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More Childless Couples In UK Using Indian Surrogate Mothers
According to the Sun newspaper today, there has been a surge in surrogate mothers from India given birth for childless couples from the UK.
The claim was made by a top obstetrician from a hospital in Mumbi, who delivers one child every 48 hours from an Indian surrogate carrying a British child.
Dr Anita Soni told the paper: “I deliver babies from Indian women for British couples at the rate of more than 15 a month.
“For these surrogate mothers that amount of money is life-changing. It helps them set up a home, get their daughters married or something like that.
“There is absolutely no exploitation of these women. It is really big money. It is a jackpot.
“They go through a little bit of emotional trauma, but then they go back home and they realise they have done it for a good cause.”
Currently surrogacy is legal in the South Asian state, and refered to as “baby factories” for couples desperate to become parents.
Chris (40) and Susan Morrison (37), from London, paid £8,000 to have twins Louis and Freya by using an Indian surrogate. They are currently awaiting for immigration in the UK to allow them to return to England with their babies.
“It’s a miracle. We have got two beautiful babies - a boy and a girl. There were times when I thought this would never happen.” said Susan.
Chris added: “There must be many couples like us having trouble becoming parents who might want to try surrogacy, but find the red tape and hassle too much.”
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Mel Gibson and Russian lover expecting a Baby?
April 25, 2009 by Baby Chums
Filed under Celebrity Baby News
British Tabloid, The Sun, allegedly reveals that Mel Gibson’s wife finally sued for divorce after their 28 year marriage because his Russian lover say’s she is pregnant.
Robyn Gibson, 53, ended the marriage after Oksana Grigorieva told friends she was pregnant with Mel Gibson’s baby.
A source told The Sun: “Robyn put up with Mel for years but when she found out Oksana was telling friends she was expecting it was the last straw.
“Robyn wants a ‘quickie’ divorce, one that isn’t contested, with their assets divided later.”
Source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/usa/article2395539.ece
Mel’s spokesman refused to comment.
12 Year Old Girl Gives Birth in Britain
April 25, 2009 by Baby Chums
Filed under News
The Sun reports a female aged just 12 years old gave birth yesterday to a boy.
Apart from the US, the UK has the world’s highest pregnancy rate in under-16s.
The new mum, just out of primary school became pregnant after a one night stand with an older boy.
The mother is described as white, from a broken home and lives in a deprived part of the South West. She was taken to hospital suffering stomach pains and feeling, “unwell.”
A spokesperson for the relationships charity Life told The Sun: “In Britain today we have children giving birth to children, it is sad.
“We need to empower young people to make wise choices about sex that leads to long term happiness.”
Britain’s youngest mother gave birth two months shy of her 12th birthday in 1996 near Edinburgh. Her boyfriend was charged with having sex with a minor.
Source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2395947.ece
Alfie Patten not the father
March 26, 2009 by Baby Chums
Filed under News
A DNA test has shown that Alfie Patten, the 13-year-old boy is not the father of a baby born to Chantelle Stedman, 15, whom he had unprotected sex with once.
Chantelle Stedman told Alfie Patten, who was just 12 when he had sex with her, that he was her newborn baby daughter Maisie’s father.
A media frenzy was created with The Sun reporting record figures. According to a press release from the title, the story became The Sun’s most popular online article of all time recording 3.9 million unique users in one day, beating the previous high of 1.6 million.
At first Chantelle Stedman said Alfie Patten was the only boy she had ever slept with, but soon after other teens came forward saying they too could be the baby’s father, also claiming to have had sex with Chantelle.
It is still unclear who the baby’s father actually is.
Boy with two penises - Baby born in Russia
March 12, 2009 by Baby Chums
Filed under Off the Wall Baby News
A baby boy with two penises named, “Artyom G” was born two weeks ago after a normal pregnancy then rushed from the maternity hospital to a specialist clinic, St Vladimir’s Children’s Hospital in Moscow.
After hours of complicated surgery where he underwent the lengthy operation to join the two penises it appears the procedure was a success. “He will grow into a normal man and be able to have kids,” the doctor added.” said a Doctor involved.
The doctor continued saying: “The surgery was complicated. We had to form one penis out of two, make the abdominal wall and create a bladder.”
“When our colleagues asked for help we said yes immediately but we couldn’t imagine the case would be so complicated.”
The Sun newspaper reports that the hospital said that the baby is now in good health.
Soldier hides baby in barracks
March 4, 2009 by Baby Chums
Filed under News
A female soldier, 20, who hid her pregnancy has given birth to a baby girl inside her barracks, reportedly delivering the baby herself.
The baby was discovered by another soldier who heard her wailing at Abingdon Barracks in Oxfordshire.
Both the mother and her baby are now being cared for in hospital in Oxford, the Ministry of Defence confirmed.
The Sun reported that the woman continued to participate in exercises and went to the gym in loose clothes during her pregnancy.
An MoD spokesman said: “We can confirm that a baby was born in military accommodation, in Abingdon, on Friday. Both mother and baby are being cared for in hospital.
“We can confirm that the mother is a serving soldier and all welfare needs of both mother and child are being addressed.”
The child is thought to be the first baby born at a British Army barracks.
There are around 187,000 members of the British Armed Forces, of whom about 17,620 are female.
Of those women, 3,760 are officers, according to UK defence statistics for 2008. Female military personnel are entitled to 26 weeks of paid maternity leave.
Nadya Suleman denies plastic surgery
February 14, 2009 by Baby Chums
Filed under News
Unemployed Nadya Suleman, 33, has 14 children, all conceived via in-vito fertilization.
The decision to give birth again recently without the finances to support more children has caused public outrage. Nadya birthed six boys and two girls on January 26th 2009.
Press claims that she had undergone plastic surgery to look like actress Angelina Jolie. Nadya Suleman refuted these claims in an interview to The Sun:
“It’s weird, my face always swells up before and after I have children,” she insisted. “I’m 5ft 6in and normally weigh about 8 1/2 stones, but my weight doubled to 17 1/2 stones when I was pregnant with the octuplets.”
When asked about her love life. Nadya will not start dating again until her babies are 18. David Soloman was named the sperm donor recently. She admits to going on one date with him before realizing she wanted him to father her children without a relationship:
“I can’t remember the last time I went on a date.
“Boyfriends? I think I’d have to be extremely selfish. I cannot maintain a social life and be a mother.
“To even take one per cent of every night and devote it to someone else, a stranger, would be wrong.
“I have to wait for that until my youngest have left school. I can’t leave someone else trying to care for my kids while I date.”
Miss Suleman – who is claiming the equivalent of £350 a month in food stamps, and government benefits for her three disabled children.
She said that hostilities had forced her to go into hiding after being discharged from hospital.
The Beverly Hills doctor that aided Miss Suleman conceive the octuplets is being investigated by regulatory bodies.
