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There's a new study on twins .... but before I tell you any more, let me first say that this news should in no way panic moms expecting twins in which one or both babies are boys. That's the doctor who did the research himself talking, not me.

But I found this report sort of interesting in terms of the famed "boy disadvantage" we've heard about.

What's the "boy disadvantage"?

Well, it means singleton boys are more likely than girls to be born prematurely, need a cesarean delivery, or have newborn health problems. That's all well known.

And the latest study published in the nation's top gynecological journal suggests that having a male twin may also raise the odds of complications, according to Reuters.

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One CafeMom had a surprise home birth. (Not unusual unless you're not planning on it.)

Cafe MicheleZ, who's expecting twins in another month, is worried that her babies might come so fast (she should be so lucky!) that her midwife or doctor of choice may not make it to the delivery room in time. She's thinking of creating a Birth Plan B and C just in case.

This is probably a good idea considering the strange and unexpected places babies decide to pop out. Just this week, a woman in Eau Claire, Wisconsin gave birth on the sidewalk outside the hospital.

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Mel Gibson, 53, already has seven kids ages 28 to 10 with ex-wife Robyn Moore -- and now he's the father of a baby girl. Gibson and Grigorieva named her Lucia.

RadarOnline.com reports that the actor's partner, Oksana Grigorieva, 39, gave birth to a baby girl last Friday.

The online tabloid reports that everything went well, and mom and daughter are already home.

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Some of us may not remember Baby Fae. I recalled the name, but when I read that this week marks the 25th anniversary of her landmark surgery, I had to do some digging to refresh on who she was and what it was all about.

I was just a little kid when the baby, Stephanie Fae Beauclair, was born, certainly many years from momhood myself. But now that I read up on it I wonder if the perspective I had back then would have been different from the one I have now.

According to the National Ledger, Stephanie Fae Beauclair was a premature baby and suffered a condition known as hypoplastic left-heart syndrome, or a partially developed heart. It was untreatable.

CafeMoms have been buzzing about the 6 month old baby who miraculously survived being hit by a train after his stroller rolled off the platform in Melbourne, Australia. OMG what a nightmare. You can see a video of the baby stroller falling onto the train tracks on CNN.

It practically gave me a heart attack watching the mom's reaction. She watched as the stroller slide off the platform into the tracks, saw the train cover the carriage. I knew the baby was okay before I watched it, or I never would have. It seems as though the train rolled right over the stroller, which was in the center of the tracks, leaving the infant shaken but practically unharmed except for a bump on his head.

You can call her a horrible mom, but I'll bet she's just a typical overwhelmed distracted mom. Like me. Careless accidents happen to the best people, that's why they are called accidents.

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Once we can scrape enough money together, my husband and I have agreed to open and vigorously contribute to retirement IRAs for both our kids. Not a college fund or savings account, but retirement accounts.

We reached this decision after looking at our own meager retirement savings and thought about how much more robust it would be if our own parents had started them when we were babies. Even just a little something every month.

Needless to say, with an estimated 60 years of compounding on our side, we'd be living a completely different lifestyle right now, not having scrimp and save every step of the way and not wondering if we're going to have to work till 80 to pull it off.

Some moms in Current Events & Hot Topics were talking about how great it would be if the Aspire Act, in which the government would give every newborn a $500 savings account, passed.

Some moms. Not all think this is a great idea at all.

This baby story ends happily ... but it started out with CafeMoms using terms like "Absolutely ridiculous!" "What is this world coming to?" and "That is absurd!"

What happened the other day was a 4 month old baby was denied health insurance for being "too fat."

Oh, there's no question the boy is big. He's 17 pounds, putting him in the 99th percentile for weight. But, it's still not that big. When Alex's family applied to the Rocky Mountain Health Plan for insurance coverage, they denied the child based on a policy that they reject anyone who is over the 95th percentile.

We're talking a healthy, breastfed baby here! Click for a photo of Alex Lange.

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Heidi Klum and musician husband Seal welcomed baby girl Lou Sulola to the world last Friday, according to Celebrity Babies. She joins the couple's three other children,  Johan, 2 ½, Henry, 4, and Leni, 5.

Read the full story and get quotes from the proud Dad Seal at Celebrity Babies -- then tell me, what do you think of the name? Will they call her Lou for short? I tried saying the full name three times fast and got tongue-tied, so this one might take some practice.

Twelve states have laws on the books that exempt breastfeeding moms from jury duty -- and most recently, Florida legislators have proposed a similar bill.

The legislators acted after a breastfeeding mom complained that she couldn't get out of serving on a jury, but was then berated by her fellow jurors when she brought her baby with her to trial.

The law would exempt moms who are nursing kids up to the age of two.

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Tell me what you think about this one ...

A teddy bear made out of a placenta.

But that's not the weirdest part.

The weirdest part is that you make this yourself. From a kit that you buy. That involves the tanning and sewing of a human organ. An organ that was inside you. That your baby will probably suck on and put in his mouth thousands of times. Is that enough?