Top of the Morning: Shalani Soledad is Trying to Get Pregnant

1. Shalani Soledad to try non-natural ways to conceive

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Former public official and celebrity Shalani Soledad and husband Pasig City representative Roman Romulo are willing to try other ways to get pregnant. They missed dancing in the Obando Fertility Dance in Bulacan this year, but vowed to attend next year. The two have been married for more than three years already, and are exploring other options to conceive such as in-vitro fertilization. (pep.ph)


2. Model mom gives birth to first child
Model Anne V. (real name, Anne Vyalitsyna) is now a mom after giving birth and welcoming her first child, daughter Alaska, with her boyfriend, Yahoo executive Adam Cahan. She took to Instagram to announce the great news by posting a photo of the little one’s foot. She wrote, “Welcome to the world baby Alaska! Your little feet absolutely rocked my world. I’ve never been so in love! @acahan and I couldn’t be more proud.” Congratulations! (people.com)


3. Comics Spider-woman shows off baby bump

With the re-launch of the “All-new All-different” Marvel Comics in October, the company will feature a very pregnant superhero: Spider-Woman. The cover of Spider-Woman Issue #1 shows Jessica Drew (a.k.a. Spider-Woman) in her full superhero costume with a very big baby bump with the tagline: “Parent by day. Hero by night.” This move by Marvel, as well as portraying Thor as a woman in the new comics, is touted as a result of its growing female audience—moms included. (yahoo.com)


4. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s new approach to co-parenting
After the shocking announcement of their plans to divorce, actors Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner said in a statement that they are committed to co-parenting their three kids Violet, 9, Seraphina, 6, and Samuel, 3 -— and that means living on the couple’s huge property in Los Angeles, albeit not under the same roof (at least for the time being). This way of co-parenting was aligned to their conscious decisions to make sure the divorce would be as easy as they can make it for their kids. (people.com)


5. Tamera Mowry-Housely welcomes daughter
One-half of the former Disney twin stars just became a mom of two. Tamera Mowry Housely welcomed her second with husband Adam Housely on Wednesday, July 1. The new addition to the family is daughter Ariah (pronounced like Mariah) Talea Housely; she joins big brother Aden John Tanner, two years old. “We are beyond overjoyed and blessed with our beautiful baby girl,” she said via a statement. Congratulations! (people.com)