I’m posting a little late caus I just discovered the web site….

Just to clarify (cause I am a doc and a mum) twins CAN go full term. They are usually just induced early by the medics to limit the complications. Women are advised, though to get plenty of bed rest, especially if they have other children.

A hospital stay leading up to the birth is not uncommon…but it is indicative that there is something up. Could be high blood pressure. Most likely, cause previous birth was a cesar, the docs are worried about her scar. It will be heavily monitored as there is a small risk it could tear with contractions. I doubt she is being advised to give birth naturally though unless she is pushing for it. Most docs won’t deliver twins naturally these days…much less if there is the extra risk of previous cut.

So even if her 40 weeks are mid Aug, she will prob be pushed to induce or be cut before that time.

dianad1968 what she said
totally agree with you. The only time the comments get so long are when it is the Jolie-Pitt family. By giving them so much attention detractors are increasing their notoriety and making them more famous. I mean whoever heard of announcing a birth and not retracting it when proved to be wrong, ET Mary Hart. So yeah their fans were probably happy to have the press conference, to everyone else ignore them, seriously it can be done! I like this family so I will be waiting for news about them, best wishes to Angelina and Brad safe delivery for her and babies:)

Enough already, I think the reason why the posters defending the JPs get upset, is because it seem that there is one set of standards for the JPs, and one for everyone else. At least i know that is what riles me. Everything they do or say is nit-picked and analysed to death. No other celebrity is treated this way, and its unfair. Everyone knows what happened after ET erroneously reported that Angie had given birth, and although their reps sent out statements denying the claims, they were not believed, and all kinds of crazy speculations ensued. And now some people have the gall to criticize them because they had their doctor state publicily that she and the babies are fine, and she has not yet given birth?

As one poster said earlier, the ones who are annoyed about the doctor’s PC probably took some perverse pleasure from the wild speculations and lies that were going around, and now that that has been taken away, they have nothing. For a woman who has never been known to say a bad word about anyone, she sure gets raked over the coals. I just pray that she has a safe and healthy delivery, and that Brad and her could welcome their new bundles of joy in peace.They deserve nothing less.

actually I don’t think that they will automatically be French citizens. from what I’ve read, the law was changed and thus they don’t allow dual citizenship anymore, just because you were born in France, when your parents are foreigners

Yes, the babies will be born in France, but they will be american. Angelina and Brad aren’t french. Only the french-president could be to give the french nationality to the twins.

Sorry for my english, I’m French !!(lol)

I could give a rat’s hiney about a press conference or whether Brangelina ordered it or not. The main priority here is the BABIES! I give them credit for wanting the best care for their twins.

All the crap aside, I do understand why people would think that a press conference is a bit over the top.

I am also shocked that 80% of the people defending the Jolie-Pitts on here and who are very upset that people are “spreading lies and whatnot” about Angelina and the babies are the same people who were right in the mix when the Cruises were being raked over the coals and lies told tenfold about Suri….

You really can’t spout off to say “back off” one celeb when you participate in knocking another..IMO.

I hope the babies are born healthy and with no complications and the family can be at peace with them.

Hope everything goes well for Angelina and her babies.

I had always heard that full term for twins was 37 weeks.

I had a friend that went right up to 40 weeks with her twin fraternal girls and had a vaginal delivery. She was HUGE but no problems with swelling, high-blood pressure, diabetes, etc. nothing. Her biggest problem was getting from a sitting to standing position without the help of another adult. LOL! She birthed those babies like a true champ. The doctor did put her on very strict bed-rest the last 5 weeks of pregnancy thinking she would deliver at 37 to 38 weeks. But she didn’t have one contraction until 1 day after her 40th week. Go figure. She thinks because she stayed well hydrated, drinking water by the gallons and ate really really healthy and cut out a lot carbs and sugars from her diet was the reason she carried them to term or she could have just gotten lucky as she will tell you, lol.

Good luck to AJ and BP. This is quite exciting.

Well, I have to disagree that people are just “commenting”..some are but others seem to have this strange sense of anger about almost anything the JP’s do that they disagree with.

Im not a fan of Tom Cruise, but I would never write that he should “stay in France” or whatever, just because I disagreed with him.

Some posters seem to have this personal hatred that I cant fathom, why would the jp’s asking for some privacy be “a slap in the face” to a poster on here?

Does that make sense? Can you sense the anger? That is a bit sick and sad and THAT is what many posters object to.

I’ve never heard of someone carrying multiples going to 40wks so if she was due in August then now is about the right time for them to start really monitoring. The longest I’ve heard of twins staying in utero– I’m no expert– is like 38 weeks.

I have to friends who carried twins full term. One was even a week past their due date. You have a higher likelihood of carrying full term if the twins were conceived naturally, you are in your 20’s, and you gain a LOT of weight, around 60 lbs.

I’m not saying it works that way for everyone, but statistically speaking. Both of my friends met this criteria.

Yknow, if CBB felt some of the comments people are complaining about were THAT bad they would not have posted them.

I can see how the Dr. was making a small statement to keep the press at bay, but maybe it’s time for some of these die-hard fans to back off. The Jolie-Pitt die hard fans are having a bigger hissy fit toward the disagreeing commenters. Why can’t anyone ever disagree with a Jolie-PItt article. Nobody is wishing them harm or worse, they are just commenting on what they read.

Maybe CBB should crack down on some of the self proclaimed moderation police, let us have a debate without people thinking it’s a personal hit and crying about it.