Personally, I’m guessing that Nicole will have a girl. This is because In Touch Weekly reported that she is having a boy (which is why CBB had to explain in a few previous Nicole Richie posts that they, in fact, have NOT found out the sex of the baby)….and it seems like practically every time a Tabloid annouces that “It’s a girl/boy for *insert name of pregnant celeb and her boyfriend/husband/partner here*!” the baby ends up being the opposite gender!
A few cases in point: When Katie Holmes was pregnant with Suri, it was reported that she and Tom were expecting a boy. When Angelina Jolie was pregnant with Shiloh, it was reported that she and Brad were expecting a boy. I think I even remember a tabloid or two announcing that Britney was expecting a girl when she was pregnant with Jayden.
Anyway, since a tabloid “announced” that Nicole is having a boy, I’m guessing she will actually have a girl!

I am really rooting for these two!! I believe she gets it! Congratulations to Nicole and Joel!

Even though I’ve been duped by “sincere” interviews b4, I was impressed w/ both of them. When Joel said “then I get her” and looked at her, that was not fake. I’m rooting for these two. Lots of luck to their happiness and health!

i am oh-so-happy for them, finally being able to share their happy news.

and great for her, knowing she should gain around 40, and accepting it! i gained huge amounts with my children, because my body needed it (plus a little overindulgence, i guess, hehe), but i was totally okay with it, and i wish i could help every insecure woman to feel okay with the pregnancy pounds. good for nicole!

Good for her! I hope this is the real deal as she sounds so much more mature than her previous life.

I completely agree with Megan’s post. I’ve never been a Nicole Richie fan; to me she was just another one of “those” Hollywood girls. It’s actually a breath of fresh air to see someone trying to change things around in their life for the sake of their child (unlike another famous young Hollywood mother, who shall go unnamed…). I agree that it did seem as though Nicole is very sincere and not just feeding the media a bunch of crapola.

Likewise, I always though Joel Madden was a skeeze bag for dating Hilary Duff, who was much younger than him. Now I have much more respect for him as a person and a father who is stepping up to the role and supporting his partner (again, unlike another famous Hollywood dad who refuted paternity to his child…)

I will be the first to admit I was skeptical about the whole thing…but honestly, after watching them on 20/20 I was really blown away and impressed with Nicole…and Joel too but especially Nicole…Joel really seems to be a calming influence on her and i thought she was articulate and reflective and while it’s not as if she got 20 years in prison, she does seem to understand the severity of what happened and is taking responsibility for it…she’s not denying it or pretending it didn’t happen…

And just my sense from the interview but it seems like this baby has completely changed her life…and for me it seemed totally sincere ya know? It didn’t seem fake or like she was reading it from a prepared statement…of course only time will tell but I am willin to give her the benefit of the doubt–and judging from what we heard, this baby has two loving parents who are going to put him/her first and that is a wonderful thing…they seem completely grounded and in love with each other and their baby…

KUDOS to them both…

From the comment thread before this new one got started a lot of people kept saying how pregnancy will change Nicole for the better and make her live more responsibly and stuff like that!!…..well i doubt that a lot because i remember when Britney Spears first got pregnant people were saying a lot of similar things about her too but VIOLA!!…after two kids her behaviour only spiralled downwards and she’s worse off than before she got pregnant!!..so what are we talking about?!!!…

I think she just doesn’t want to reveal the real reason why she was so underweight and skinny. I’m not a doctor, but I imagine it could have been drugs too. Diane dd ask her if she thought maybe drugs had something to do with her weight problems and she said that was possible. I’ve read reports before on the things that some hollywood girls will do to stay skinny and it includes taking diet pills, uppers to speed metabolism, medicines meant for horses etc – all sorts of things. I don’t know – could have been an eating disorder, but it may have been a combination of factors like drugs, dieting, stress etc. Whatever the case, it appears she’s dedicated to staying healthy and that’s what matters now.

I saw the 20/20 episode and well all I can say is I have alot of respect for Nicole now. I mean she’s taking responsibility the mistakes she made and she’s not trying to get out of them. Unlike Paris. I like nicole, I always have out of the two. I wish them all the best. Whether she had a eating disorder or not, she’s now maturing into a responsible adult. I think it’s great that she doesn’t want to get out of going to jail and has faced the consquences of her past actions.