It's a Girl, and a Boy, for Julia Roberts

[rsmith6621]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041128/ap_en_mo/people_roberts

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Roberts, 37, was confined to bed last month after experiencing a series of early contractions and wasn't due until early January. Engelman said Sunday in a phone interview that "mother and babies are doing great," but didn't release the twins' weights or other details.

A month and a half early.....I hope these lil one do ok.

[NVMojo]

1. Awesome! They should do fine!!

[Nancy Waterman]

4. 6 weeks early is terrific for twins!!

They will be fine!! She is one of my favorite actresses.

[rainbow4321]

15. 34 weeks can go either way sometimes

The "ability" to nipple their feedings well is the very last skill developed in utero---it comes about 36 weeks or so. May take them a few weeks to grasp the ratio of "suck-swallow-breath" skills as they nipple feed...the "light" usually goes on around 36-37 weeks but each baby is different. I've seen full term babies not nipple worth a damn and then I go over to NICU and the preemies are taking an ounce in 5 minutes flat. Sometimes I forget that twins CAN do well cuz I see so many that don't start off too well.
These twins may take the fast track thru the NICU and be out in a couple weeks! Here's hoping that this is the case with their babies!!

[Andromeda]

33. Me too, Nancy...

Here's to Julia! :toast:

[thedailyshow]

2. same here too!

I hope that the premature babies will be ok. I also hope there won't be excessive paparazzi attention on the babies just because they happen to be Julia Roberts' children.

[intheflow]

6. Too late!

Just the fact that we're talking about it here at DU (a mostly political web site) pretty much guarantees paparazzi attention. Poor Julia and kidlets!

[Deja Q]

3. I plopped out than 3 months early, some 32.5 years ago. They will be fine.

:-)

[eleonora]

5. -sigh- I wish we didn't pay so much attention to celebrities

Feeds their already inflated ego.

edit: yeah ok, it's a birth...but this happens everyday, and she's in good care, unlike many other mothers.

[tavalon]

7. That's fabulous for twins

I'm grateful when we get them past 30 weeks and these ones are probably about 34 weeks. They should do just fine.

[KarenS]

8. I was interested in Julia Roberts' pregnancy because

my daughter also due in January has been hospitized for the same reason ~ early labor,,,,

Celebrities are real people,,, they have the same kinds of problems/situations in life as us 'regular folk'

I wish their family well.

[Deja Q]

22. They, unlike us regular folk, have

the money to give them an extra chance should problems occur.

In a culture of life, surely ALL life would get equal treatment?

[DeepGreen]

25. HypnoToad sounds like you don't like celebs ?

OK,,, then how about no movies, no music, no poetry, no paintings,
no,,,,,,,
Wouldn't life be a bitch????

[martinolich]

37. ..You can like celebs..

without agreeing that they should have obscene amounts of money and attention lavished on them.

[mondo joe]

41. Of course celbs don't get their money or attention for free

They negotiate their pay and make choices and take risks like the rest of us.

[stanwyck]

9. My boy/girl twins were

3 1/2 weeks early. They're 21 now. It's been great.

[JitterbugPerfume]

13. my daughter has identical twin boys

four years ago , 7 lb each . She is 5ft 4 in and was 40 yr old


she said "mommy I am like a weeble < I wobble but I don't fall down"

[montana_hazeleyes]

34. Wow

Big twins! I'm 5'5" and my biggest was 8 lb. 13 oz. and I felt so full and tired. I can't imagine two seven pounders!:o

[SemperEadem]

10. that's nice, but so what?

I'm glad she was delievered of healthy babies--I'm glad when any woman is delivered of healthy babies.

I'll be glad when they report that no baby born has parents who are forced to choose between medicine for the baby if it gets sick and food for the rest of the family. To me, that's far more important than for yet another celebrity having a baby (or babies, as Robert's case may be).

Besides, I prefer her brother's acting ability--a real nice guy--met him at the LA screening of "Outfoxed".

[otohara]

17. Pope of Greenwhich Village

Charlie, they took my thumb!

[dddem]

20. I thought I was the only one who loved that movie

And Eric Roberts.

[stanwyck]

40. My husband has been

renting Eric Roberts movies for years on the basis of Pope of Greenwich Village and Runaway Train. Unfortunately, Eric's movie choices have been on a slide since the '80's.
But my husband is very loyal.

[Danmel]

11. Hazel and Phinneus

She named them Hazel and Phinneus (!). WHy do celebrities do this to their kids? Are they trying to give them some hardship to compensate for their wealth? Yeesh....Phinneus? He's gonna get the crap kicked out of him.

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. That's not as bad as

Apple - Gwyneth Paltrow's kid.

[prayin4rain]

21. I love the name Phineas. The boy in A Seperate Peace was

named that and everyone called him Finny. I am guessing they are pronounced the same. I love that book.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

23. It's probably a family name....

My grandmother's name was Hazel. My mom's name is Patricia. Weird huh?
Duckie

[montana_hazeleyes]

35. I kinda

like the name hazel myself.;-)

[Eurobabe]

36. oy! what names??

[Mari333]

14. who cares .

[chiffon]

16. lol

[readmoreoften]

18. I care not one whit. n/t

[davidinalameda]

19. great names

the boy can have Phinny as his nickname

but what kind of nickname can you give for Hazel--Hazie??

:shrug:

[Floogeldy]

24. No more "Mommies Dearest," please.

;)

[sundancekid]

26. happy landing, little ones, you carry the stars of our futures!

[Javaman]

27. The one true upshot of all of this, maybe she will never act again!!

[kostya]

28. She couldn't before, so why would she start now.

I came to really dislike her (and Richard Greer) after Pretty Woman. That was a chauvanistic white boy's wet dream of a plot, demeaning to both actors. I know, they are just the actors, but they can afford to choose their parts and not represent such anti-feminist messages. - K

[Javaman]

30. Very true. Perhaps she will quietly go into motherhood and...

Never make me puke again, which is when one of her movies is advertised.
Last picture I saw her in was Oceans 11. okay, I know I know, not like the original, however, I didn't know she was in it, if I did, I would have avoided it.
I would best describe her acting or none acting ability as trite.
Anytime I see her either on screen or TV, I have to tune her out, I find everything about her totally annoying.
I still don't get the fascination people have with this twit.
She has no range, never really does a challenging part and brings no personal depth to her characters.
Millions of feet of film could be saved now by avoiding her pictures.

[pfitz59]

29. I have twins.

They were 4 lbs each at birth. They're 15 now. I wissh Julia and her husband well. Twins are a lot of work.

[AngryAmish]

31. I hope all is well, but who cares?

I do not know her. I wish her no ill will. But outside of her family and friends, why should we care?

[VivaKerry]

32. I am sure they told the papparazzi they were due much later...

you know.. keep them away, away, away when the real due date came.

[ZR2]

38. I can't believe nobody has said this yet,

but somehow, this is all Bush's fault.

[Crankie Avalon]

39. What are you trying to say?

Go blame another of Bush's actual failures on Bill Clinton's penis if it'll make you feel better.