Another high profile adoption case, another celebrity runs into adoption problems due to certain legislation. This time it’s the British rock singer songwriter Elton John who is having problems. John met 14-month old Lev during an AIDS charity foundation trip in the Ukraine. While visiting an orphanage specially set up for HIV- positive children John [...]
Tags: Adoption, advance paternal age, Elton John, marital status
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What is it like to spend nine-plus months carrying someone else’s baby? How can you not get attached to the baby growing inside you? How can you talk yourself through morning sickness, swollen ankles and back pain when you don’t get the ultimate payoff of holding your own precious baby when all is said and done?
I was very fortunate to speak [...]
Tags: Adoption, IVF, miscarriage, Mother, Pregnancy, surrogacy, surrogate
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After all the controversy, custody and adoption battles, Madonna could finally welcome her adoptive daughter Mercy this weekend in London, according to the Independent UK. The three-year old girl from Malawi has hit the headlines earlier this year when she was chosen by the pop diva for adoption, only to be turned down by a [...]
Tags: Adoption, celebrity adoption, inter-country adoption, Madonna, Malawi, Mercy
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Many people might think that as a celebrity, Nia Vardalos would have had it easy when she and her husband wanted to adopt. Madonna for example seemed to get though her first adoption process relatively quickly. At any rate this is a reminder that even for celebrities, some things just have to run their normal course.
Tags: Adoption, celebrity, celebrity parents, Ian Gomez, joys of parenting, Madonna, Nia Vardalos
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Last week, a not-so-funny hoax was played on a New Hampshire child. Someone apparently hijacked a wireless signal in Dover, logged on to Craigslist, and offered the 1 year old baby for sale or lease with an option to buy. Thankfully, police found the little girl safe and sound at home. And there aren’t any [...]
Tags: Adoption, bonding, foster care, New Hampshire, poverty, surrogate, West Virginia
Posted in: Baby, News
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