The Sydney magazines and newspapers are all hovering around their expectant mother-to-be like a dozen eager grannies. Of course, they don’t bear any relation to Nicole Kidman, but that won’t stop them speculating about everything from her due date to what hospital she’ll be birthing in, to whether she’s too old!!

They’re also predicting the baby’s name (the parents probably haven’t got a name picked yet) and the baby’s gender. According to New Idea magazine it’s a girl, to be called Mary. Just in case they’re wrong, they also suggest Robert or Anthony for a boy. I figure that the double name premonition is so next week they can speculate it’s twins?

But causing the most interest is where Nicole will have the baby. There aren’t that many birth wards in Australia, so the paparazzi are sure to get shots of a large bellied Oscar winner on her way in to give birth.

“The family are joking that this is going to be a million dollar baby.

“At the moment Nicole is keen to go private but it’s a bit sensitive because of her sister, to whom she is incredibly close.”

The friend also revealed that Kidman wants husband Keith Urban to stay at the private hospital when their baby arrives.

“Nicole and Keith are very impressed with the Prince of Wales,” the friend said.

“Nicole will be in for at least four days so she and Keith are estimating the birth will cost them close to $50,000 once they have paid for a full-time obstetrician.”

Sydney Morning Herald

The reason that having the baby is a private hospital might upset Nicole’s sister Antonia is that she had her four children at the state-funded Royal Hospital for Women, rather then the private facility the Prince of Wales Hospital. Do you really think her sister will care?

At least this report says that Nicole will be employing an obstetrician, not having her father deliver the child, with her mother assisting. Nicole’s dad is not a medical doctor, but a psychiatrist. I doubt he’s delivered a baby in his life, he’s not likely to start with his grandchild. Nicole’s mother is a nurse, but not a midwife so is also unlikely to be delivering a baby. Some sources are saying that Anthony and Janelle Kidman delivered Antonia Kidman’s fourth child, but I can’t find any reliable confirmation of this. Given that she was in the process of separating from her husband at the time perhaps they were in the delivery room for moral support rather than medical support?

Just to add my two cents, I think she’s having a girl that she’ll name Alison.

Header image thanks to NachoBaby.