It's a Girl for Jamie Lynn Spears

By CHRIS TALBOTT, AP
Posted: 2008-06-23 13:50:34
JACKSON, Miss. (June 19) - Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to a baby girl Thursday morning at a south Mississippi hospital, according to a friend of the Spears family.

The friend, who asked not to be identified because the family had not yet announced the baby's birth, told The Associated Press that the baby was named Maddie Briann and weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces.

It had been rumored that the newborn would be given a name that was a combination of her parents' names, either Cailynn or Cassie.

"They are surrounded by their close relatives, including Jamie Lynn’s older sister Britney, mother Lynne, father Jamie and brother Bryan," Spears' rep told OK! magazine. OK! also reports that Maddie Briann weighed 7 lbs, 11 oz.

The 17-year-old Jamie Lynn was the star of Nickelodeon's "Zoey 101," a sitcom about prep school friends, and is the younger sister of pop star Britney Spears. The Spears family announced in December that Jamie Lynn was pregnant. The father is Casey Aldridge, a pipe-layer from Liberty, Miss. The couple is not married but announced an engagement several months ago.

Ellen Brannan, spokeswoman for Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center, in McComb, would not give out any details. "We understand everybody's interested, but we don't give out information on anyone. Everyone's entitled to their privacy," she said.

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The younger Spears lives near Liberty with Aldridge, 19, and has been seen around the small south Mississippi town often as her pregnancy became more apparent. Her family owns a home across the state line in Kentwood, La.

Spears announced her pregnancy through an article in OK! Magazine and was expected to receive a large payday for exclusive pictures of the newborn.

Nickelodeon issued a statement about the birth on Thursday, saying, "We wish her and her family well." Nickelodeon spokeswoman Marianne Romano said that filming of the fourth and final season of "Zoey 101" was completed last summer before Spears became pregnant.

Spears portrayed Zoey Brooks, a student at Pacific Coast Academy, a campus that had been an exclusive all-boys boarding school until Zoey and a handful of other girls arrived. At the end of the series, Zoey gets the boy - longtime crush Chase (Sean Flynn).

Associated Press writers Erin Carlson in New York and Mary Foster in McComb, Miss., contributed to this report.

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prettykity321 06:56:50 PM Aug 02 2008

at least jamie lynn was mother enough to have her baby and keep it that is what a great mother is. is it still motherly enough to have a baby at 17? i mean come on.........its crazy!

prettykity321 08:25:23 AM Jun 29 2008

"yes i don't think that the spears family did make a mistake but that is life alot of pepole make those kind of mistakes" What kind of mistake is that!? You like someone so much and it just so happens 9 months later we have a baby here!?You have *** with someone and that is a mistake?! Can anybody answer how that is a mistake?!?

prettykity321 08:20:19 AM Jun 29 2008

"she was raised with good parents thats y she is parent enough to carry her responsibility" Umm...who is she the little sister of?.....ummmm Britany Spears! The one who has been doing "wrong things" and who knows how much Jamie has been taking in. I think Britany had something in this baby and mark my words......there is going to be a fight over this baby......and if i am wrong...ill take it all back.

prettykity321 08:13:35 AM Jun 29 2008

do some research on kids from unmarried homes. Kids who come from married homes in general tend to do better in all aspects of life. It`s not a opinion but fact. It`s also a fact that kids who come from divorced homes in general do better in all aspects of life verses kids who come from two parent never married homes. Also both parents who divorce tend to stay involved in thier kids lives verses never married couples who when they split up one parent usually isnt involved in the kids lives anymore

bv5157 06:49:31 PM Jun 26 2008

woww. . .coolio!! =] =]

vblondie333 04:44:19 PM Jun 26 2008

okay i dont care wat people say about jamie she seems very nice and the baby is very cute so people shoulld just buzz off cause im sure jamie will be a great mom nice job jmie good for you and the baby is adorable!!!

bunnyblueweezy 02:03:38 PM Jun 26 2008

yes i don't think that the spears family did make a mistake but that is life alot of pepole make those kind of mistakes but u really don't know nonthing about her but i think that she is going to be a good mother and that is fuccd up to say that they are trashy becouse u don't know if they are trashy or not so don't judge a book by it's cover.ok

RockBeaut7 05:27:09 PM Jun 25 2008

their not making more zoey 101

lilCraNdlEe x3 06:49:17 PM Jun 24 2008

Jamie your the best no matter what the mags say you know you have awsome friends and a cool fam. Keep up the great work!:-) hope to see a new zoey 101! awsome vids!

babiegurllovsu 06:48:12 PM Jun 23 2008

at least jamie lynn was mother enough to have her baby and keep it that is what a great mother is. if she had put it 4 adoption or abortion than she wouldnt be a great mother. she was raised with good parents thats y she is parent enough to carry her responsibility. GOOD JOB JAMIE LYNN! CONGRATS TOO!!!!

russo0396 05:42:40 PM Jun 23 2008

BALLS

jevgymnast 04:35:19 PM Jun 23 2008

In response to prettykitty321...yes my mom did have me when she was 17 actually. I'm 14 years old and she is 31 thank you very much.

dadsgrl9106 04:34:39 PM Jun 23 2008

i love jamie and the baby is cute.. good look jamie

xxbabyflavia14xx 04:14:20 PM Jun 23 2008

peopllee needd to stop hattinggg on herrr...leave thee girl alone..she did the rightt thing not to kill the baby..spears gooddd luckk to youu guyss ;]

heartneverliess 04:09:07 PM Jun 23 2008

prettykity321 - "Stupid irresponsible losers make the type of mistakes the trashy Spears family makes" WHOA. what is wrong with you? so every teenage mother are "stupid irresponsible losers"? thats just effed up. you have no right to say that. so my mom is a "stupid irresponsible loser"? wowww. thats pathetic for you to say that.

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