Angelina Jolie gives birth to twins.....a boy and a girl!

[pixies]

I like Angelina and Brad!

They seem to be happy and wonderful parents.

Added: I am pretty sure they will adopt a child from another African country now. She said so in a past interview.

 

[shopper]

ROFLMAO!!! They are so mean, you have to laugh.

I know. "Roast" made me laugh on its own, but he tacked Cruise on at the end and that really had me going.

 

[reb]

yeah. just for once, i would love to see some celebrity adopt a needy child from the appalachian mountain states. but i guess that would not be as cool as some 'exotic' child from a foreign land, now would it? but.. i guess all kids without families need help and it's better than not adopting any.

flowerchild- forgive my ignorance about the subject but how do you 'engineer' yourself to have twins, a boy & a girl..?

 

[FlowerChild]

yeah. just for once, i would love to see some celebrity adopt a needy child from the appalachian mountain states. but i guess that would not be as cool as some 'exotic' child from a foreign land, now would it? but.. i guess all kids without families need help and it's better than not adopting any.

flowerchild- forgive my ignorance about the subject but how do you 'engineer' yourself to have twins, a boy & a girl..?

You don't "engineer" yourself, you have a very expensive Dr "engineer" the pregnancy for you - its the latest thing in Hollywood - JLo did it 1st tho.
Here's a site for one of the facilities that offers these services
Sex-Selected IVF (IVF-PGD (preimplantation genetic diagnosis)
http://www.fertility-docs.com/fertility_gender.phtml

Despite what the parents say, it's highly unlikely all these Hollywood folks are having "natural twins" - unless there's something really scary in their bottled water anyway. Of course no procedure is 100%, but from the latest results for two high profile couples I would say they are able to give many people whatever combo of babies they want.

IVF -PGD
Sperm that have been filtered by our standard sperm preparation process are allowed to fertilize the eggs obtained from the female "in vitro" (in our highly specialized fertility laboratory). The embryos resulting from this specialized fertilization process are then screened by our genetics team to determine both their gender and that selected chromosome pairs have resulted in an expected normal genetic pairing outcome (this process is called "aneuploidy" screening). This gender determination process at the very early development level as made famous by our Center, has resulted in the ability to provide sex selection results for the chosen gender far in excess of 99.9%. The aneuploidy (abnormal chromosome count) screening process also employed at the time of PGD gender determination also allows for the detection of limited genetic count abnormalities as a routine or for the optional screening of the embryos for a wide variety of additional genetic abnormalitites. Upon request, we can screen for genetic abnormalities such as Down's syndrome (one "extra" chromosome 21), Turner's syndrome (the absence of one of the two "X" chromosomes normally found in a female), and Kleinfelter's syndrome (a male with one "Y" chromosome and 2 "X" chromosomes instead of the normally found single "X" chromosome). New DNA microarray technology also provides us the option of screening embryos for a full (46 chromosome) genetic count.

Celebrity Fraternal Twins
Jennifer Lopez (B/G)
Angelina (B/G)
Holly Hunter (B/B)
Marcia Cross (G/G)
P Diddy G/G)
Melissa Etheridge (B/G)
Diana Krall (B/B)
Julie Roberts (B/G)
Angela Basset (B/G)
Nick Valensi (B/G)
Nancy Grace (B/G)
Norah O'Donnell (B/G)
Joan Lunden 2 sets both (B/G)
Gurindha Chadha (Director) (B/G)
Patrick Dempsey (B/B)
Manfred Mann (B/G)
Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon (B/B)
Mia Hamm (G/G)
Dennis Quaid (B/G)

I'd like to see celebrities adopt in the US - disabled and/or mentally challenged children, ill children, older children and large sets of siblings together. They have money and resources we can only dream of and could encourage others to adopt these children.

My Opinion

 

[Kiki]

I think what puts a lot of people off domestic adoption is the fear of a biological parent's lawyer calling in two or three years saying "My client wants his/her baby back." Remember the case of baby Jessica and baby Richard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Jessica_case http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Richard_case

Celebrities also have the added problem of a biological parent recognising their child in paparazzi pictures and deciding to go to the media. You can imagine the headlines. 'Celebrity Buys Poor Couple's Baby' or 'Celebrity Couple Won't Let Biological Mother Visit Their Adopted Baby'. It would be a public relations nightmare. I don't know why they don't adopt children with disabilities. If they must adopt children from overseas there are plenty of children in all countries with disabilities and health problems. The cynical side of me says that celebrities find disabled children less desirable as an 'accessory'.

 

[wildTrose]

its easier to adopt over seas then it is in the USA and alot faster!
thats why SO many people adopt overseas as oppsed to home...even non celebrities are adopting overseas because they dont have to wait 5 years to get a baby or child.

 

[Kiki]

When I was in high school I had a teacher who had a daughter who was blind. It was a genetic problem and there was a strong possibility that any subsequent children would also be born blind. My teacher and her husband decided to adopt (domestically). It took them ten years before they recieved their baby boy. I can understand why people don't want to wait that long. I'm considering adopting from overseas one day myself.

 

[FlowerChild]

From what I understand from someone who adopted here (in TX) it is a long wait for healthy Caucasian babies. It is no wait (or a very short wait) for adopting siblings (2,3,4 kids), disabled kids, mentally challenged kids, severely abused kids and kids with health issues. More frequently there non Caucasian babies available, but often they are part of a family group that CPS doesn't want to separate or CPS will only allow them to be adopted by a couple where one spouse is the same ethnicity as the child.

There are children available you can adopt right now in Texas, but not perfect infants...plenty of children though, especially if you will take the whole family (several kids) or a child with isn't perfect or 100% healthy. Celebrities have resources and money, two things many adoptive parents don't have - and could easily afford (and properly care for) these children.

My friend said perhaps the required state approval process to adopt in the US takes longer and is much more stringent and that CPS does sometimes require continuing oversight of the kids - which might be a problem for some celebrity parents. Also, many states do not allow single parents, gay couples, unmarried couples, or older couples to adopt. These things are often not a problem when you adopt internationally.

I still think many celebrity couples could adopt in the US if they really wanted to and were willing to take a child or children people with less resources and income couldn't take. What a great boost for adoption in the US if a few celebrity couples adopted some special needs children! Lots of people would want to do the same thing if their favorite star did it and they saw that star with a big adopted family or with a child who had challenges or an expensive condition that would require future costly or difficult treatments.

My Opinion

 

[TheShadow]

My friend adopted 2 healthy American boys, one caucasion, one cauc/hispanic mixed race after her 3rd or 4th in vitro failure. It took them about a year and a half to get the first boy and much shorter time for the second. The only bad part is that in Cailifornia there is a 6 month window during which time the mother can "change her mind". Since both boys were 12-18 months old in foster care when they were adopted, it was much less likely for her to change her mind, than someone who gave up a newborn. With a good adoption lawyer, I guess it can be done in less time, and if you don't insist on a newborn.

 

[NewMom2003]

Congratulations to them and their family.

 

[imthemom]

Aww bet they are going to be beautiful people like their parents. Well hopefully the boy looks like Brad, this world could always use another Brad Pitt. If the boy looked like Ang, he would like like her bro who is not so cute, looks to girly for me, LOL. Congrats to them on two healthy babies.

 

[jubie]

I find it odd that both Jennifer Lopez and Angelina Jolie have twins and both have the perfect set of one boy and one girl.

 

[nanandjim]

I find it odd that both Jennifer Lopez and Angelina Jolie have twins and both have the perfect set of one boy and one girl.

I don't know what it is called (invitro fertilization??), but is it possible that they had a few fertilized eggs implanted and two took hold in each of the cases?

I wanted to add that I vaguely remember an interview years ago with Jennifer Anniston where she said that Brad wanted a big family (like 6-8 kids??). She said that she wanted maybe two or possibly three, something like that. Anyway, Brad is getting his wish.

I actually think that Brad and AJ will stay together. They really seem to be on the same page, IMO.

 

[Jeana (DP)]

I don't know what it is called (invitro fertilization??), but is it possible that they had a few fertilized eggs implanted and two took hold in each of the cases?

I wanted to add that I vaguely remember an interview years ago with Jennifer Anniston where she said that Brad wanted a big family (like 6-8 kids??). She said that she wanted maybe two or possibly three, something like that. Anyway, Brad is getting his wish.

I actually think that Brad and AJ will stay together. They really seem to be on the same page, IMO.

Excellent post!! I agree. I hope that they stay together forever.

 

[jubie]

Nan,

I agree, I wonder if there was a little medical help with these two women.


Jeana,


I hope they stay together forvever too. When I watched Mr. and Mrs. Smith I was like oh my gosh THAT is chemistry people.

 

[michelle]

Excellent post!! I agree. I hope that they stay together forever.

I hope they do too.

 

[cheko1]

I wish them the best of luck!

 

[Beffie]

People magazine has pictures of the twins.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20216352,00.html

 

[southcitymom]

People magazine has pictures of the twins.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20216352,00.html

Thanks for the update. That one of Shiloh holding one of the twins is too cute.

 

[close_enough]

People magazine has pictures of the twins.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20216352,00.html

thanks for posting this!...i'm going to make sure & buy this issue