As many of you will remember, there was a lot of talk that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie did In Vitro Fertilization to conceive twins, and even rumors that they had purposely chosen to have one boy and one girl. IVF is a wonderful advance to help parents who are struggling with infertility, but it is not usually taken lightly. Also, while IVF has helped many families, and is thus a positive thing, the problem was that the tabloids and blogs were twisting it into something negative, saying they were controlling how many babies they had and whether they were boys or girls. That was why I refused to post about it at the time.

However, in the interview, Hello asked them directly and Angelina cleared the air.

There were reports that the twins were conceived through IVF. Would you like to comment on that?
Angelina: If they had been conceived through IVF we would have been happy to discuss it. But we have been fortunate never to have had fertility problems.

I know not everyone is going to believe that, which is fine. But I have to figure, Angelina is so outspoken and so blunt about everything else in her life. If she had indeed had fertility problems and they had gone the IVF route with a successful outcome (after all, there’s no guarantee!), then I feel pretty sure that she would have talked about it with pride and honesty.

So, I guess the tabloids will have to put their thinking hats on and come up with some new garbage instead!

According to one of the few sources that I count on to be honest and sincere, People, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie did indeed welcome their new twin babies this weekend!

It happened on Saturday in the Lenval hospital, and they were indeed one boy and one girl!

“The babies are doing well. The operation went just perfectly,” Dr. Michael Sussmann told PEOPLE Sunday. “Angelina is in very good spirits. Brad Pitt was at her side. He was there and all was well.”

The names were also accurate as well - the boy was named Knox Leon and the girl was named Vivienne Marcheline, an obvious nod to Angie’s late mother. They were both born by c-section and weighed in just around the five pound mark, which is great for multiples. They were born early because the doctors wanted the babies to be born in the best conditions, which may have meant they were concerned about their size.

So exciting!! Welcome to the world, Knox and Vivienne!

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There are unconfirmed reports flying all over the Internet today that Angelina Jolie gave birth to her and Brad Pitt’s twin babies today at the Lenval hospital in Nice. So far the hospital has claimed it to be untrue and that the news will be posted on their website when it happens. Also, no one in the Brad and Angelina circle have confirmed the reports.

Keep in mind, that In Touch is one of the sources for this news and we all know how much of a tabloid magazine they are. It’s an exciting time, waiting for the Jolie-Pitt twins, so of course everyone wants to be the first to announce it. However, I believe it will be through People and perhaps a large news source like CNN that will have the real story when it happens.

A French news source is also reporting that they’ve been born and are stating it’s one boy and one girl, born via C-section. They also claim that the twins were named Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline. However, I don’t know the French papers or magazines so I have no idea what’s considered tabloid and what’s considered a decent source for news.

Either way, Nadine Bauer, the spokesperson for the hospital told Extra that “it is wrong information”.

I’m sure the babies are coming very soon but we’ll have to wait for some solid sources and confirmations instead of the anonymous “sources” these people always quote. It’s sure getting exciting though, isn’t it?!

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We’d already established that those photos of a woman waving at the paparazzi were not of Angelina Jolie and that it was likely a woman who was just having some fun with the cameras for a laugh. However, the latest photos of Brad and Angelina inside their hospital room which were posted at X17 Online have been announced as absolutely fake.

The hospital itself refuted the images. The windows in her maternity ward room have a coating that cameras can’t photograph through. In fact, no one from the outside can see in. Their exact statement included this:

“It is impossible to see into Mr. Brad Pitt and Mrs. Angelina Jolie’s room,” a rep for the Fondation Lenval hospital said in a statement. “So any picture released are either posed fakes set up by paparazzi or they are pictures of other patients. We hope this is clearly understood out of respect for all patients in this clinic.”

Also, a few of you had noticed we hadn’t seen Pax visiting Angelina at the hospital, unlike Maddox, Zahara, and Shiloh. I don’t know if he wasn’t feeling well earlier, or what was going on, but there are some photos of Pax and Brad heading to see Angie over here.

We’re one step closer to Angelina Jolie giving birth to her twins - not only did Maddox visit his mom at the Lenval hospital today, he was accompanied by uncle, and Angie’s brother James Haven.

If various members of the family are starting to trickle into France, then we know the time must be coming soon. Obviously it doesn’t necessarily mean tomorrow, but sooner rather than later, because it means the Jolie-Pitt family wants to get together for the arrival of the new Jolie-Pitt twins!

Check out pictures of James Haven and Maddox Jolie-Pitt heading to the hospital to see Angelina Jolie over here.

How much longer do you think it will be? I’m guessing before the end of next week, although I’d still be very happy to share my birthday on July 7th with the littlest Jolie-Pitt members!

The mayor of Nice, France is very happy that not only are Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in his city, he’s thrilled that they’ve chosen the Lenval hospital. The mayor recently welcomed them by saying:

“(This is) a very great honor and a great satisfaction. We are very happy for this choice of Ms. Angelina Jolie and Mr. Brad Pitt, and I want to say to them that I wish a lot of joy to them and the babies, and great success for all of their lives.

“All their lives they will be Nicois and all their life they will be able to come to Nice and we will receive them with great honor.”

As I mentioned earlier this week, the Lenval hospital does a lot of great work with children who are from families who can not afford health care elsewhere, so the fact that Angelina Jolie plans to give birth there is going to help the hospital a great deal.

Photo of Nice, France - sxc.hu

We’ve seen Zahara and Shiloh Jolie-Pitt dropping by the hospital to visit Angelina Jolie who is still under observation, but now we get to see Maddox being slipped inside as well to go see his Mom.

I’m sure the kids are being kept busy back home at the chateau. With four of them together, plus all that space to run around outside, they won’t have much time to be bored, so that will keep their mind off the fact that Angelina is still in the hospital. Still, I’m sure that they enjoy being able to see her periodically throughout the day so that they can spend a bit of time together even if she can’t be at home with them. She likely calls them at bedtime as well to say good night - I know I did that when I was in the hospital after having my second baby, and it helped to call my oldest at 8 pm to say good night to her at the end of the day, even if I had just seen her an hour earlier.

Some people have asked whether this is really normal, for Angelina to be hospitalized. I’m not a medical professional but I think it’s probably neither normal nor abnormal. Several people have said this is standard procedure in France, even though I know several people who didn’t have to be in the hospital for so long before having twins. It’s also possible that Angelina had some signs of labor and they weren’t quite ready to deliver the babies yet, or she might have some pre-eclampsia. Both pre-term labor and pre-eclampsia (high blood pressure and protein in the urine) can indeed be serious but not if you’re being closely monitored. If that is the case then the doctor was being honest by saying that she’s fine and everything is “normal” while still requiring a stay in the hospital.

As long as the babies stay in there as long as they can, that will be great.

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Not like any of us are sitting on the edge of our seats, waiting for Angelina Jolie to give birth… Right?

Over at People.com, they’re reporting on Angelina Jolie’s hospital suite. The photo they have may or may not be the actual room, it’s possible it’s the same sort of room on a different floor, but it gives an idea of where she is right now. Aside from her own bed, there’s a spare bed that appears single-sized, presumably for Brad Pitt or any other overnight visitors. It doesn’t look much different from your average hospital maternity room, with one exception - it looks like there’s one heck of a view of the Mediterranean sea!

They’ve booked four rooms which are for the family and probably any security team members who need beds. However, in typical, thoughtful Jolie-Pitt style, Brad and Angelina picked a hospital that specializes in caring for children and teens where the parents don’t have money to afford medical care elsewhere. In other words, the money they’re paying, $200 per room per night is going to help the hospital to help those in need.

Meanwhile, at JustJared, there’s a post up with a woman who is reportedly Angelina Jolie waving at the cameras from her hospital room. While you could figure it’s her, showing off her still-pregnant belly as reassurance, for one thing it just doesn’t seem like something she would do, and aside from that, the woman looks nothing like Angie. Some have speculated that it’s a hired “body double” to distract from Angelina and give her some peace. Body double?! This isn’t a movie. In my opinion, I think it’s a pregnant woman on another floor who knows Angie is there, and she’s having fun with the cameras, acting as though she’s someone famous. Which is actually kind of funny.

But I’m 99% sure that’s not actually Angelina. What do you think?

Angelina Jolie’s doctor held the press conference today in France to let everyone know what is going on right now. He assured the press in both English and French that everything is “normal. She is very well, and she’s okay.”

He went on to explain that she is only in the hospital at this time for observation and that both Brad and Angelina wanted people to know things are continuing to go well.

Angelina’s doctor also mentioned that at this point, she will be remaining in the hospital until she has her babies, and that he will remain there with her.

Of course, he was asked about Angelina’s due date, the day that the media all want inked on their calendars, but he was evasive, saying only that it’s “something you can’t program, you never know for sure.”

I would assume that it will be soon, but we can’t tell. In the meantime, I’m glad the family has been visiting her. I was in the hospital for three days and two nights a couple of weeks before my first baby was born and it is BORING so seeing her kids will help make time pass more quickly for Angelina, and it will make the kids feel better as well.

I have a feeling I’m going to be hitting refresh on all my main news sources every ten minutes for the next little while until those babies are born! Still, as eager as I am, I know the longer those babies stay inside, the better it is for everyone, so I’ll be patient!

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Brad Pitt took Zahara and Shiloh to the hospital in Nice to visit Angelina Jolie. There’s still no word as to whether they were just checking in on Mom (which would be really reassuring for the girls) or whether they were visiting the new Jolie-Pitt twins. As far as I know at this time the press conference is still pending, so until word comes from that, we won’t know for sure if she has had the babies or not. While the press is free to roam around the outside of the hospital, I’m sure there is excellent security inside as well, not just for the sake of privacy but for safety considering the fact that it is indeed a hospital.

I can’t wait to find out what happens at the press conference!

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