Me, while I don’t doubt the poor little guy may have some problems being 5 weeks early alone doesn’t mean that he’d need help breathing. I was born almost 9 weeks early back in the late ’80s and I was able to breathe on my own from the get go. It depends a lot on the baby, and the mom since each baby develops differently towards the end of the pregnancy.

Bethany, yes I believe he made noise about applying for custody, but I don’t think anything has come of it. I think he lives in Australia now with Delta Goodrem, and I sort of get the impression from the things he’s said that that is his priority now. That actually upsets me a lot. I feel terribly sorry for all those children because whichever way you look at it, this isn’t exactly a good start in life. Still, I hope Kerry is okay, and that the baby arrives safely.

i thought brian was applying for custody? maybe im wrong? does anyone know what actually is happening?

There have been a lot of stories about Kerry’s parenting style and techniques, and not many of them have been positive. When she first split up with Bryan, she was given a lot of public support, but I don’t think there’s much of that left now. I personally wish her and the baby all the best, but I agree with the posters who have mentioned the effects of smoking and drinking and drug taking in pregnancy.

I have to say that the thing that worries me the most about this is Molly and Lily’s father, who must see all this happening to his children, and could make a good case for custody, but who apparently hasn’t made any real effort to do so. I hope for the sake of the children that everything that happens now is really great for the whole family.

Kate; I think Kerry has smoked for a long time, certainly since before any of her children were born.

It seems to me like she’s still fighting a lot of demons from her childhood and I don’t think her current marriage has necessarily made her worse, it’s just that we hear a lot more about it now. I’m pretty sure that she’s admitted to doing cocaine whilst with Brian, I don’t know whether or not he did it too…

I feel so sorry for her kids that she’s not able to conquer all her issues and wish her all the best on resolving them in the future.

I’m sad that she’s “really pleased” that she’s in labor 5 weeks early. Who knows what kind of problems that baby faces with the lungs being so immature. She’s not even full term yet, so I’m sure that baby is going to be hooked up to a breathing machine.. not to mention he’ll probably be in the hospital longer than if he was full term. She and I are both due at the same time and I couldn’t imagine being anything but worried and stressed over the health of my baby if I delivered right now. Her entire pregnancy has just made me sad.

i have met Kerry and spent the evening with her (before Mark, while she was with Brian and pregnant with Molly) and she was such a lovely person so although she has had her problems i have the image of her as a really lovely person and wish her all the best with the new baby.

i hope her baby is ok but i also hope that this makes her realise that she shouldnt have smoked while pregnant. Heidi was born early and now Max is early, it shows that smoking, drinking and drugs dont mix with pregnancy!

That poor baby must want to get out of his current environment pronto.. and I don’t blame him!

I hope to God that he is okay, and agree with the other comments that she can no longer state that smoking and drinking does no harm in pregnancies when the last two babies have both arrived early…

Which leads me to ask, were her first 2 kids early? My money is on the answer to that question being “no”, and double or quits she wasnt drinking/smoking during those two pregnancies (as that was when she was married to her first husband and was a LOT more stable).

Part of me feels (a small part) that her being honest about her drug uses during her pregnancies was with good intentions, perhaps telling the world that she does have problems or don’t do as I do sort of thing, However Drugs and pregnancy do NOT mix! and no one should get pregnant if they have not conquered or have confidence that they will not use drugs during their pregnancy. Getting pregnant to help themselves stay clean is very irresponsible! On that note I wish the baby only the best of health on such an early start.