Doc: Brangelina Won’t Burst for Weeks
Disclaimer: The press conference is in French sans subtitlesso you’ll have to take our word on the translation.
Angelina Jolie’s doctor just threw a bucket of cold water on the global Brangelina babywatch.
“Angelina’s pregnancy has gone very well so far, and she has absolutely no problems at all,” obstetrician Dr. Michel Sussmann told News, before delivering the blow.
“But she still has at least two or three weeks to go until she gives birth, and she’ll most certainly be staying in the hospital until after she gives birth.”
Maybe Dustin Hoffman’s previously believed red herring due date of Aug. 19 wasn’t so far-fetched after all.
“Lenval is one of the best maternity hospitals in the world, so if there were any problems she’ll get the best care possible,” Sussmann said. “But for now, both Angelina and the babies are doing extremely well. Everyone’s very happy.”
Sussmann spoke to News following a press conference at 5:30 p.m. local time, in which he gave an update on the state of the world’s most-watched pregnancy.
“Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have asked us to let you know that she’s very well,” Sussmann said, addressing her early admittance. “It isn’t an emergency, it’s completely planned. We’re not talking about a premature birth.”
Sussmann also added that the updates would be kept to an absolute minimum out of respect for the mother-to-be.
“She’s a pregnant woman, and she’s entitled to her privacy. She will stay in the hospital as long as it takes, then she will be allowed to go home. I have a very high respect for both her and her husband, and she’s a very good patient.”
The conference itself came just a few hours after some high-powered visitors arrived at the hospital, albeit with much less fanfare than the press conference provided.
A shades- and trilby-wearing Pitt, accompanied by daughters Zahara and Shiloh, were spotted earlier in the day entering the hospital’s maternity ward.
The hospital is bending the rules ever so slightly for the famous patientminors under the age of 15 are ordinarily not permitted during the hospital’s visiting hours.
Special times apparently call for special measures.
The family’s blacked-out Mercedes was waved through the side entrance of the hospital at 1:16 p.m. local time after passing through the amped-up security hired by the hospital following Jolie’s admittance.
The 33-year-old checked into Nice’s Lenval hospital earlier this week in advance of the twins’ birth. It was something Nadine Bauer, the hospital’s spokeswoman, told News was “standard procedure,” and “something she had planned with her doctor…for some time” as a way to rest up for the final days of her pregnancy.
Bauer also confirmed on Tuesday that Sussmann would hold a press conference in the wake of the twins’ arrival to formally announce the news, but because no due date has yet been given, anticipation was high going into today’s press conference.
It will, no doubt, continue to be.
Brad & Angelina’s Baby Girl!
Even a woman who does her own knock-down, drag-out stunts can be thrown for a loop by childbirth. Two days after she gave birth to her new daughter on May 27 at the small Cottage Medi-Clinic in Swakopmund, a coastal town of some 20,000 in the African nation of Namibia, Angelina Jolie reported “feeling good, but a bit sore,” says a friend. Mostly, though, the new mom, along with dad Brad Pitt, are flat-out ecstatic about the arrival of their newborn daughter, 7-lb. Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, who was delivered via scheduled C-section (she was feetfirst, or in breech position, inside the womb) by the couple’s L.A. obstetrician, Jason Rothbart, who flew to Africa for the surgery.
“Brad was with Angelina in the operating room the entire time and cut the umbilical cord of his daughter,” Rothbart told PEOPLE. The couple themselves offered their gratitude in a statement to PEOPLE. “We would like to deeply thank the staff of the Cottage Medi-Clinic hospital for all their kindness and commitment in assuring the successful birth of our daughter,” they said. Jolie also provided another bit of news. Says her friend: “She said the baby is beautiful.”
Another Confirmation Of Christina Aguilera’s Pregnancy
Another Confirmation Of Christina Aguilera’s Pregnancy
Sometimes you just have to come clean. But Christina Aguilera hasn’t reached that point yet. She refuses to confirm her pregnancy rumors, but keeps dropping hints that she has a bun in the oven.
The latest clue came to us when she was overheard telling her obstetrician’s receptionist about her excitement to be a mother soon. According to a source, “Christina couldn’t contain her excitement. She said she couldn’t wait for the baby to be born.”
And then there’s always the growing baby bump that’s becoming more and more visible with each day that goes by. She’s had her stage costumes let out to allow for her changing form.
Earlier this summer, Christina’s father Fausto spilled the beans when he was asked about his daughter’s condition. “I’m so excited. I want Christina to achieve all her goals. I wish her all the happiness in the world.”
But when she was asked directly if she was expecting, all Aguilera would say is, “It’s definitely something we can’t wait to begin.”