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‘As gay, never thought I’d have a child’ – CNN’s Anderson Cooper gushes as he welcomes son
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Popular CNN news anchor, Anderson Cooper has taken to social media to announce the arrival of his baby boy — Wyatt Cooper — who was conceived and delivered through a surrogate, TopNaija reports.
Surrogacy refers to a form of pregnancy in which a woman carries and gives birth to a baby for a person who is not able to have children.
To Achieve this, eggs from the woman who will carry the baby or from an egg donor are fertilized with sperm from a sperm donor to make an embryo.
The 52-year-old journalist, who broke the news via his Instagram page, shared a picture of himself and the new baby.
“I want to share with you some joyful news. On Monday, I became a father. This is Wyatt Cooper. He is three days old. He is named after my father, who died when I was ten,” he wrote on Instagram.
He added that he decided to name the new baby after his father who died when he was only ten.
He also revealed that his choice of Morgan as the baby’s middle name was due to his mother’s fondness for it.
“I hope I can be as good a dad as he was. My son’s middle name is Morgan. It’s a family name on my mom’s side. I know my mom and dad liked the name morgan because I recently found a list they made 52 years ago when they were trying to think of names for me. Wyatt Morgan Cooper. My son. He was 7.2 lbs at birth, and he is sweet, and soft, and healthy and I am beyond happy,” he added.
Cooper said growing up as gay, he never thought he would become a father. He appreciated the surrogate mother who carried the baby until his birth as well as others who made it possible for him to be a father.
“As a gay kid, I never thought it would be possible to have a child, and I’m grateful for all those who have paved the way, and for the doctors and nurses and everyone involved in my son’s birth,” he said.
Born June 3, 1967, Anderson Hays Cooper is an American broadcast journalist who anchors the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360°. The program is usually broadcast live from a New York City studio; however, Cooper often broadcasts live from CNN’s studios in Washington, D.C., or on location for breaking news stories.