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It's a Boy for Dr. Lewis!

by Sarah Hall
Apr 15, 2004, 5:45 PM PT

Paging Dr. Lewis to the maternity ward...

ER star Sherry Stringfield gave birth Monday to 8-pound, 4-ounce Milo, her second child with husband Larry Joseph.

Stringfield and Joseph also have a three-year-old daughter, Phoebe.

Stringfield's pregnancy was worked into this season of ER, sparing her the loose-fitting wardrobe and other belly-camouflaging strategies employed by actors whose characters are not with child.

Last week's episode featured the ever-driven Dr. Lewis suffering early labor pains and being confined to bed rest. It's not clear if Stringfield appears in any of the season's remaining episodes.

Lewis' unborn baby isn't the only ER offspring beefing up the plotlines at County General Hospital. (SPOILER ALERT!)

As reported by E! Online's TV columnist Kristin Veitch, Carter (Noah Wyle) and Kem's (Thandie Newton) baby is stillborn in an upcoming episode.

Meanwhile, Weaver (Laura Innes) continues battling her deceased lover's family for custody of her baby.

Stringfield was one of the original castmembers when the series premiered in 1994. However, she elected to opt out of her ER shift in 1996, reportedly to spend more time with her then-boyfriend. (Not Joseph, whom she wed in 1998.)

But you can't keep a good doctor down, and in 2001, Stringfield's Lewis scrubbed back in at County. She and Wyle are the only original cast members still on the decade-strong series.

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