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Around the Web…

Some links for your Thursday afternoon:

• A U.K. study shows few women of childbearing age are taking the proper steps to prepare for pregnancy — MSNBC
• Are you eating your way to gestational diabetes? – Health.com
• Screenings for rare genetic disorders in newborns are now routine — New York Times
• Not just a spoonful of sugar! Ten ways to help the medicine go down — lilSugar
• What is the silliest toddler nickname? — CafeMom

Taylor Dayne Shares Her Surrogate Story

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Despite the many obstacles standing in her way — most noticeably the lack of a partner — songstress Taylor Dayne was willing to overcome any challenge in order to fulfill her dream of becoming a mother.

Following several “relationships where nothing stuck,” Taylor — not looking to “lose the window of opportunity” – had turned her attention toward adoption in hopes of starting a family; However, at the mention of a surrogate, the pop singer found herself headed down a new path that would eventually lead her to motherhood. “I said, ‘A surrogate? What is that?’ And they go, ‘Rent a womb.’ I’m like, ‘Rent a womb?’ And they’re like, ‘It’s yours, they look like you,” shares Taylor in a new interview with OK!.

Faced with the “mind-blowing” prospect of having a biological child, Taylor, who was performing on Broadway, was in an unusual situation after discovering the use of a surrogate was illegal in her state. Calling the ordeal a “real process,” the bi-coastal mama-to-be split her time between the Big Apple and Los Angeles. For Taylor, the hectic schedule was well worth it when she discovered her surrogate was carrying twins!

“I had a surrogate carry it and it was my egg. I went for one, and I got two. She called me up and they told me. I’m very proud of the achievement.”

Since welcoming her now 6 ½-year-old twins Astaria and Levi, life for the busy mama has been full of surprises. “They’re precocious, alive, fantastic, thoughtful, and every day they’re bringing home something new and different,” gushes Taylor, who admits her children are “pretty divine.” While their biological father, who will “remain a mystery,” is not in their lives, — “they know who he is, but as an involved parent…he’s not involved in that respect” — Taylor reveals that her children are simply thriving.

More on Astaria and Levi — along with Taylor’s take on Rebecca Romijn’s twins — below.

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