Chelsea Clinton to adopt a baby from Africa?

OHMYGOSSIP — Chelsea Clinton is planning to adopt a baby from Africa. The former First Daughter, 33, de­cided on the surprising maternity plan after watching both parents — Bill and Hillary Clinton — battle potentially deadly health problems while she’s struggled to get pregnant.

“After years of worrying that she’d lose her dad Bill to a heart attack, Chelsea flipped out when her mom Hillary was hospitalized with a blood clot near her brain,” a source told American tabloid the National Enquirer.

“The clot was successfully treated and Hillary is out of the woods, but the incident made Chelsea realize that life can turn on a dime.”

Bill — who had emergency quadruple bypass surgery in September 2004 and had two stents inserted in a clogged heart artery in February 2010 — has confessed that he longs for grand­children.

“I’m determined to live to be a grandfather,” the 66-year-old politi­cian admitted in a candid TV inter­view last October. “But I just think the older you get, the more you want every year to count.”

“Since the interview, Chelsea has been more determined than ever to give her parents a grandchild as soon as possible – and adopting an African baby is her new maternity plan,” said the source.

“Besides that, her parents will be over the moon. In light of the fam­ily’s humanitarian values, nothing could be more rewarding than for Chelsea to give a needy baby a for­ever home.

“Chelsea has a heart of gold, and recently everything – from her parents’ health crises, to her and Marc’s inability to conceive and her family’s special devo­tion to the black community – came together in her mind.

“She realized that adopting an African child would be a good idea if she couldn’t get preg­nant.

“And as the daughter of a former president and former secretary of state, she can cut some corners when it comes to the red tape of the adoption process.

“For now, Chelsea is doing ev­erything she can to jump-start the adoption process. It’s possible a child could be selected in the next few months.”

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