So it's January 2010.....In the first week alone .....Matthew McConnaughey and his 26 year old other half, Camila Alves have had a new baby daughter called Vida.
Vida was a healthy 7lb 7oz and her name comes from the Portuguese for 'life'! Vida joins older brother Levi who is just 17 months himself.
 Kirsty Young has proclaimed that she hates 'pushy parents' - the type who send their offspring to violin classes at 2 years old and the like, we presume!
Kate Humble, the BBC presenter, has said how she feels children are 'deprived of a life outdoors'. She was commenting on a survey by RSPB where only a third of people under 35 felt 'connected with nature'.
Dr Who is in the wars again too for 'anti-ginger' comments in the episode where Matt Smith regenerated from David Tennant. Redheads are always in the news lately and good on them. It would appear that Matt's girlfriend has titian locks herself so it's nothing personal.
A study in the U.S. has revealed that children who are smacked before they are six not only do better at school, but are also more likely to do voluntary work and to want to go to university than those who have never been physically disciplined.
A bride whose husband died from cancer two days after they married has given birth to their twins, daughter Ruby and son Chaise - nearly 2 years later. Kelly Bowen, from Maesteg, said her children were a 'miracle'. The twins were born on New Year's Eve after IVF treatment using husband Gavin's frozen sperm. Gavin died just two days after the couple married when his chemotherapy failed to beat his unusual form of cancer. The twins arrived nine days early at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend - Ruby Grace at 5lb 12oz and Chaise Gavin at 7lb 10oz.
And apparently Rachel Weisz is the woman most men would like to marry. Or at least a survey in Esquire magazine would have us think.
Men who can't manage to get off work to go to baby scans with their partners will soon be able to have live videos of the scan sent to their mobile phones.
Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader is clearly not a Gina Ford fan! He called her approach to child-rearing 'absolute nonsense'. Good on him! (see full article in our News section)
Rumour has it that the newly-engaged Katy Perry and Russell Brand are pregnant. Apparently she's been dropping a shed-load of hints on Twitter and they were seen going in to a Baby boutique...... Who knows eh? And let's be fair - who really cares?
Dannii Minogue is pregnant with her first baby! The X Factor judge made the announcement after getting the results of her 12-week scan. The 38-year-old X Factor judge and former rugby league player Kris Smith, 31, are 'very excited' about the baby, due in July. Awwww!!!
Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg has become a Dad for the fourth time. The actor's model wife has just given birth to a baby girl named Grace Margaret. Baby Grace joined the couple's three other children Ella Rae, 6; Michael, 3; and Brendan Joseph, 16 months.
Fact: Women's handbags are now 57% lighter thanks to multi-purpose gadgets taking the place of the old Filofaxes, brick-like phones and hefty laptops, The average bag now weighs 3lb 5oz whereas only 2 years ago, women were carrying around 7lb 11oz everywhere they went. And it's all thanks to technology.
And for me this is the best news ever ! UK experts' have said that carrying extra weight on your hips, bum and thighs is good for your health, protecting against heart and metabolic problems. Hip fat, it seems, mops up harmful fatty acids and contains an anti-inflammatory agent that stops arteries clogging. Big bottoms are preferable to extra fat around the waistline, which gives no such protection. Yay to big butts!!
Zoe Ball, the Radio 2 DJ and husband Norman Cook have a new baby daughter. Nelly May Lois Cook weighed in at 8lbs and joins older brother Woody, nine.
Supermodel Claudia Schiffer, 39, and her husband Matthew Vaughn are expecting baby number 3. Claudia is five-and-a-half months pregnant and will give birth in May. The couple already have two children, Caspar, aged six, and five-year-old Clementine.
If Tana Ramsey wins 'Dancing On Ice', she has promised her hubby Gordon that they could go for baby number 5!! The wrinkly, foul-mouthed chef and his gorgeous wife Tara already have Megan, 11, twins Jack and Holly, 9, and 7-year-old Tilly .
IVF for 59 year old woman! Sue Tollefsen has been told by a Harley Street Clinic that they will consider her for IVF even though she is 59! She already has a 2 year old Freya after having IVF in Russia!
Chanelle Hayes, who you may need to be reminded is a 'former Big Brother' contestant is expecting her first baby. Chanelle, 22, who is is now in a relationship with Middlesbrough footballer Matthew Bates, is said to be 'delighted'.
38 year old David Walliams has confirmed that he is going to marry his supermodel girlfriend of four months. Vogue cover-girl Lara Stone is 13 years younger than him.
South Korean government workers are being given the Ok to go home and multiply. At 7pm on Wednesday January 20th, officials at the Ministry of Health will turn off all the lights in the building as they want to encourage staff to go home and make babies. Amazingly, they plan to repeat the experiment every month. South Korea has a lower birth rate than Japan, which is also extremely low. Increasing the number of newborn children is a priority for the government, as South Korea has a rapidly ageing society.
Denise Van Outen and Lee Mead are expecting a baby girl! Denise, who is 35 and her 28 year old husband are planning on a traditional name but are keeping 'mum' about it till the 'Big Day'!
Actors James McAvoy and Anne-Marie Duff are expecting their first baby.
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