Angelina Jolie Gives Birth to Twins

Allie @ Gone Hollywood | Monday, July 14, 2008

Angelina Jolie has FINALLY given birth to twins. Jolie and Pitt welcomed a boy and a girl on Saturday.

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

The Jolie Pitt twins names are Knox Leon and Vivienne Marchline. They were delivered by Dr. Michael Sussmann at Fondation Lenval hospital in Nice, France. The little boy, Knox, weighed 5.03 lbs and Vivienne was a solid 5 lbs. Brad stayed by her side as Jolie went through a cesarean section yesterday evening. The names are said to be in honor of their grandparents. Vivienne’s middle name came from Jolie’s mother, Marcheline Bertrand. Knox is in honor of Brad’s grandfather, Hal Knox Hillhouse.

Rumors that Angie was frustrated, grumpy and pushing to “be done” with her pregnancy followed rumors the twins would be born on Tuesday the 15th. Dr. Sussmann assured press hungry reporters that the babies date was pushed forward for “medical reasons.” During the delivery Brad Pitt was with Angelina spent the bulk of the delivery “talking.” Jolie was awake for the section (which is common in case you didn’t know) and very happy. Brad was calm and even cut the babies’ cords.

“He was … perfectly calm, totally determined, very pleased to be at the birth of his children, very moved and very emotional,” said Sussmann.

Asked whether the birth had been a textbook delivery, Sussmann replied, “absolutely no problems.”

Currently everyone is doing fine and plan to stay in the hospital. Apparently in Europe they encourage patients to recover in the hospital longer than the typical 3-4 days after a c-section.

In other news…

Mayor Christian Estrosi of Nice, France held a press conference to show off the birth certificates of the twin messiahs. It’s nice to see that France didn’t try to capitalize on the Jolie-Pitt’s choosing their country to have the babies.

“On behalf of the inhabitants of Nice, I congratulate the happy parents, the most famous couple of the world who have chosen our city for this happy event. I also congratulate the four brothers and sisters of the newborns who are [history won't forget it] real ‘Niçois’ (’citizens of Nice’). It’s a pride to Nice and all its citizens.”

What others said:

Dlisted says, “I’m surprised his ass didn’t come prancing out with Saint Angelina’s golden placenta in one hand and the chosen ones’ umbilical cords in the other.”

Yeeeah says, “Oh, that’s nice, isn’t it? Loads of flowers and a public mayoral ceremony to welcome their new life into the world. Kinda like when I was born, and my Dad stepped out for a smoke and then never came back. Only with less pomp and circumstance, of course.”

source: The Jolie-Pitts Welcome a Son & Daughter [people]

Angelina Jolie Gives Birth to Twins

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