now, she tells the Guardian she’s “strong”—and wants a brother for daughter Naveen. But she and her husband sold 2 buffaloes...

Critics Blast 'Designer Baby' Clinic

LA Doc offers defect-screening technique to pick eye color

(Newser) - The founders of an embryo technology that identifies birth defects are furious that a leading Los Angeles fertility clinic is using their discovery to enable couples to choose baby traits like hair and eye color. The role of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis—which identifies thousands of characteristics in a three-day embryo—...

Richie to Have Kid No. 2
 Richie to Have Kid No. 2 
Feb 22, 2009 6:21 PM CST

Richie to Have Kid No. 2

Boyf Joel Madden announces news on MySpace

(Newser) - Nicole Richie and boyfriend Joel Madden’s 1-year-old daughter will soon have a new sibling, the New York Daily News reports. Madden made the announcement on his band's website: “What's better than winning an Oscar?" the Good Charlotte drummer wrote. " I am so happy to tell everyone...

Here's Tiger's Baby
 Here's 
 Tiger's 
 Baby 
Feb 18, 2009 9:58 PM CST

Here's Tiger's Baby

(Newser) - Tiger Woods has released the first images of his new son, Charlie, reports the New York Daily News. In fact, Woods issued a family portrait of himself, wife Elin, daughter Sam, and the new Charlie Axel, who arrived on Feb. 8. Now that Charlie's here, dad expects to be back...

Octuplet Mom Rules Out Reality Show

Another PR firm cuts ties, former publicist speaks out

(Newser) - Is a reality show in octu-mom Nadya Suleman’s future? “No, I think that's exploitation of my kids,” she told TMZ. Good thing that's her attitude, because yet another PR firm has denied having ties with the mother of 14, reports Access Hollywood. The president of Ambassador Agency,...

Bristol: Mom Clueless About Teenage Sex

Abstinence is 'not realistic at all'

(Newser) - Sarah Palin doesn't have a clue about teenage sexuality, her 18-year-old daughter, Bristol, indicated in a Fox News interview last night. The former VP candidate backs teen sexual abstinence, but that's just "not realistic at all," the teen mom told Greta Van Susteren. And while teenage sex may...

Octuplet Granny: Nadya's a Good Mom After All

(Newser) - The grandmother of the California octuplets has backtracked on a well-publicized, and rather dim opinion of her daughter, Us reports. Nadya Suleman “is trying so hard to take care of these children, and she's a good mother,” her mother, Angela, said. “She's a very good mother,”...

Baby-Faced Teen May Not Be the Dad
Baby-Faced Teen May Not
Be the Dad
Feb 16, 2009 8:33 AM CST

Baby-Faced Teen May Not Be the Dad

Will take DNA test to disprove two other teens' claims

(Newser) - Four-foot-tall teen dad Alfie Patten will take a DNA test to prove he really is the father of girlfriend Chantelle Steadman’s daughter Maisie, the Mail reports. Photos of the baby-faced 13-year-old caused an uproar last week, and two other teens came forward to claim they also slept with Chantelle....

Kid UK Parents Might Be Just Fine, Thanks
Kid UK Parents Might Be Just Fine, Thanks
OPINION
Feb 15, 2009 3:08 PM CST

Kid UK Parents Might Be Just Fine, Thanks

They need guidance, sure, but who cares if they go on the dole?

(Newser) - Don’t be so sure 13-year-old Alfie Patten and 15-year-old Chantelle Steadman will be bad parents for their newborn, Sarah Sands writes in the Independent. Sure, the young father “loves computer games and Manchester United,” but that “does not actually set Alfie apart from the adult male...

Octuplet Mom Swears Off Sex for 18 Years

(Newser) - It's too late for the decision to limit the size of her family, but the octuplets mom has sworn off sex for 18 years, she tells the Sun. "I cannot maintain a social life and be a mother," said single mom Nadya Suleman, 33. "To even take...

MIA Has a Boy; Will She Make the Oscars?

Baby's sex not yet public

(Newser) - MIA is now an M-O-M, reports Hitfix. The 31-year-old Sri Lankan singer and hip-hop artist delivered a healthy baby boy on Wednesday, notes People. It's her first child, and there's no word on the name yet. Now the big question: Can MIA—who performed at the Grammys on her due...

Octuplet Mom: 'I'm OK, the Babies Are Good'

(Newser) - Nadya Suleman became a national sensation this week, receiving death threats and a getting the business end of critical interview with her own mother, but she says she’s doing just fine. "I'm OK, and the babies are good," she told Us Weekly reporters today outside her home....

Baby-Faced Dad Is Just 13
 Baby-Faced Dad Is Just 13 
Feb 13, 2009 11:27 AM CST

Baby-Faced Dad Is Just 13

Teen parent stands barely four feet tall

(Newser) - Thirteen-year-old Alfie Patten, who, with his baby face, could pass for eight, became a father on Monday, the Sun reports. The 4-foot-tall Brit—who did not know how much diapers cost but said, "I think it’s a lot"—was not sure how he and girlfriend Chantelle Steadman,...

Octuplet Doc Implanted 7 Embryos in Woman, 49

Woman who wanted on baby is now pregnant with quadruplets

(Newser) - A 49-year-old woman who went to the controversial fertility specialist responsible for Nadya Suleman's octuplets is now pregnant with quadruplets, even though she wanted only one baby, the Los Angeles Times reports. Dr. Michael Kamrava transferred at least seven embryos—made from eggs donated by a woman in her late...

Octuplet Mom Sent Jolie Admiring Letters

(Newser) - The octuplets' mom swears she isn't trying to be like Angelina Jolie, either through plastic surgery or mothering. But an anonymous source tells the Chicago Sun-Times that Nadya Suleman has sent Jolie fawning letters over the past year concerning the actress's humanitarian work. Jolie is said to be "creeped...

Patients Push Fertility Docs for Extra Embryos

Though hazardous, many parents take the risk to up their odds of having kids

(Newser) - While Nadya Suleman's octuplets remain the in vitro exception, about 30% of such procedures result in multiple births. One attempt can cost $12,000, so patients regularly implore docs to up their pregnancy chances by planting multiple embryos—even though medical guidelines push for the transfer of no more than...

NBC Denies Channeling $1M to Octuplet Mom

NBC denies any money was exchanged

(Newser) - When octuplet mom Nadya Suleman's reps named the price for footage of the birth—$1.2 million—NBC was the only outlet to indicate interest. The network denies paying for her exclusive sit-down with Ann Curry, but an insider tells the New York Post NBC used an intermediary to deliver...

Octuplets' Mom in Hiding After Death Threats

Flood of hostile messages overwhelm frightened mother of 14

(Newser) - Octuplet mom Nadya Suleman and her six oldest children have moved from their California home to a secret location after receiving death threats, Reuters reports. Suleman's publicists said they and their client have been deluged with hostile messages following recent negative media coverage about the divorced mom's inability to financially...

Octuplet Mom Launches Site to Reel in Cash

'Proud mom of 14' provides updates on newborns

(Newser) - Octuplet mom Nadya Suleman has launched a website to collect donations, making good on her claim to have an alternative way to provide for her kids. The site features photos of the "proud mother of 14" with her eight newest arrivals, an address to send gifts, and a link...

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