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Laila Ali Announces She's Expecting a Girl

It's a girl for former boxing champ Laila Ali and her husband, retired football player, Curtis Conway. Ali made the announcement on her Us Magazine blog. "I am so excited and pleased to announce that I am having a girl! Her name will be Sydney J. Conway," wrote the expectant mom, who is due in early April 2011...
Laila Ali Announces She's Expecting a Girl
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By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020
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It’s a girl for former boxing champ Laila Ali and her husband, retired football player, Curtis Conway. Ali made the announcement on her Us Magazine blog. “I am so excited and pleased to announce that I am having a girl! Her name will be Sydney J. Conway,” wrote the expectant mom, who is due in early April 2011. Baby Sydney will be the former “Dancing with the Stars” contestant’s second child (her first son is 2-year-old Curtis, Jr.), and she can’t wait to start shopping for what we assume will be a fab wardrobe. “I’ve even started buying little outfits for her when I spy them in the sale section,” she adds. Congrats to Laila and her beautiful family!