 Radio 1 DJ Jo Whiley has become a mum for the fourth time. The 43-year-old presenter gave birth to a 8lbs 12oz baby girl called Coco Lux. Mum and baby are said to be 'doing well'. Baby Coco joins India, 16; Jude, 9; and Cassius, 7. Whiley is currently recovering from the birth at her north London home with her husband Steve Morton, who she married 17 years ago.
Former Coronation Street star Tina O'Brien has given birth to a baby girl weighing 7lbs 1oz. Apparently Tina tried all the tricks to help labour start including bouncing on a trampoline. In the meantime, Tina's on-screen brother Jack P Shepherd, who plays troubled David Platt, is also preparing to become a father. The 20-year-old actor's girlfriend Lauren Shippy is expecting their first child in February.
Actor Charlie Sheen and his wife Brooke Mueller are expecting twins. The couple don’t know for sure yet if they’re girls or boys. Charlie, 42, already has three daughters, the eldest being 22 year old Cassandra Estevez. Charlie's mother-in-law Moira said that Brooke "......has had all day morning sickness but is coming to the end of the first trimester so she hopefully will feel better soon." Sheen, the son of actor Martin Sheen and brother of Emilio Estevez, has made no secret of how much he’d love to have a boy. The twins are due in April.
Actress Billie Piper has given birth to her first baby - a little boy! The 26 year old gave birth to Winston James Fox at the private Portland Hospital by Caesarean Section. MUm and baby are reported to be doing well. Her husband Laurence Fox was present for the birth. Strangely, Billie's ex-husband the Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans was one of the first visitors to arrive at the hospital with new wife Natasha Shishmanian who is also pregnant.
X-Files star Gillian Anderson has giving birth to a baby boy called Felix. Her first son, Oscar is one. Felix Griffiths, weighing 6 lbs, 15 oz., was born on October 15th, according to Anderson's spokesperson. Gillian also has a 13-year-old daughter called Piper,
Pop star Gareth Gates is set to be a dad for the first time, reports reveal. The 24-year-old Pop Idol runner-up and new wife, 33-year-old dancer Suzanne Mole, are reportedly expecting their first child together next spring.
The happy couple tied the knot in a private wedding ceremony in July this year, after five years of dating. Last month, Gareth revealed hopes for a big family, with up to six kids, claiming he and new wife Suzanne want to be young parents.
Elvis Presley's daughter Lisa Marie has given birth to twin baby girls called Finlay and Harper. The girls who weighed in at 5lbs 15oz and 5lbs 2oz and were born by Caesarean section. Twins run in both sides of Lisa Marie’s family. Her Dad, Elvis, who died in 1977, was a twin, but his sibling died at birth. Mum Priscilla has two younger brother who are twins. Lisa Marie has two older children - Riley, 19, and 15-year-old Benjamin.
US press are reporting that Britney Spears' sister Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant with her second baby! Only 4 months ago the 17-year-old gave birth to her first child Maddie Briann. Jamie Lynn is yet to tell her fiance Casey Aldridge, 19, about the second pregnancy. In the meantime, there have been several reports of Casey cheating on her with a neighbour! What can you say?
Actress Halle Berry, who has recently been voted 'the sexiest woman alive' by Esquire magazine, has revealed that she and her Canadian partner Gabriel Aubry are trying for a brother or sister for her seven-month-old daughter Nahla.
Actress Minnie Driver has unveiled the first picture of her baby son on MySpace. The 38-year-old posted a photograph of one-month-old son Henry Story Driver on her page instead of taking money from the likes of Hello or OK. The Oscar-nominated actress has so far rfused to name the baby's father.
Newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky 36 has forked out a fortune on the most expensive pushchair in The UK for 'Baby Bower'! It's likely now that the Carbon fibre pushchair, manufactured by Concord, will become the first choice of celebrity parents. The new ‘travel system’ was launched earlier this year and comes with a whopping £1,700 price tag. The buggy’s inner linings are made of the finest merino wool and it has high quality leather handles. The personalised touch is rounded off by laser engraving so the proud owners can have their personal buggy engraved with their baby’s name. International footballer Rio Ferdinand has also invested in one.
Mums-to-be at a hospital in Cumbria are being denied epidurals because there’s a shortage of anaesthetists to administer the pain relief. Expectant women at the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle are told there are no epidurals available because there’s a shortage of senior anaesthetists. Epidurals numb the body from the waist down by injecting drugs into the spine. Around 1,600 babies are born every year at the Cumberland Infirmary. An epidural should be given to a woman within 30 minutes of her requesting one, according to recommendations from the Royal College of Midwives.
Not content with six children under the age of seven and rumours of a split-up, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are said to be planning to adopt again. The couple are considering adopting a child from Namibia, where their first biological child, daughter Shiloh, was born two years ago. They are also looking into one of the more impoverished countries in Latin America, possibly Bolivia or Paraguay.' 32 year old Angelina has adopted sons Maddox, seven, and Pax, four, from Cambodia and Vietnam, and three-year-old daughter Zahara, from Ethiopia and she gave birth to twins Knox and Vivienne in the summer.
All pupils will receive free meals in the first three years of primary school, the Scottish Government has announced.
Parenting styles have changed dramatically over the years and modern mums are bombarded with advice from baby experts. But new parents are turning their backs on the baby bibles and phoning the baby’s Granny instead. Sudocrem asked 2,943 new parents whose baby advice they trust the most and an amazing 37% of parents voted for their own mum as their favourite baby guru. This shows that parents want the reassurance of a trusted family member rather than a so-called baby expert. Supernanny Jo Frost was voted parents’ favourite baby guru with 25% of the total votes!
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January 2008 News Snippets
