Sarah Jessica Parker's Surrogate Gives Birth: Welcome Marion & Tabitha

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are the proud parents of twin girls delivered by a surrogate mother, a publicist said Tuesday, following a pregnancy that proceeded less than smoothly.

The girls were born Monday afternoon at an Ohio hospital, publicist Simon Halls said. Marion Loretta Elwell Broderick weighed 5 pounds and 11 ounces, and Tabitha Hodge Broderick weighed 6 pounds.

Hodge and Elwell are family names on Parker's side, Halls said.

"The babies are doing beautifully and the entire family is over the moon," Halls said in a statement.

Parker, the 44-year-old star of the TV show and film "Sex and the City," had complained last month to "Access Hollywood" that the surrogate's telephone and computer had been hacked into and that the woman had received threats.

Authorities also are investigating whether two police chiefs burglarized the surrogate's home in the eastern Ohio town of Martins Ferry so they could sell photos and other information to a tabloid.

The burglars were after "pictures, phone message, all those things" at the home of the surrogate, Michelle Ross, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press last week, speaking on condition of anonymity because no charges had been filed.

A spokeswoman for East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry would not comment on reports that the twins were born there.

Parker and Broderick, her 47-year-old husband and fellow actor, had confirmed they were expecting twin daughters by a surrogate. They had been unable to conceive since Parker gave birth to a son, who is now 6.

Comments

[colorperdaughter]

I just hope she didn't choose to use a surrogate in order to save her "figure." I think that "Sex and the CIty" was the most backwards show on TV and I am embarrassed I know women who actually watched that materialistic, shallow c++p.

[ThinkTavern]

Well, she is 44 and he is 47. Might have been hard to get pregnant.

[lillibelle]

That plus being a super skinny smoker.

[noreast77]

all women should be humiliated that show even exists

[SparkyAdams]

That show is a black mark against all women.

[UnknownSoldier]

I'm a guy and I thought the show was hilarious, but hey, to each his/ her own

[Judyisacutie]

Honestly! I thought it was a show intended for guys but women bought into it. Never liked it. I thought it was too silly, the characters too ditsy, slutty and materialistic but almost every woman I know loved it, even though none of them really seemed to have that kind of lifestyle.

[JenniferEccles]

The characters were really gay men played by women. When you look at it that way, the show makes more sense.

[PWM]

Congrats

[Sloane7]

Exactly. Really happy for them although I like the name Tabitha much more than the name Marion. Remember Mabel? That name didn't exactly take off either.

[Judyisacutie]

Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's Mabelline.

[JenniferEccles]

I don't think Tabitha was really a name before Bewitched.

[MikeRdg]

Did I read that right----- Authorities are also investigating whether two Ohio police chiefs burglarized the surrogate's home in the eastern Ohio town of Martins Ferry so they could sell photos and other information to a tabloids---

Police Chiefs and Two no less --- darn these guys are good! Isn't Ohio where Drew Peterson is from also? So up is up with the cops? --- doing BnE ----- sounds like the guys from my area.

[Sloane7]

That's the real story. Two police chiefs breaking and entering a home to sell photos to a tabloid? What do you do when the guys that are supposed to keep you safe are the ones you have to fear? Can't imagine what Ohio is going to do with these guys.

[MikeRdg]

It is the real story , the cops busting in.

The cops in my area are crooked too.

[xmw]

Thank God I could have my own....not­hing else would have done...

[elizlucinda]

that's a sad commentary

[ThinkTavern]

Agreed. A very sad comment. As if an adopted or surrogate-born baby is less worthy than a biological one.

[xmw]

but it's my commentary and my choice.

[dct1999]

I have 4 children; two of my sons are adopted. I love my children equally.

You have written one of the mos unintelligent, insensitive, out-of-touch posts EVER. Some of you people are unbelievable.

[Sangha]

Marie Osmond had the greatest comment about this.
She once said that some of her children are adopted, but she can't remember which ones.

[xmw]

"unintelligent, insensitive, out of touch"??? Wow, I never said I had anything against adopted kids because i don't. If you have adopted kids, good for you. It is my choice not to want to adopt or have a surrogate. what's unbelievable is you and people like you thinking that just because you chose a certain road everyone else is wrong to think differently. THAT'S IMMATURITY!

[eri 68]

Wow how truly insensitive of you. Though I thank God that I too could have my own (and did), I would love any child in my life no matter how they came to be.

I bet if you hadn't been able to conceive your own you would be singing a different tune.

A child is a blessing no matter whose womb he/she emerged from.

[xmw]

Another self righteous poster who can't respect someone else right to post their opinion. yeah, it matteres to me whose womb it comes from.

[jl4141]

Congrats and best wishes in raising your new half-human, half-horse.

[xmw]

Stop! i thought I was the only one who thpught she was horsey looking!

[jl4141]

Stop me if you've heard this one -- Sarah Jessica Parker walks into a bar and the bartender says, "Why the long face?"

[UnknownSoldier]

LMAO

[eleanorhawking]

Congratulations. She's going to love having a girl(s). Not that boys aren't wonderful - got one of each, but you get to do all the girly stuff again. It's a blast.

[mommadona]

The creep factor to this is off the charts.

And her breasts are bursting the bustle...

way to go, mom.

[eveready]

Yeah, what up wit' dem bolt-ons?

[philinburb]

Does this mean Matthew had to do it twice with the surrogate?

[alleycat32]

Am I wrong or is something falling out of her dress top.

Must think it is becoming.

[boilinabag]

it's like going to the dog pound with these people, like madonna, i think ill go to the dog pound today and get a kid..... money buys everything­..........­....

[thegreatgiginthesky]

Many people who are unable to conceive use a surrogate. It is a lot more common than you think. A co-worker of mine and his wife are going this route because they want to have a second child but they were told by their doctor that they couldn't have anymore children after their first was born.

[toppergem]

Congratulations all!

[SparkyAdams]

Hollowood's home liest couple.

*gag*

[justoverit333]

um Sarah, please tuck yourself back into your dress dear.

[Annieke]

She was a beautiful woman, but way too skinny right now. Creepy.

[Biolante]

Are these children related to both J and M? Sorry for the ignorance, but never sure if a surrogate donates the egg or if she is carrying a donor embryo or if the embryo is that of the parents who need the surrogate, or how it works.

[whiskeytangofoxtrot451]

Could be either/or.