Victoria & David Beckham are expecting their fourth child

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What the hell, Posh? It was JUST in her Vogue UK interview that Posh Beckham said that she and David had decided not to “try for the girl” and have another baby. And now People Magazine confirms that Victoria Beckham is, in fact, pregnant again. Congratulations to the Beckhams! God, I really hope this one is a girl. You know they both want that so badly:

The Beckham brood continues to expand!

“David and Victoria Beckham are delighted to confirm they are expecting their fourth child in the summer,” their rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.

“Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz are very excited about the arrival of their new brother or sister.”

With three sons ages 11, 8 and 5½, the Beckhams admitted last year that they had a full house – but were willing to expand.

“I think one day, if we’re blessed to have more children, it would be amazing,” Victoria, 36, said. “It’s a lot having three boys. So, we’re just enjoying the boys at the moment. But who knows, one day?”

It appears that day has come.

[From People]

While I’m genuinely happy for Victoria and David – and I really am, they seem like very loving, engaged parents – I do wonder why the mixed signals about this pregnancy, especially coming on the heels of David’s mess with the hooker (in 2007) and his lawsuit against In Touch Weekly. I’m not saying Vicky got pregnant as a hat trick to change the subject – I’m not that much of a bitch. But I’m saying that how this was announced is strange, especially coming on the heels of a major British interview where she’s talking about how she’s “given up hope” of having a daughter.

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  1. Zelda says:

    THat vogue interview might have been done a few months ago…this could be a good old-fashioned surprise for them

  2. guesty says:

    “I’m not saying Vicky got pregnant as a hat trick to change the subject – I’m not that much of a bitch.”

    …well i am…& imo that’s exactly what she did. + she wants to prove he’s still all about her.

  3. higgity says:

    They both seem like awesome parents, but I just don’t understand their relationship. He obviously cheats on her ALL THE TIME with hookers and escorts, yet she’s madly in love with him. *sigh*

  4. Bodhi says:

    I wonder if thats why she had her implants removed. Didn’t she do that when she was pregnant with their boys? I don’t remember seeing any “preggo pictures” of her during the other 3, but I wasn’t actually looking then

  5. Ella says:

    Whoa, talk about unexpected!

    Happy for them, hope they have the little girl they want so badly and most of all, a safe pregnancy for Victoria.

  6. lisa says:

    WOW.. that was out of the dark..

    But maybe that was the point. Especially after the Vogue interview.

    I don’t know.. I can never picture them having sex for some reason. I know they do.. 3 kids.. but it just seems I don’t know.

    but the children are spaced out nicely: 3 years apart.

    Well congrats to them both. Hoping for a healthy baby. I’m sure for them that is the most important thing. NOT the sex of the child.

  7. Wresa says:

    Eh, it could be a band-aid baby, or just a nice little “oops”! Either way, congrats to them, they are an adorable family and have held together this long.

  8. Anon says:

    Maybe she is newly pregnant (as in 4-6 weeks, I can’t see them confirming it before this time) and it was by chance? I’m assuming she probably gave the Vogue interview a month or so ago, and she didn’t expect to get pregnant so quickly.

    Congratulations to the Beckhams! I am hoping they have the little girl they want.

  9. brin says:

    Awww…congrats, hope for a little Poshette.

  10. teehee says:

    She has PCOS, (so do I) and couples with PCOS can be TTC for years on end with no pregnancy in sight. But that doesnt mean she can never EVER be pregnant; its just a lot more difficult. So she probably WAS hopeless and doubtful yet surprise- it worked finally.
    I know I am all over the damn place because one day I’ll be great the next day I’ll be $hit, so I say apparently contradicting things all the time LOL thats just what its like with PCOS.
    Now, here’s to hoping all goes well thru the pregnancy and she has a healthy little baby a few months from now.

  11. albeli says:

    It might be she’s at peace with not ever having a girl, but still wants another child, regardless of sex. As someone who has experienced difficulty getting and staying pregnant, I have felt that way myself.

  12. JenJen says:

    Cool, they are a nice couple.

  13. Louise says:

    I hate when people say they want a certain gender when having a child. I feel like if they don’t get what they want they won’t love the child as much. Most magazine interviews are done 2-4 months before the magazine comes out. I doubt Victoria was playing games and the pregnancy may be unplanned.

  14. Marjalane says:

    I think Victoria is all about Victoria and David just happens to be her husband and children’s father. They do have really cute boys though I seriously doubt if he’s done cheating on her. There doesn’t seem to be much information ongoing about that big lawsuit against the hooker.

  15. Missfit says:

    If she had c-sections with all three boys, the birth on this pg can be very dangerous. For I have heard and read that women are only able to have 3 c-sections limited and that’s it. I thought I read one time she said if she got pg again, it would kill her. I might be wrong. I hope it all goes well with this pg and birth, it can be risky.

  16. Sarah James says:

    Are they going to keep churning them out til they get the girl they want?? :/

  17. KLO says:

    Marjalane – about who is Victoria’s life supposed to be then? You can’t really live anyone else’s life but your own. Except when you’re some kind of a stage mom or such, and make your children live your desired life for you.
    I’m starting to like her again with her natural hair color and all. She seems to be coming into her old self once again. She used to be really naturally pretty and not so freakin thin as well.

  18. Kiki says:

    Hope it’s a mini Posh!

  19. Sofia says:

    Wow, what a surprise but congratulations to them! My best friend always wanted a girl, and had two boys…then tried for the third time and viola, a girl! I am sure she loves her boys dearly – there is nothing wrong with her wanting a girl. She is a very girly girl and probably wants a little one to dress up with, play makeup, etc.

    Obviously David has fidelity problems, but I kind of like them together. The fact that they stick it out and in my opinion, seem to really love each other, counts for a lot. Not many international sex symbols/athletes/actors can keep it in their pants with women constantly throwing themselves at them. Not that it’s an excuse for David, just an observation. Posh is growing on me since she has de-chav’ed herself.

  20. Courtney says:

    oh please having your fourth at 36 isn’t pushing it by a long shot. many stars have had their 4th children at around or over Victoria’s age Linda McCartney Patricia Neal Ingrid Bergman & Stella McCartney to name a Few. Linda had Stella’s little brother James just before her 36th birthday in 1977 Ingrid Bergman had identical twin Daughters Isabella & Isotta just before her 37th birthday June 18th 1952 Patricia Neal had her 5th child at 39 August 4th 1965 after surviving a series of Strokes while pregnant and Stella had her 4th at 39 just last november age ain’t nothing but a number

  21. Johnny Depp's Girl says:

    holy out of the blue batman!!!!

    hope that they have their girl and get through all the BS. I seriously think that they are a great couple.

  22. Hollz says:

    Not quite Missfit…the c-sections get more dangerous, true, but there is no hard and fast limit. Ever woman has a different body and can take a different amount. Also, hers are nice and spaced out, giving her plenty of time to heal properly, unlike another well known Mother…looking at you Mrs. Duggar!

  23. Bamafresh says:

    I find it interesting. Remember she announced her pregnancy shortly after the Rebecca Loos scandal? Don’t get me wrong, I think she’s fabulous, but pregnancy is a trend when they want to shift the media attention away from his scandals.

  24. LolaBella says:

    Well color me shocked! I thought for sure that she had had enough of his infidelity and that their marriage would be over this year.

    Congrats to them and here’s hoping for a safe and healthy pregnancy for Victoria.

  25. emine says:

    @louise i am the mom of 2 little girls and i have hoped for a boy both times just because i used to think life for girls is harsher than for boys , anyway i can assure you even though i hoped for boys i love my girls more than anything and anyone in this world , i can understand that it might seem selfish for a woman who can have kids to wish for a certain gender knowing that there are so many women who cant have kids and would do anything to experience the miracle of becoming a mom nomatter the gender of their child but i also think we all have a little dose of selfishness in us , as for victoria i wish her a healthy baby and after 3 boys maybe GOD will bless her with a little girl or maybe not .

  26. CIdee says:

    Good for them- unlike so many Hollywood kids their boys always look clean and appear to be respectful. Not sloppy little brats making faces and running wild.

  27. lulu says:

    maybe she has given up on having a girl because she already knows its a fourth boy? they wouldn’t announce a pregnancy unless it was 4 months along so they could know the sex already

  28. Sunnyjyl says:

    I figured that was why she had her implants removed.

  29. Mouse says:

    I think you’re being too nice Kaiser. Something about this reeks of desperation and PR stunt. She doesn’t come across as especially bright regardless, but she wouldn’t be the first woman to try and hang on to her man by having another baby. Sad if that’s the case, it isn’t going to fix anything if they’re having trouble. She always seems so needy, I think she did everything in her power to get knocked up, when David was actually paying attention to her in bed. She’s got something to prove to the public about her not so private life. Look, look! my husband still sleeps with me!

  30. redlips says:

    Congrats to them! Hope she gets her girl…..

  31. TG says:

    Maybe the interview was an advanced PR move by saying she has given up on having a girl and when she actually has one she can act surprised and excited and no one will be the wiser that they paid to have a girl. Sort of like all these celebs with twins that supposedly didn’t use IVF. Who knows though I am just feeling cynical today. And it doesn’t matter to me anyway I think there is nothing wrong with wanting both sexes.

  32. Anon says:

    TG,

    Most of the celebrity women who have twins are 35+ (Julia Roberts, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez), and it is proven fact that mature women are more likely to have fraternal twins because of the increased FSH hormone their bodies produce. It is not always IVH.

  33. photo jojo says:

    I so wanna hate them – but they seem really genuinely happy, and I love that as put together as she always is, the kids are so often dressed like KIDS. In costumes, whatever. Congrats to them. 🙂

  34. Happy says:

    This is what she said in Vogue –
    “Maybe one day another baby, but at this stage I think the chances of a girl are quite slim.”
    This could just mean that they are having a boy and not a girl, not that they don’t want another baby.

  35. Girafe99 says:

    I’m not sure if I remember correctly but didn’t she get pregnant with Cruz about the same time as the Rebecca Loos thing was hitting the fan?

  36. Emma says:

    She’s so thin, I’m surprised her body fat levels are high enough for her to have a baby.

  37. Raven says:

    I’m guessing it was a surprise. Congratulations to them. I like them as a couple as well.

  38. lio says:

    If the baby is due for the early summer, they probably know the sex by now.

  39. eternalcanadian says:

    The timing is awfully coincidential when Victoria herself declared no pregnancy plans in that UK Vogue. I don’t know how far in advance magazines do these interviews, but can’t have been more than a couple months and don’t celebrities usually wait until 12 weeks have passed to make pregnancy announcements “just in case”?

  40. Kasey says:

    @Emma

    My thoughts exactly! It is so hard for me to get how this skinni-mini, bag of bones woman got pregnant with little to no body fat when Khloe K is probably still trying after a year off both control. I guess this further convinces me that if I ever get married at this point no internal/chemical contraceptives for me. I’ve long believed that stuff can wreak havoc on the body.

    I hope she has a safe pregnancy.

  41. StopKiddingYourself says:

    @Emma,

    I was wondering about that myself.

  42. Aurelia says:

    I promise you all she will get a girl finally. She would have had sperm washing at a fertility clinic in the U.S to fianlly gaurantee it. Just like the magical 4th kid of jamie oliver after 3 girls. They would have done the same. You actually don’t need to even be in the U.S. You can send over a sperm sample and have the male and female sperm separated and then frozen and sent to a clinic in which ever country you are based. I know because I have looked into it. I’m in New Zealand and its illegal here like just about everywhere else. I have a gorge boy but want a girl next. We are only having 2. And no it is not sick and evil to want to balance your family. Who would even say that??? But if we do have a boy next then that will be ok too. I’d imagine stickie V also had fertility treatment (just clomid pills maybe) as I do not belive you can mensturate with zero body fat either.

  43. janie says:

    Anon,
    chance of twins goes up very slightly with advanced maternal age but so does the difficulty in getting pregnant. my bet is on some form of assistance.

    i hope they get their girl although their boys are all adorable.

  44. Maria says:

    @ Emma, Kasey & stopkiddingyourself

    I’m wondering that aswell. Does she even have her period? Someone I knew who were that skinny didn’t menstruate. And yes, she did gain weight and now everything is ok.

  45. nag says:

    Ok, my bet is it will be twins, one a girl, we will hardly see posh for the next 6 months…

  46. guesty says:

    ita that she is too thin to be having a period…& that she’s been guaranteed a girl.

    so now…it’s obviously no longer twins but gender selection that is en vogue.

  47. GradStudentEatingHotPockets says:

    Skinny people can still have high levels of body fat. The difference is that fat can be at the subcutaneous level (like under the skin, where you see cellulite and fat dimples, etc) or the fat can be deeper, and around the organs….which would mean the skinny person looks super skinny but has high body fat.

    Just a theory as to why she can be skinny and still have a period. (I’m super skinny and have a period, but I also use birth control pills).

  48. jen34 says:

    A lot of misinformation out there. I’ve had 3 C/sections. My gyno said 4 should be the limit. But look at Ethel Kennedy. She had 11! Regarding her age, 36 is young to have a child. I had my little guy at 43. The pregnancy was a breeze, and he was planned.

    To get with the bitchy theme, though… Didn’t Becks make some kind of comment once along the lines of after he cheats, they get pregnant? Somebody please tell me I didn’t make that up.

  49. Camille says:

    @Girafe99 and others: ITA. All very suspect.

    @teehee: I have PCOS too. It fucking sucks. 🙁

  50. Cheyenne says:

    @Kasey: contraceptives work differently on different people. A lot of people warned me I would have difficulty conceiving once I stopped taking the pill but all it took was one month off them before I was pregnant.

  51. SuperSleuth says:

    I hope they have a girl. I really like them as a couple and I really like her. She is actually quite funny and likeable.

  52. Anon says:

    Janie,

    I know advanced maternal age makes it difficult to get pregnant, but I never commented on that. I commented on the increased chance of twins (which the previous poster had used as an example) born to older women. While it is likely that some of these women did use fertility treatments, it does not mean that all of them did.

    My aunt just had her second child at 43, no treatments.

  53. Amy says:

    The middle kid (Romeo?) smiles just like his father! They all look like him.

  54. CooCooCatchoo says:

    They are a beautiful couple :). Their kids are lovely, too. I’m happy for them. BTW – 36 is considered an advanced maternal age, but it can happen naturally w/out ivf. Had my final baby at 41 the old fashioned way – we got pregnant the first month we tried. Same with out other little boy at 36. Good for them – I’m here to say that it can be done.

  55. alfandindi says:

    Im sorry but if she is truly pregnant I would bet my life savings on it being a girl… they have enough money to get the best doctors and enough countries (e.g. spain) allow couples who have artificial insemination to choose the sex. I’m not saying its wrong but guaranteed there is no way they will leave this one to chance… Whatever i think about both of them (and as a Brit I probably hate and respect them in equal measure for various reasons), they’re still together, they support each other publicly and they seem to adore those kids. Who would blame her…. to be honest if I was in her position… late 30’s, 3 boys, best doctors money can buy, why not ensure you’re going to have a girl?!!

  56. alfandindi says:

    oh and finally 36 is not old anymore for kids. Only one extra point… Posh (as we still call her here in the UK lol) should devote her self to medical science because god only knows how she continues to get pregnant at that body weight… my best mate at uni (at 20 – the peak of her reproductive age) basically stopped having periods when she dropped below 8.5 stone (115 pounds for the us contingent!) and that is nothing compared to posh! crazy!

  57. Hakura says:

    I know what some are saying in regards to hating to hear someone talk about wanting a particular gender. I do always think “How does that make the child feel, when they’re old enough to understand, that they weren’t the sex their parents SO hoped for?”

    I’m not saying parents won’t love the child regardless, it’s just… I think, careless, & a bit selfish, to talk openly about hoping for one gender particularly. When one has such hopes… & then doesn’t receive what they hoped for, there HAS to be disappointment of some kind. Which is horrible considering what a gift a healthy child is, to begin with.

    I do hope they have their girl, of course. I know Posh wants a mini-me to design & decorate in high fashion toddler wear. =)

  58. mary jane says:

    Shocked!! with this announcement!!

    I doubt there was “assisstance”. Getting pregnant after ALREADY having 3 is not the same as trying to get pregnant at 36 having never carried previous pregnancies to term.

    I think she’s going for the girl and agree with #41 about selecting gender. I also think she wants to feel young… new baby and all.

    By the way, she goes into hiding for the last months of her pregnancies so dang it we won’t see her get chubby!!

    But I DO wish them the best!

  59. Courtney says:

    No Jen Lopez and Mariah Carey didn’t use fertility treatments twins run in Jen’s Family her dad even said so and progesterone isn’t a fertility drug it’s a hormone used to aid in production of eggs and then sustain a pregnancy particularly if you’ve had a miscarriage previously like Mariah did. Victoria has PCOS so she likely had to use clomid to help her conceive. besides there’s 13 weeks in 3 months not 12 Hence why there’s 52 in a year not 48. nor is having a child over age 35 unheard of in celebrity world or real world former US first lady Barbara Bush nearly had 7 children though 1 died of Leukemia and she miscarried her last in the mid 1960’s around age 40. and by the way it’s IVF not IVH yes some women because of infertility have to use IVF to have children or more children but not all women over a certain age have to use it there’s abunch of celebs I can think of that have had kids over age 35 back in the day and now that didn’t use IVF or any medical assistance Patricia Neal Sophia Loren Sasha Alexander Katherine Jackson had the youngest of her 10 children Janet at Victoria’s age

  60. Kiska says:

    I have PCOS too. It is a modern disease due to all the crap they put in our food, water, air, and cosmetics. It cause infertility and a host of other symptoms like insulin resistance. Not sure how Posh keeps her weight down because my tendency is to gain weight. She must be using IVF like my sister-in-law because its very hard to get pregnant or carry to full term with PCOS.

  61. darlene says:

    SO SO SO happy for them!!! I love them both, I think they’re great parents, I can’t wait to see the new baby! CONGRATS to them! I actually squealed out loud when I read the news!

  62. Miss Bitch says:

    Haven’t met her, but I have seen him around his kids and he is a really good, really attentive dad, and his kids are learning to be respectful of others, which is an immense pleasure in this shitty town.

    I’ve been told she’s nice, and it shows in the kids’ behavior, so, good on ’em.

  63. lachica says:

    IMO she gave herself til age 35 to get her American career going. Now she must know that she has been as successful as she is going to be. time to try for that elusive daughter.

  64. lola lola says:

    I’m surprised she still gets her period since she’s so skinny. But good for them. I hope whatever the sex, it is a healthy & happy baby. Congrats!

  65. Liana says:

    I’m sure they cooked up the baby broth to give the greeatest likelihood to a girl.

  66. too skinny? says:

    How do all those poor, skinny African & Asian women keep having babies? I’ve had 3 babies & I’m “skinny”- Angelina skinny, not Nicole R skinny…people get pretty mean judging appearance, fat or thin. I, too, got pregnant quicker than I thought after going off the pill each time. Posh’s story? Who knows. Regardless of any cheating that may or may not have gone on, the interval between kids seems more like planning than actual fertility problems.

  67. K McFarlane says:

    If they cared enough about having a girl to have embryo selection, then they probably would have done it with baby #3. I think the longing for a girl is something that’s being imposed on her rather than her saying it.

    Having had three boys myself, I tend to assume that any more children (not that we are planning any) would also be boys – and I presume that’s where she was coming from with her comment.

  68. Bodhi says:

    My mom had me (1st & only kid) at 36 & while she was considered mildly high risk, she didn’t have a single complication. And I was a god old fashioned “surprise baby” LOL!

    My husband & I both wanted a boy & I whooped like a mad woman when I found out that Bean is indeed a boy. Its not that we don’t want a girl, its more like I always kinda knew that he was… I don’t think its bad to want one or the other & nor do I think that it makes you a bad person or parent. I think that, at the core, all any parent really wants is a healthy pregnancy & baby

  69. Shay says:

    Did they successfully outsource a womb from India or something?
    There is no way I’ll believe that she can fall pregnant, let alone carry a baby to term with the skeletal body she has, and I’m betting she’ll wear heels all the way through.
    What nutrients will she breastfeed? Narcissism and superficiality?
    Whatever.

  70. Hakura says:

    As far as timing goes, my parents were very ‘plan’ couscous.

    My aunt had been trying for children for over 10 years… wasn’t successful. Adopted a boy & girl that became available (from different families) at the same time… then found out she was (surprisingly) pregnant. She was in her mid-40’s, and didn’t have any complications, though I know that means she was fortunate. =)

    But the fact that all of Posh’s children are 3 years apart looks to be more like planning on their part.

  71. labyrinth says:

    i hope she doesn’t have a girl. she will treat her as her personal barbie doll to dress up and pass on her body dysmorphic disorder and extreme dieting ideas.

    Cue the baggy ponchos like last time to hide what is in her eyes her fat pregnancy body. That poor woman can’t even enjoy the beauty of being pregnant.

  72. DrM says:

    The Beckhams don’t actually OWE any body an explanation. If I were Ms Vicky I wouldn’t discuss whether or not I was trying for more children either. Every morsel of food, every clothing bulge, every mood and expression would be analysed. Much better to say “yes I am ” and then get on with it.

    And “yeah right” as the Tui ads in New Zealand say, like she would get pregnant to ensure it remained ‘all about her’…amazing how nasty some people can be.

  73. CB Rawks says:

    My sister in law just kept a-churning ’em out until she finally had a girl. Big family. I hope the boys don’t feel unwanted.

    If I was that desperate to have a daughter, (like my sis-in-law was) I would adopt one. Plenty of sweet little babies out there already.

  74. Confuzzle says:

    So she’s finally given up on trying to crack the US market with her hatchet face! Hurrah!

    Wonder if number four will be as gay as number two?

  75. Syko says:

    Whatever the reason, it’s always a happy day when a wanted baby begins. The three little boys are handsome, well behaved and happy, someone is doing something right, whether it’s Posh and Becks or the nannies. I hope she gets the girl.

  76. Tuatara says:

    If Rachel Zoe can get pregnant then Posh can too. It must be a miracle of modern science.

  77. munchies says:

    I said last time that shes getting rounder, her legs bigger, her face better and I was like… baby alert… Im SOOO CORRECT!

  78. SamiHami says:

    Oh, please. I think they genuinely love each other and that this is not a publicity stunt. I hope they have a girl! Posh would have a blast dressing her up and being girly with her.

    As for her being “too skinny,” it’s amazing how many medical experts post here, and are able to diagnose strangers over the Internet! My mother is anorexic and managed to give birth to two healthy kids-me & my brother.

    Everybody is different…there is no possible way any of you can determine the inner workings of her body.

    And confuzzle, you are just a nasty person for making cracks about a kid.

  79. mln76 says:

    Don’t think it’s a publicity stunt, I think that Becks has given her the baby she’s wanted for years to make up for cheating.

  80. fabgrrl says:

    You know, you can try for a girl (or a boy) without resorting to embryo selection or sperm spinning. We got a boy the first time, and wanted a girl for our second. We used the Shettles method and diet modification, and it worked.

  81. Maud says:

    Why do so many people use these comment sections to discuss their own gyno/fertility issues? I know it’s natural to want to share our stories but it seems very ‘look at me!’

  82. Delta Juliet says:

    @McFarlane

    People do tend to “push” that thinking on parents. I have two boys and I couldn’t care less if I had a girl. Yet people always give me this sympathetic look and say “Oh. You must be so disappointed you didn’t have a girl”. Ummmm no, I’m not! (Not to say I wouldn’t welcome a girl, I am just not “disappointed” by what I DO have, two wonderful healthy boys!)
    I’m betting Posh feels the same way.

  83. Jamie says:

    The girl will be named after an occult energy symbol and slapped on his back.

    Good luck to them anyway.

  84. orion70 says:

    @teehee and others, I don’t know, if she does have PCOS, she has a very mild version of it, or simply ovarian cysts. Given the number of women who have the whole gamut of symptoms and still can’t get properly diagnosed or properly treated, I’m surprised at dr’s who diagnose after just a year or what not of inability to conceive.

  85. the original bellaluna says:

    As the proud mother of a late-in-life “oops baby,” I hope she has a successful pregnancy and birth. I’m in no position to judge, and I don’t care to. From what I’ve seen (and granted, it’s limited) they are good parents who love their children. A child could not ask for more.

  86. rcc says:

    Confuzzle: You are a horrible, obnoxious creep. Keep your repugnant comments to yourself.

  87. Kim says:

    Congrats to them!

  88. wifeyskarsgard says:

    Congrats to both of them. They obv wanted to expand the family and they do make some pretty babys 😉

  89. Mistral says:

    Aww, cute.

  90. crtb says:

    Most of the celebrity women who have twins are 35+ (Julia Roberts, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez), and it is proven fact that mature women are more likely to have fraternal twins because of the increased FSH hormone their bodies produce. It is not always IVH

    I beg to differ. If you read about twins, you’ll find that very few people have twins and african americans tend to have more twins than other race. For all of these celebrities to have twins, believe me they had doctor’s help. They DID NOT do it naturally.

  91. hairball says:

    @BODHI:

    I don’t know if you’ll read this still, but please answer if you feel comfortable:

    You’re an only child? Have you been ok with that etc? I only ask because we have one daughter and not sure if we’re going to have another one. She is already 5 years old.

    But some of the direct (from my mother-in-law, until we told her to shut it big time) and indirect ‘comments’ we get from people about how we’re basically ruining her life or everything she does is because she is an “only child” is unbelievable. I feel really torn about it.

    Please answer only if you want to.

  92. bored says:

    Good for them!

  93. Majosha says:

    @hairball: I know your question wasn’t directed at me, but I figured I’d offer my opinion, anyway: I was/am an only child, and I’m just as well-adjusted, socialized, and potty trained as my friends with siblings. People sometimes recoil in horror when they discover I’m an only child, as if I was forced to come of age in a cold, isolated cave with no contact whatsoever with other kids, etc. Ridiculous. If you decide to have another child, more power to you, but your daughter will be perfectly fine as an “only” if that’s the path you choose. Just my two cents.

  94. hairball says:

    Thanks a lot Majosha – seriously. We know she’s not going to be spoiled etc because we aren’t raising her that way.

    I was just wondering from an adult ‘only child’ their opinion. So thanks. I just worry about her with friends etc. It is so different then when I was growing up with all these ‘playdates’.

    I mean, I have to schedule playtime for my daughter and then drive her there or they bring their kid to us. We had neighborhood kids when I was growing up. My parents never scheduled playtime for us. So after school, it’s just her and I wonder if it would be nice for her to have a sibling. However, my husband’s brother was a total *ss growing up and he said he would have rather been an only child.

    I think it would be easier if there were more kids for her to play with. I am SO over the playdate thing. It is just ridiculous to me. But I don’t know any other way.

    Thanks again.

  95. Trashaddict says:

    She’s preggers because infidelity is out now, didn’t you hear? We’ve been through the do-gooder cycle, the rehab cycle, the infidelity cycle and now we are in the preggers cycle. Happening at my job, too. I swear there’s something in the water or the planetary alignments….

  96. Majosha says:

    @hairball: No problem at all. And I couldn’t agree more regarding your feelings about play dates. Although, I finally lucked into a friendship with a fellow Mom to whom I can actually relate on more than just a parental level, so I don’t dread them like I used to. And if it helps at all, I have two boys (my youngest was a surprise — we had originally decided to just have one — and a mere 18 months behind my oldest) and they turn my house upside down on a regular basis. Chasing each other, wrestling, shrieking, fighting … all day long. Don’t get me wrong, I adore them and have absolutely no regrets, but I can also see how having one child might not fray the nerves quite as much (at least not on a regular basis). I could be wrong, though.

    Also, like you, I had plenty of neighborhood kids to play with when I was young, so the play date thing wasn’t as much of a concern. I know it’s not a black and white issue by any means, but I’m sure if you follow your instincts, you’ll be fine.

  97. hairball says:

    Thanks Majosha. Just wanted to let you know I read it. Thanks x100