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NEW YORK — Weeks after giving birth to daughter Maddie Briann, Jamie Lynn Spears is showing off the newborn, sharing memories of a "perfect" delivery and longing to be a Southern soccer mom.
Spears and fiance Casey Aldridge welcomed Maddie at a hospital in McComb, Miss., on June 19. The younger sister of Britney Spears poses with her on the cover of OK! magazine — as expected, given the fact that Spears announced her pregnancy through an article in OK! and reportedly was to receive a large payday for exclusive pictures of the baby.
The photos were taken at the pair's Mississippi home. The magazine does not comment on the terms of its deals with celebrities.
In an interview with OK!, the 17-year-old Jamie Lynn said she had been nervous about giving birth "but it all fell into place. I was right on schedule. I had a perfect pregnancy and a perfect delivery. I was very blessed."
Jamie Lynn said watching Aldridge, a pipe-layer from Liberty, Miss., hold Maddie for the first time "was the coolest thing. ... He was so happy, and that made me the happiest person alive."
Jamie Lynn's immediate family — including big sister Britney — were there for the birth, though Aldridge was the only one allowed in the delivery room.
"It was such a big day," she said. "And being able to have your sister there, your whole family there, meant a lot. Everybody flew in to celebrate."
Lynne Spears, already grandmother to Britney's young sons, told the magazine: "You never remember how little they are, and then you hold them. I purred like a kitten, and I remember saying, `Jamie Lynn, she's so beautiful.'"
Jamie Lynn thinks Maddie takes after daddy.
"As much as I'd like her to look like me — I just carried her for nine months — she looks like Casey! He reminds me of it every day," she said.
Jamie Lynn said Maddie sleeps in a bassinet by the couple's bed because she's "not ready to put her (in the nursery) all the way across the house."
She said Lynne Spears is a hands-on grandma.
"Mama has been here a bunch," she said. "She wants to see the baby all the time. She told me the doctors are always going to be real strict and tell you, `Don't do this and don't do that.' Just follow your instincts. You're the mother and you know what your baby needs. That's what I've done and it seems to have worked."
Jamie Lynn, who recently starred on the Nickelodeon sitcom "Zoey 101," said she plans to raise Maddie down South where "the focus is family."
"I would love being the soccer mom," she said. "They don't have soccer down here, but I would love being the softball mom driving the kids around."
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{"commentId":2148432,"authorDomain":"caroaber"}
Seventeen and an unwed mother. This is not the sort of thing Essence or Ebony magazine would promote (for it is promotion to feature this teenager so prominently). The debate over illegitimacy among teenagers is a hot topic, but not one a responsible publication would endorse.
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#1 - Wed Jul 9, 2008 8:42 AM EDT{"commentId":2150238,"authorDomain":"vincitveritas"}
Can't believe I'm actually going to comment on this article, but...
Spears and fiance Casey Aldridge welcomed Maddie at a hospital in McComb, Miss., on June 19.
Jamie Lynn said Maddie sleeps in a bassinet by the couple's bed because she's "not ready to put her (in the nursery) all the way across the house."
Other than a formal ceremony, sure sounds like a married couple with a baby to me. You people need to drop your old-fashioned conceptions of "legitimacy" and recognize that every situation is different. To be honest, I'm way less disappointed that OK! is doing a profile on Jamie Lynn than any of the coverage of her sister's marriage and pregnancies. Brittney was a bad example, Jamie Lynn is not. She may be a teenager, but she's relatively successful and financially secure, and seems to have a good domestic situation. Lay off.
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{"commentId":2148438,"authorDomain":"logan-carbonari"}
The fact that this garbage is considered newsworthy is absolutely sad. There is no reason why a 17 year old new mother should be on the cover of magazines and looked at in a positive light. Is Jamie Lynn Spears really the type of person we want our children idolizing? Let her go be a "southern soccer mom" that she always dreamed of, but please don't publicize it. Find a female with real goals and a head on her shoulders, and put her on the cover.
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#2 - Wed Jul 9, 2008 8:43 AM EDT{"commentId":2149810,"authorDomain":"argento102"}
{"commentId":2157046,"authorDomain":"andrelr"}
I have to concur with you, why is this news? For people like me outside of the US, she is unknown!
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#4 - Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:31 AM EDT{"commentId":2157763,"authorDomain":"argento102"}
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