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Politics | 12/30/2008 7:25 am

Sarah Palin's Daughter, Bristol, Gives Birth to Healthy Baby Boy

By The Staff at wowOwow.com
The proud new parents © AP

Sarah Palin is a grandmother.

Daughter Bristol, 18, gave birth to a bouncing baby boy on Saturday, People Magazine is reporting. The healthy 7 lb., 7 oz. baby is named Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston. He got his surname from hockey dad Levi Johnston, who has been dating Bristol for three years.

"We think it’s wonderful," Colleen Jones, the sister of Bristol’s grandmother Sally Heath, told People. "The baby is fine and Bristol is doing well. Everyone is excited."

News of Bristol Palin’s pregnancy broke after Sen. John McCain chose Palin as his running mate in the White House race. Johnston, also 18, was soon seen on the campaign trail with the Palins. Johnson said in October that he plans to marry his high-school sweetheart next year.

Palin’s office did not return phone messages Monday.

The Alaska governor, who has a newborn herself, told Access Hollywood last month that she would support her daughter.

"Bristol is a very strong young woman and she’s going to be just fine and a wonderful mom," Palin said.

"Bristol and I and the rest of the family know this is a team effort. And to be thrust like that into a spotlight on a national scene was perhaps an unfair shot to be taken. But really, if we don’t have thick enough skin at this time, as candidates, and I consider our whole family – this is a candidacy for all of us, we shouldn’t even be running for office. But we know it’s all going to be worth it in the end."

236 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

Ro H
I don’t know… it’s not worth the bother. Why do we care about all this crap anyway? No wonder she is getting money for bearing a child. Such a no brainer. Let’s see, maybe you all could start a rumor about me, and someont will pay me a lot of money to disprove it all? Or, prove its accuracy, or ???
By Ro H on 01/03/2009 2:46 pm
Didi Lorillard
Babies having babies, I don’t think so.
By Didi Lorillard on 01/03/2009 5:24 pm
S.J. Morgan
Are you referring to Obama’s mamma when you say that?
By S.J. Morgan on 01/04/2009 4:45 pm
Blue Lizard
Just as a comment on selling your baby pictures/not selling your baby pictures…if you’re so eager for the world to see your baby, why not show them to everyone for free? Most parents do!
By Blue Lizard on 01/06/2009 2:28 am
C Hardy
I can tell you if someone offered me money for my daughters picture, you can bet I would take it. Being a parent now a days is very expensive, no matter who your parents are. I find it hard to believe that people really are giving this girl a hard time for taking money offered to her for her baby pictures when I am sure most of us women would have done it if asked of our childrens pictures.
By C Hardy on 01/06/2009 6:19 pm
Blue Lizard
It appears you have rarely encountered over-enthusiastic new mothers with camera-phones, but I respect your right to profit!
By Blue Lizard on 01/06/2009 9:26 pm