Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker and her husband Matthew Broderick just welcomed twin daughters on Monday. The twins, Marion Loretta Elwell (5lbs.) and Tabitha Hodge (6 lbs.), were born at 3:58 pm in Ohio via a surrogate.

"The babies are doing beautifully," Parker's publicist said in a statement to TVGuide.com. "The entire family is over the moon."



"Both Hodge and Elwell are family names on Parker's side," the statement added.

Parker and Broderick confirmed they were expecting twin daughters by a surrogate mother in April after they struggled to conceive naturally. Earlier this year, the said surrogate mother also became the target of media frenzy when two Ohio police officers allegedly burglarized the surrogate mother's home so they could sell photos and other information to a tabloid.  

"We didn't expect it. I think after a certain amount of time, you tend to hold your hopes at bay a bit so as not to be disappointed," the Sex and the City actress said back then. "One really would have been thrilling and we would've felt incredibly lucky. And two was a comedy!

Parker catapulted to fame as Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO television series Sex and the City, for which she won four Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Emmy Awards. She played the same role in the feature film version of the show, which was released on May 30, 2008. Broderick, on the other hand, became popular for his roles in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Godzilla and WarGames.

The couple married on May 19, 1997 and has a son, James Wilkie Broderick, born on October 28, 2002.
    
"James is really excited. He's very much ready to be an older brother," Parker said. "I think it gives him a great sense of pride. It's wonderful and I just hope for their safe arrival."



-Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: People, TV Guide
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