Mira Sorvino Gives Birth After "Life-Threatening" Pregnancy

The Oscar winner suffered complications before giving birth to a son she now calls her "miracle baby"

By Marc Malkin Jul 13, 2009 11:00 PMTags
Mira Sorvino, Christopher BackusChris Haston/NBC

Mira Sorvino suffered for weeks with life-threatening complications before giving birth on June 22, her rep announced today.

"He is my miracle baby," Sorvino, 41, says of her baby boy, Holden Paul Terry. "With everything that threatened this pregnancy and both of our lives, he came out of it completely unscathed."

The Oscar-winner was hospitalized for almost two months after developing placenta previa—a condition that can require bed rest and hospitalization—along with a blood clot...

The child, Sorvino's third with hubby Christopher Backus, arrived two weeks early and weighed in at 8 lbs., 12 oz. He joins 3-year-old Johnny Christopher King and 4-year-old Mattea Angel.

"It is fantastic for us to be reunited and bring our bundle of joy home for Mattea and Johnny to adore," Sorvino said. "It's is also wonderful to be able to tell the kids that Mommy is not sick anymore and that I am not going back to the hospital."

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