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"Elizabeth Banks and husband Max Handelman have welcomed their first child.  Posting on her official blog, the Next Three Days actress revealed that the couple recruited a surrogate mother to carry the baby boy, who was born earlier this month.  &amp;quot;The one true hurdle I&amp;#039;ve faced in life is that I have a broken belly. After years of trying to get pregnant, exploring the range of fertility treatments, all unsuccessful, our journey led us to gestational surrogacy: we make a &amp;#039;baby cake&amp;#039; and bake it in another woman&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;oven&amp;#039;,&amp;quot; she wrote. &amp;quot;From that came two miracles. The first was meeting our carrier and her husband who were truly humbling in their decency and generosity. And the second miracle was the birth of our baby boy, Felix Handelman. Felix means &amp;#039;happy&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;lucky&amp;#039; in Latin. And true to his name, Felix is a very happy baby and a blessing on our life.&amp;quot;  She went on to thank &amp;quot;friends, family and fans&amp;quot; for their support as well as asking for privacy as she adjusts to motherhood.  &amp;quot;We have maintained a great deal of privacy throughout this process, and hope to continue to honor Felix&amp;#039;s privacy going forward,&amp;quot; she said.  Banks can next be seen in Welcome To People and the comedy My Idiot Brother.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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