Biography of gwen baba nicholas

When Nicholas James Baba-Conn made his premature entry into the world in , he was given the slimmest chances of survival. He was days premature and weighed less than a pound.

Biography of gwen baba nicholas

Fitting comfortably in one's hand, Nicholas looked as helpless and fragile as a baby bird.

The documentary by his mother Nicole Conn, "Little Man," is an intensely personal tale of surrogate motherhood, difficult choices and the enormous strain special-needs children put on families.

Above all, it's a testament to the will to live and how that spirit can be found in even the smallest of packages.

Seven years into their relationship, Conn and her partner, political activist Gwen Baba, chose to have a second child.

Baba was the birth mother of their daughter, Gabrielle, but two years later felt she was too old to carry another, and Conn is unable to bear children. Their search for a surrogate led them to a Bay Area woman who was not entirely forthcoming about her health, which led to