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44y Comaneci welcome baby boy to the family

Catherine McDiarmid-Watt | Monday, June 05, 2006 | 0 comments

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner are the parents of a baby boy. Dylan Paul was born Saturday, the first child for the gold-medal winning gymnasts.

Comaneci was due to deliver in July, the 30th anniversary of her seven perfect 10s at the Montreal Games.

"He's a few weeks early, so he's a little small -- 4 pounds, 10 ounces -- but he's just fantastic. He's awesome, in fact. He's really cute," Conner said.

"It's just something that's totally a part of you," Comaneci said. "As Bart said, it's a miracle because you stare at the little child and you just don't want to go away. You just stare at them."

Conner described his emotions as a mixture of excitement, fear, elation and terror.

"There's every emotion laid out there on the table," Conner said. "It's pretty overwhelming."

The 44-year-old Comaneci delivered Dylan by Caesarean section Saturday morning. The delivery room staff created a poster proclaiming the boy a "perfect 10."

"Everything's great. We'll probably stay here a couple of days and then go home. So far, everything looks good. He's strong and healthy and Mom is doing great," said Conner, 48.

Full article: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/more/06/04/comaneci.conner.baby.ap/index.html

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