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Mark Phillips, left, and his new wife Jamie Phillips, right, hold baby Tova in their room on the maternity ward at Flower Hospital in Sylvania, Ohio, Monday. Tova surprised everyone by being born on the couple’s wedding day Feb. 27. The baby was due March 7, so the couple thought they had a few days to spare. (AP Photo/The Blade,Amy E. Voigt)
Question: I have a cousin who was born “prematurely” five or six months after my aunt and uncle married. But how are the Phillipses going to explain this one to Tova in 10 or 12 years? Are do you have to explain it nowadays?
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hhuseland on March 02 at 2:22 p.m.
I don’t think most couples these days feel it is necessary to be embarrassed over an out of wedlock birth.
KevinTaylor on March 02 at 3:48 p.m.
Mommy and Daddy loved each other very much … and then you were born!
Same story we always say. Incubation time is variable.