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Marcia Cross: I Considered Adoption & Sperm Donor
Originally posted 02/13/2008 04:30PM
With her fraternal twin daughters Eden and Savannah turning 1 on Feb. 20, Marcia Cross is recalling all the ways she struggled to have children.
"In my early 40s, I considered adoption, and I tried getting pregnant on my own through a sperm donor, but neither worked out," the Desperate Housewives star, now 45, tells Health magazine for its new issue.
Pregnancy was a top priority after she married stockbroker Tom Mahoney in June 2006. "We decided to skip our honeymoon and try in vitro after the wedding. I had already been through infertility treatments. It's very, very difficult to get pregnant in your 40s. It's costly and tough on your body and your relationship."
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Marcia Cross: My Baby Girls Could Be President
Originally posted 01/25/2008 07:30AM
With no work on Wisteria Lane these days (thanks to the Hollywood writers' strike), Desperate Housewives's Marcia Cross put her free time to use this week, lobbying Congress to pass 12-year-old legislation for breast cancer patients.
"And I thought making movies was slow," Cross said of the "ridiculous" inaction on a bill that would end so-called "drive-through" mastectomies and guarantee patients up to 48 hours of recovery time in the hospital. Cross, together with Lifetime television, delivered Congress with 20 million signatures from the online petition at mylifetime.com – as her stockbroker husband, Tom Mahoney, proudly snapped photos.
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How Stars Celebrate the Holidays
Originally posted 12/25/2007 12:00PM
They may be celebrities, but at the holidays, stars have down-home traditions of their own. It's all about relaxation and quality family time away from the cameras.
When asked about their holiday plans, here's what these stars said:
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Marcia Cross's Holiday Joy: Her 10-Month-Old Twins
Originally posted 12/17/2007 10:55AM
Christmas came early for Marcia Cross.
"I'm deliriously happy!" the Desperate Housewives star, 45, told PEOPLE at the Beverly Hills Saks Fifth Avenue on Saturday. "It's scary to be this happy. Oh my god, I mean life is precarious, so I just value every day and every gift."
Speaking after she read from the book Snowpeople, to benefit St. Jude's Research Hospital (for every copy of the book sold, Saks will donate $2 to the St. Jude 2007 Thanks and Giving Campaign), Cross said the source of her holiday joy were her twin daughters, Eden and Savannah – who were cuddling with dad Tom Mahoney during the reading.
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Marcia Cross: Desperate for Her Daughters
Originally posted 07/31/2007 03:15PM
Working mom Marcia Cross has turned from Desperate Housewife to Desperate Mother now that she has to leave her twins at home – some days.
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Caught in the Act!
Originally posted 07/05/2007 06:00AM
• Marcia Cross, perusing the bathing suit section at Bloomingdale's at Los Angeles's Century City mall. Looking natural and carrying a selection of suits to try on, new mom Cross (she gave birth to twin girls in February) "was relaxed and low key," a fellow shopper tells us. The Desperate Housewives star, who told PEOPLE she's been losing weight with exercise DVDs and at the gym, browsed through each rack.
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Marcia Cross: Baby Weight Is Almost Gone
Originally posted 06/01/2007 09:45AM
Three months after having twins, Marcia Cross has almost hit her post-birth target weight, she says.
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Better Than I Even Imagined
Originally posted 04/12/2007 12:00PM
I'll tell you my routine – it's really exciting," says Marcia Cross with a laugh. Curled up in a chair in her Santa Monica, Calif., home, she cheerily ticks off the daily new-mom schedule she has adhered to since Feb. 20 – the day she and husband Tom Mahoney welcomed their fraternal twin daughters Eden and Savannah. "I feed, I burp, I change diapers, I pump. And then I have a tiny window of time to myself," says the actress – whose makeup-free face, loose red hair and comfy cargo pants make her look like the easygoing, serene sister of her Desperate Housewives character, the immaculately polished Bree Hodge. Earlier in the day, "Tom was dancing with Eden," says Cross, sipping a mug of herbal tea for lactating mothers while the twins snooze upstairs. "We put on some Tchaikovsky and they were dancing to Swan Lake. That was just – " she lets out a deep sigh – "so beautiful."
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COVER STORY: Marcia Cross Talks About Motherhood
Originally posted 04/11/2007 12:00PM
Marcia Cross longed for kids for years – but since she and husband Tom Mahoney welcomed twin daughters Eden and Savannah on Feb. 20, she's loved being a mom even more than she expected.
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EXCLUSIVE: Marcia Cross Welcomes Twin Girls
Originally posted 02/21/2007 04:55PM
How's this for a double feature? Marcia Cross became a mom on Tuesday, welcoming fraternal twin daughters, her rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.
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