 A medical student, Emma Fardon, has successfully completed her course - despite giving birth twice during her studies.
The Dundee University student's first son Dan arrived in her third year and second son Josh was born last November during her final year. The 31-year-old admitted that being a new mum-of-two and a medical student was "quite tough at times". Emma, who has a biochemistry degree from London University, a Master of Philosophy from Cambridge and a Bachelor of Medical Science from Edinburgh, added: "People have said they don't know how I managed but you just do, like any other working mother." She will begin the next stage of her medical training in Dundee, later this year.
Film star Brad Pitt has spoken of his "true joy" at becoming a parent, saying it's the "best thing I ever did".
"Having kids is really the most extraordinary thing I've ever taken on," he told the US TV programme Today. The 42-year-old and his partner, actress Angelina Jolie, had a baby daughter, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, in Namibia in May.
"Man, if I can get a burp out of that little thing," he said, "I'll feel such a sense of accomplishment".
The actor added that the arrival of his daughter had made a big difference to his life.
"It completely changes your perspective."
Jolie, 30, already has two adopted children - Cambodian-born son Maddox, 4, and daughter Zahara. Last year Pitt announced his intention to become the adoptive father of Jolie's children
Chancellor Gordon Brown became a father for the third time this month. Brown and his wife Sarah now have another son. The boy, who weighed 8lbs, is called James Fraser and will be known by his middle name. It's good news for the Browns who suffered the loss of their first child, Jennifer, at just 10 days.
The Chancellor who missed the G8 Summit for his son's delivery, said 'James is very strong and very healthy. I think he's going to be a pretty good footballer. He's got John's blue eyes. And John is incredibly happy. He's looking for someone to play football with, I think.'
New figures from the government suggest that working parents have less than 20 minutes a day to spend on looking after their children. The Office For National Statistics surveyed almost 5000 people over the age of 16 to find out just what it is people do all day.
The survey found that working parents spend just 19 minutes a day in the sole care of their children. A further 16 minutes is also spent looking after children, but as that is done in combination with something else - housework, gardening, cooking - it's not quite the same.
The statistics also showed that working women sleep less than any other of the categories of women surveyed!
Is Colleen McLoughlin pregnant? Is Nicole Kidman expecting? Rumours abound about both.
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