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The Baby Game

Wannabe parents are getting older, and the technology's getting better. Where does that leave the birds and the bees?

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July 2008
- Soy-Based Foods Might Be Reducing Sperm Count
  
  newser | BBC | Jul 24, 08 12:13 PM CDT
  
  Soy-based foods could be the root of lower sperm counts in men, a new study finds. Men who consumed more than two portions of soy-based foods a week had, on average, 41 million fewer sperm per milliliter of semen than men who avoided such products. The cheap source of protein has become more prevalent in Western diets in recent years, the Guardian notes. More »
- Man-Mom Gushes Over Baby
  
  newser | People | Jul 24, 08 8:51 AM CDT
  
  “Pregnant Man” Thomas Beatie this week shows off his gender-bending miracle, Susan Juliette, in People magazine, which Gawker reports forked over $300,000 for the first pix. Since Beatie had his breasts removed, wife Nancy drew breast-feeding duty via hormonally induced lactation, they tell People . More »
- McConaughey: Birth Was 'Tribal'
  
  newser | OK! | Jul 23, 08 12:34 PM CDT
  
  When contractions started for new mother Camila Alves, Matthew McConaughey was “right between her legs. We got tribal on it, we danced to it! I was DJing this Brazilian music," he tells OK! magazine for baby Levi’s reportedly $3 million photo debut. Despite his surfer-dude cool, the actor says, “Having a baby is a bloody, pukey, sweaty, primeval thing!” More »
- Garner, Affleck Expecting Again
  
  newser | Us Magazine | Jul 18, 08 10:06 AM CDT
  
  Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are expecting their second child, Garner’s ex- Alias co-star Victor Garber tells Us Weekly. “She is five months pregnant," another source tells the magazine in confirming the rampant rumor, adding, "They are very happy." Garner and Affleck, who married in 2005, are the parents of 2-year-old Violet. More »
- Record US Births Top Boomer Peak
  
  newser | ABC News | Jul 18, 08 4:46 AM CDT
  
  More Americans were born last year than in any other in history, reports ABC News. The 4,315,000 bundles of joy even top the Baby Boom at its peak. The expanding population is expected to put more pressure on scarce resources, but all those new taxpayers will help foot Medicare bills for the original Boomers, say experts. More »
- Jamie Lynn 'Glorifying' Teen Pregnancy
  
  newser | Infos Jeunes | Jul 17, 08 12:23 PM CDT
  
  Jamie Lynn Spears’ gushing OK! magazine spread, with its poetic waxings about motherhood, sends the exact wrong message—telling teens it's “perfect” to have a baby, critics say. “There's no way I would describe caring for a new baby as “fun.” “Fulfilling,” maybe, but it's possible Jamie Lynn lacks the vocabulary to explain how she's feeling exactly,” writes the French Infos Jeunes. More »
- Kidman Kid Pics Not for Sale... Maybe
  
  newser | New York Post | Jul 16, 08 11:30 AM CDT
  
  Nicole Kidman says she would never sell pictures of daughter Sunday Rose—but the price may not have been high enough. An editor at a celebrity glossy tells the New York Post the Aussie Oscar-winner “wanted $3 million and we weren't going to pay that.” A Kidman rep reiterates: "a number of publications called to offer money, but she never considered it." More »
- Hilton Contracts Baby Fever
  
  newser | New York Post | Jul 15, 08 12:08 PM CDT
  
  Paris Hilton is on the wagon and off drugs as she tries to get pregnant, the New York Post reports. Beau Benji Madden is the twin brother of Joel Madden, aka Nicole Richie's baby daddy. "She's jealous of all the attention Nicole Richie has been getting and knows she's fallen off in the tabs lately," says an alleged friend. "A baby would put her back in the news." More »
- Vasectomy Is Young Man's Pill
  
  newser | Details | Jul 15, 08 11:44 AM CDT
  
  Once exclusive to the over-40 crowd, vasectomies are increasingly popular among young men who want condom-free sex and no fears of Daddydom. But there's also a control component, writes Richard Morgan in Details : These men are taking charge of birth control, not leaving it up to the woman. "I don't have to worry about being tricked," says one snipped man. More »
- Brangelina Babies Off to Busy Start
  
  newser | USA Today | Jul 14, 08 9:35 AM CDT
  
  At just 2 days old, Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline are the world's most sought-after celebrity pair—and parents Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are in managing mode. Just Jared reports the Brangelina lawyers bought out all domains with the bambinos' names—and experts tell USA Today that a photo shoot will occur in the next few weeks to deter rogue paparazzi. More »
- McConaughey Lands $3M for Baby Pic
  
  newser | TMZ.com | Jul 10, 08 10:35 AM CDT
  
  Matthew McConaughey landed a $3 million deal with OK ! magazine for the first photos of son Levi, TMZ reports, a deal which includes photos of the tyke’s first Christmas. But all were not happy with baby's first payday: "His publicist begged him not to work with [ OK !] because he's considered an A-lister," an insider told the New York Post . More »
- Frozen Embryos Make Bigger Babies
  
  newser | BBC | Jul 9, 08 1:57 PM CDT
  
  When it comes to in vitro fertilization, frozen might be better than fresh, a new study shows. Infants born after being implanted in mothers' wombs as frozen embryos were no more likely than those from fresh stock to be born with congenital defects, the BBC reports; but they were also significantly heavier, and less likely to be born prematurely. More »
- Jamie Lynn, Baby Mug for OK!
  
  newser | OK! | Jul 9, 08 11:32 AM CDT
  
  Three weeks after giving birth, teen mom Jamie Lynn Spears debuted daughter Maddie Briann on the cover of OK!, gushing about her “perfect” delivery—"I was very blessed" —and her desire to be a soccer mom. The interview fulfills the agreement first hammered out when the 17-year-old former Nickelodeon star announced her unintended pregnancy on the weekly’s cover in December. More »
- Monday's Child Is ... Sunday?
  
  newser | MSNBC | Jul 8, 08 12:18 PM CDT
  
  Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's newborn daughter’s name, Sunday Rose, may be part cross-promotion, part payback, reports MSNBC. The couple decided on the name after Urban wrote a song, "Sunday," about his daughter-to-be—but a source says the name could also be a shot at Tom Cruise's favored belief system. More »
- It's a Boy for McConaughey
  
  newser | People | Jul 8, 08 11:27 AM CDT
  
  Matthew McConaughey's model girlfriend Camila Alves gave birth to a son last night, his rep tells People. No name has been reported for the 7-pound, 4-ounce boy. "Oh, it's going to be fun!" the actor's brother Rooster told the mag. "He'll make a really good dad because he's got a lot of patience. I'm excited for him. It's about time." More »
- Twins Born to 70-Year-Old
  
  newser | Sun (UK) | Jul 7, 08 9:16 AM CDT
  
  A 70-year-old Indian grandmother of five has become the world’s oldest mom after giving birth to twins, the Sun reports. Omkari Panwar and her husband, a retired farmer, mortgaged their land, sold off their buffaloes, and took out loans to finance IVF treatment so they could produce a male heir. More »
- Naomi Watts Pregnant Again
  
  newser | Daily Mail (UK) | Jul 3, 08 9:29 AM CDT
  
  Hollywood stars Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber are expecting their second child around year's end. Watts, who gave birth to the couple’s son Alexander Pete 10 months ago, is four months along in her second pregnancy, the Daily Mail reports. Best pal Nicole Kidman awaits the birth of her first child any day now. More »
- Jolie in Hospital, Awaiting Birth
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 1, 08 12:04 PM CDT
  
  Angelina Jolie has gone into a hospital in the south of France where she expects to give birth to twins. A spokeswoman for the Lenval Hospital in Nice says Brad Pitt's better half is fine and that the actress' admittance to the hospital's maternity wing had been planned for some time. More »
June 2008
- Stay-At-Home Mom, Indeed
  
  newser | Babble | Jun 27, 08 4:08 PM CDT
  
  Home-birthing isn’t only strange and magical—it requires some covert-operation skills, Madeline Holler writes in Babble. After finding she preferred an attending midwife in the birth of her first child, Holler found using one for her second to be illegal in Missouri, where she'd moved. As such, she found, "there were trade-offs in going off the grid to have a baby." More »
- Pregnancy Pact Was Real, Says Principal
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 27, 08 9:49 AM CDT
  
  The principal of a Massachusetts high school who said 17 girls got pregnant at his school as part of a pact isn't backing down from his claim, the AP reports. The principal said he gleaned the information through a nurse practitioner, “verbal staff reports,” and “student/staff chatter.” Amid a media feeding frenzy, the mayor has downplayed the allegation and suggested that the principal couldn't back up his story. More »

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In this image magnified 400 times, a needs carrying one sperm cell punctures an egg at West Coast Fertilitiy Center in Fountain Valley, California. (KRT Photos)

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