January 2007
 Emma Bunton Pregnant Former Spice Girl Emma Bunton is expecting a baby with her partner of 8 years, Jade Jones, a former member of boy band Damage. Bunton, commonly known as Baby Spice, told The Sun newspaper: "I guess I will be handing over the 'Baby' tag now to a deserving little new owner." Emma is 3 months pregnant and the baby is due sometime in the summer.
Bunton is not the only pregnant Spice Girl, as Mel B is expecting her second child in the spring. She says the father is actor Eddie Murphy - but he has demanded paternity tests. Geri Halliwell gave birth to her first child, Bluebell Madonna, eight months ago and Victoria Beckham has three children, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz.
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Baby Planners For Busy Mums-to-be -
First there were wedding planners and now....expectant business-minded mothers who are keen to continue their careers throughout their pregnancy can now hire the services of a baby-planner, priced at a mere £2,500 a go. Gone are the days of consulting fellow parents, doctors, health practitioners and agony aunt columns; with the baby-planner onboard, the busy mum can carry on with life as normal while the experts work out the details of the pregnancy, their child's birth and their new family's early years. The average mum-to-be spent between 150-250 hours preparing for the birth of their child and for mums who wanted to keep their career going, finding the time could be difficult. More than ever before, mothers are feeling the pressure of getting the birth and the child's early years 'just right' but that modern lives are making the process all to daunting. Nowadays, few young professionals live near their families and so don't have access to help and advice from relatives. Claiming to do everything from finding the best baby carrier to creating the baby's bedroom and arranging parent confidence classes, the baby-planner service continues after the birth into the first few months of the baby's life. Once baby arrives baby planners will hire the best maternity nurse, shortlist nannies and nurseries, advise on feeding patterns and help with establishing routine. In addition they will be on call by phone and email.
Surrogate charges parents bonus for being pregnant with twins. A surrogate mother demanded a £5,000 bonus from the couple whose child she was carrying, when it turned out she was expecting twins. Mandy Case had been paid £10,000 for her services, but when she found out that she was pregnant with twins, levied an additional £5,000! (Sounds fair to me!)
Paula Radcliffe's 16 Hour Marathon Labour - Champion runner Paula Radcliffe gave birth to a baby girl yesterday (January 17). She had her first baby in the Princess Grace Hospital in Monaco after a tough 16 hour labour. Paula and her husband gary Lough haven't yet decided on a name for their daughter who was born 11 days late and weighed 6ib 7oz. Mother and child are both fit and healthy!
Is Helena Morrissey a Superwoman? She's 40,earns a seven figure salary running a fund management company in charge of £32billion assets and her eighth baby is on the way! Mrs Morrissey denies she is a superwoman and says she feels 'lucky to have lots of children and a fulfilling career and not to have had to choose one or the other'. Then again not every mum has not only a nanny but also a husband who is a Buddhist monk and stays at home looking after their brood aged between 18 months and 15 years.
A new study by the University of California has found that women unconsciously 'dress to impress' when they're at their most fertile. The study took photographs of 30 female students ( a small group to say the least!!), all in stable relationships, without telling them that the study was about fertility. It then asked a group of 42 people to judge the photographs by attractiveness. Faces were masked so that it was on clothes alone that the students were judged. When the results were worked out, 60% of those who were judged to impress the most turned out to be in their most fertile period – a result that is much greater than random chance would suggest. 'Near ovulation, women dress to impress,' explained the study's lead researcher, Martie Haselton. 'And the closer women come to ovulation, the more attention they appear to pay to their appearance.' So there we are then!!!
Model Jordan's eldest son Harvey in hospital getting burnt in an accident at his home on New Year's Eve. According to The Sun, the four-year-old was injured just hours before Jordan and her husband Peter Andre were due to host a New Year's Eve party. Harvey was rushed to hospital by ambulance and is being treated in a specialist burns unit at London's Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Jordan, aka Katie Price, and Andre cancelled their planned party in order to be by the child's bedside. Jordan's manager Claire Powell said: "Harvey is now in a stable condition, but that's all I know. I haven't spoken to Pete or Katie because they're at the hospital with him constantly. They're with him 24-7 and their phones are off. They are devastated but they are being strong for Harvey."
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