Surrogate Wants Birth Controls

--Mary Beth Whitehead-Gould, the subject of intense publicity during a custody battle for a girl she bore under a surrogate contract, has sought to limit public information released about her fourth child, a boy, who was born at a Long Branch, N.J., hospital Monday. Monmouth Medical Center spokeswoman Jane Hollander said both Whitehead-Gould and the boy were doing well. But Hollander said, at Whitehead-Gould’s request, that no other details would be released, including the child’s weight, time of birth, his name or the name of the delivering doctor. “She told us, ‘I don’t want any publicity or any pictures or any interviews,’ ” Hollander said. Whitehead-Gould married Dean Gould, the boy’s father, in November after receiving a divorce from Richard Whitehead. On Feb. 3, the New Jersey Supreme Court granted custody of Baby M, the girl Whitehead-Gould bore under a $10,000 contract, to the child’s father, William Stern, and his wife, Elizabeth.

--Fashion designer Calvin Klein, known for his sexy ad campaigns for jeans and perfume, is undergoing treatment for alcohol and prescription drug abuse at a Minnesota clinic. “A little less than two weeks ago, I checked myself into Hazelden Foundation in Center City, Minn., for treatment,” Klein, 45, said in a statement released by his New York office. He said he is being treated for alcohol and prescription drug abuse but did not specify what drugs he had been taking. He said he would be released from the program at the end of the month. “In my situation I feel compelled to make this public statement because of the many friends and colleagues who have supported my work over the years. Finally, I wish to say that I’ve never felt better and look forward to the completion of the program at the end of May,” Klein said.

--Doubleday editor Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis may follow her success in bringing “Moonwalk,” the autobiography of the elusive Michael Jackson, to publication with a work by an even more private person. The Boston Herald is quoting an anonymous source who says Onassis is close to getting a commitment for Swedish actress Greta Garbo’s autobiography and predicted a deal will be signed in a few weeks. Garbo, 83, has shunned the limelight since abandoning her film career in 1941. The source said Onassis’ effort was given an assist through an intermediary, King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden. “It was only after speaking to King Gustav that Greta began to carefully consider writing her memoirs,” the source said. “That’s when she agreed to a meeting with Jackie.”