Dominique Moceanu Expecting Baby #2!


Olympic gold medal winning gymnast Dominique Moceanu and her husband, Dr. Michael Canales, have announced that they will be yet again adding to their magnificent team next year. Dominique is pregnant with the couple’s second child and due to give birth next March.

The new addition will join the couple’s firstborn, Carmen, their baby girl born Christmas Day, 2007.

“We are really excited about the news,” Dominique said “Mike and I dreamed of starting a family for quite some time – and now here we are…getting ready to add our second baby to the nest! We couldn’t be happier!”

Moceanu said she and her family plan to stay in the Cleveland area where she is earning a business degree and teaching gymnastics and where Michael practices as a foot and ankle surgeon.

“We love it in Ohio and look forward to raising our children here,” said Moceanu, who also added that “having my first child, Carmen, was a magical experience – being a mother is at the very top of my list of accomplishments and I am really looking forward to bringing another precious life into this world.”

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Olympic Medalist Dominique Moceanu Welcomes First Baby


Congratulations to Dominique Moceanu and her husband Dr. Michael Canales on the safe arrival of their first baby.

People magazine reports that Carmen Noel Canales, was born just after 3 p.m. on Dec. 25 at Cleveland’s MacDonald Women’s Hospital on Christmas Day.

The baby weighed 7 lbs., 7 oz. upon delivery and measured 18.5 inches.

Mother and baby are doing well and are now home.

“We are so excited,” Moceanu said in a statement to PEOPLE. “Mike and I have talked about starting a family for so long – it’s really a dream come true.”She added, “The miracle of baby Carmen being born on Christmas Day makes this wonderful time all the more special to us. This is the best Christmas present we could have ever received!”

The couple has been married for just 13 months

Celebrity Baby Blog did an exclusive interview with the star while she was pregnant click here to read the whole interview.

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