It was Mrs Weeks’ last chance for fertility treatment, which cannot continue after a woman reaches 55.

After 14 years of trying for a baby, the couple’s prayers were answered last year and they have now welcomed a healthy baby girl.

Almost 100 women responded to the Logan Centre for Assisted Reproduction in London after seeing the bus advert, but only one went through with the egg donation. She was not paid for the procedure.

Baby Katy was delivered by Caesarean section at Maidstone Hospital four weeks ago weighing 5lbs 11ox (2.6kg).

Mrs Weeks, who carried her daughter full term, said she was overwhelmed by the anonymous donor’s gift.

“She is extremely generous and she has given us the gift of life, and has given Katy the gift of life,” Mrs Weeks said.

“Whatever Katy becomes in her life, it is down to three of us.”

Mr Weeks added: “I’m just so proud and so grateful.”

We wish this couple good luck!

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Because her husband had tested positive for the gene and his sister, mother, grandmother and cousin have all had the cancer, the woman decided to have her embryos screened after she got pregnant.

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“Ben and Matt were entertaining the girls with stories, and they were all laughing a lot,” People reported.

When dessert came, the celebratory group toasted – after all, Jen and Ben’s third wedding anniversary is today.

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A registered nurse in Chicago, Wendy Sweeney, has a claim that will astonish impatient parents of toddlers everywhere.

Give her five hours, she says, and she’ll give you a potty-trained toddler, with an accuracy rate of 98%.

How does she do it?

“Never ask if they have to go,” she said. “If you ask them if they have to go potty, then you are the one who is in charge of their body. We’re trying to transfer that responsibility over to them. So we just tell them if you have to go potty, go in the potty.”

“In order to set them up to succeed, just make sure that you’re setting aside that time and make sure you remember that it’s not about you,” Wendy said. “The child needs to be confident themselves, so once they begin to take responsibility for their body, they’ll be proud of themselves and then continue that behavior. So give them all the tools they need to succeed. Tell them exactly what they need to know.”

“Tell them if you have to go to the bathroom, walk over to the potty, pull your pants down and go potty in the potty,” she says, “Tell them that they need to listen to their body and when they need to go, it’s their job to go over there.”

Requirements:

Toddlers have to be at least 2½ years old to take the training, because that is when they are able to understand simple commands and to control their own bodies.

Tricks: load the kids up on salty snacks and sugary drinks

“It is only for a short duration. It is not a diet that I recommend,” Wendy told The Today’s Show Curry. “The salty snacks make the kids more thirsty, so they drink more. It also draws water into the bowel and that softens the stool, and it helps prevent the constipation when the kids get nervous and want to start holding. The sugary drinks never quench their thirst, so they end up drinking more, and that gives them more opportunities to go to the bathroom in that short period of time.”

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“I thought I would be so excited to get back to work, but I feel bad that I’m leaving her,” says Giada, 37. “She’s out of the ‘blob’ stage of just eating and pooping. She’s starting to become a person; I see her character and personality coming out. And now I won’t be around that much.”

Giada has already started grooming Jade to be her assistant:

“She hangs out with me in the kitchen in her swing,” says De Laurentiis. “I’ve gained a partner in the kitchen, as little as she is. It warms [my] heart like nothing else.”

She already can’t wait to share her culinary traditions. “

The first thing I made with my parents was pizza dough,” De Laurentiis recalls. “That’s the first thing I’m hoping we can make together.”

The new mom hopes that her daughter will share her passion for cooking, and if she doesn’t, the she admits, “it would break my heart.”

Parenthood, of course, does come with its trade-offs: “I’ve gained a lot of joy … but lost a little of my freedom,” the chef admits. But she still has found ways to spend time with her husband, clothing designer Todd Thompson, 44. “Quality time now comes at a different time,” laughs De Laurentiis. “We hang out with each other at 4 or 5 a.m., giving Jade her bottle.”

I can’t wait to more recent pictures of Jade now that starting to come into her own!

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The three girls and two boys, who were all born within three minutes of each other, arrived at 30 weeks and five days.

Two girls were born first Sidney Alun and Ivy Elizabeth - both at 6:19 p.m. The first boy, Mitchell Thomas, was born next followed by brother Luke Harrison. The last girl Briellen Jeannette rounded out the bunch.

The smallest baby - Briellen - weighed 2 lbs. 6 oz. The largest babies - Mitchell and Luke - were each 2 lbs. 15 oz.

The hospital has an international reputation for caring for multiple births (triplets or more). The Banner Good Samaritan staff has delivered two sets of sextuplets, 10 sets of quintuplets and about 80 sets of quadruplets .

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After playing, the trio enjoyed some lunch at Layla Jones in Brooklyn.

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This recall involves the full size 2nd Nature Built to Grow cribs, model number 353-14-220. Model and serial numbers are located on the headboard. The crib is natural maple in color. Only the following serial numbers are included in the recall: 353-14-220-L-01, 353-14-220-L-02, 353-14-220-L-03, 353-14-220-L-04, 353-14-220-L-05, 353-14-220-L-06, 353-14-220-L-07, 353-14-220-L-08, 353-14-220-L-101, and 353-14-220-L-103. The recall does not include cribs sold after December 2007.

Consumers should immediately stop using the crib in the middle mattress setting, and adjust it to the low or high setting. Contact Stanley Furniture to determine if the crib is subject to this recall, and if it is, to receive a free replacement crib headboard.

For additional information, contact Stanley Furniture toll-free at (888) 839-6822 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.youngamerica.com