Parenthood At 50-Plus

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By Newsweek Editors

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"There is no question that I will be a better mother today than when I was really young," says Cheryl Tiegs. "I have a lot more patience today." She'd better be. A surrogate mother is carrying twin boys, due next month, for Tiegs, 52, and her husband, Rod Stryker, 42, a yoga master. The '70s supermodel already has a son, Zach, 8, but she spent more than a year trying to conceive this time. So her doctor put her in touch with an unidentified surrogate who's using the model's eggs and Stryker's sperm. Tiegs isn't the only one turning to science to start a family. Canadian megaphone Celine Dion has just undergone two operations to improve her chances of becoming pregnant. You think Tiegs will need extra energy? If Dion's procedures have succeeded in making her pregnant, her husband, Rene Angelil, will be a dad--at 59.

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