On Friday, INF Daily sent us the link to their exclusive photos of Beyonce still pregnant (or still “wearing the pillow”), which were taken Thursday night. It was a photo op designed to show us that Beyonce is still preggo, and to keep us on our guard that the birth could go down at any moment. Well, it did. It happened last night, and the news was first reported by E! News. It was a girl! They named her… Blue Ivy Carter. Blue Carter. Baby Blue.
We were so ready for this belly, and now we’re so psyched to meet this baby!
Beyoncé and Jay-Z welcomed a daughter Saturday night in New York, the little one’s arrival coming via scheduled C-section, mutliple sources confirm to E! News
And the pop ‘n’ hip-hop princess’ name? Drumroll, please…Blue Ivy Carter! (At least that’s what Jay-Z is telling pals at this point—the couple’s reps have not immediately responded to calls seeking comment.)
Friend and music mogul Russell Simmons was among the first to celebrate the arrival, tweeting the new parents: “congrats to my good friends Beyonce and Jay-Z.”
Rihanna gave baby Blue a warm welcome, tweeting: “Welcome to the world princess Carter! Love Aunty Rih.”
Hey, we’re happy to find out this much, considering Blue’s parents didn’t even confirm to the world that they were married until…Wait? Did they ever really confirm it? (Public records ultimately told the tale.)
Anyway, the “Crazy in Love” duo tied the knot in April 2008 after roughly six years of dating. Considering they waited another three years to have a baby, you can tell this is one couple that thinks things through!
Beyoncé memorably revealed that she was pregnant onstage at the MTV Video Music Awards in August.
And her hubby certainly seems to be in the right head space, telling E! News in November that he hoped to be the kind of father whose children could talk to him about anything.
“Your child could come to you and have any type of conversation. I always hope for that kind of open relationship,” he said.
Just imagine the rap sessions father and daughter will be having a few years from now!
[From E! News]
I was kind of meh on this report’s accuracy, but People Magazine is reporting it too, so I think the “scheduled C-section” actually did go down last night. People also reports that Beyonce gave birth at Lenox Hill, and she had checked into the NYC hospital on Friday. Just this past week, the rumors were surrounding Bey giving birth at St. Luke’s, so I don’t know what to make of the hospital switch-up. I wonder if Beyonce was wearing her special birthin’ weave? I wonder if the surrogate is happy and healthy too?
UPDATE: Some media outlets are reporting the name as “Ivy Blue Carter”. I honestly don’t know which one is right.
Photos of Beyonce from November 2011, courtesy of PCN & WENN.
Congrats to all involved. So glad the conspiracy theorists can now quick their yammering. Fingers crossed that Blue looks like mom.(Whoever that may be).
Oh Lord, fingers, toes, everything crossable is CROSSED. We don’t want another Bruce Willis-esque situation on our hands with a bunch of female Jay Z’s running around! Bey is too beautiful to not pass those genes on. Everyone pray for baby Blue!
LMAO !!!
Lmao!!
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA … very good point. All pray for baby Blue.
“Everyone pray for baby Blue!”
I feel a teeny bit guilty for this but… bwahahahahahahahaha!!! It’s true! Let’s HOPE she’ll look like Bey!
a new Queen is crowned and Zahara is dethroned. LOL!
Take that back! You take that back right now!
Zahara is going to give you the ultimate shank eye for what you posted!!
oh I hope not. Miss Z rocks.
Blue and Zahara were NEARLY born on the SAME day! Zee is seven years old today.
Blue is a color tho. I see Bey is going the Apple route… fruits and colors :-D!
Queen Zahara Forever!!!!
please.
why Zahara?…why pick her out of all the celeb kids running around? mmm
Why were NYC area hospitals on “high alert” if she had a c-section scheduled at a particular hospital??
Shady!
hmm so the c section would mean she was actually pregnant. a scar would be quite telling, especially if it was missing..
Yup that’ll be the deciding factor in the fake bump story. ….. or we’ll never see her tum again 🙂
The surrogate got C-section! I bet they wouldn’t like that their Blue goes through another woman’s vagina.
Could you see a C-section scar if she wears a bikini? I don’t think so. We will never find out, dammit.
You can’t go by whether you can see a scar in her or not — you may not see one!!! I had a csection 6.5 years ago and the scar is low enough that you cannot see it with a bikini on.
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You can’t see my scar either. They do them very low these days. Providing there’s no complications.
well, i was thinkin more along the lines – she wants to prove once and for all that she was actually pregnant – hence shed show the scar 😉
i guess hope dies last 🙂
Yeah, even if I saw a “scar,” (which I wouldn’t unless she poses nude for an anti-photoshop picture b/c scar is too low) I wouldn’t believe it b/c if you fake a pregnancy, you can fake a scar, no?
My scar is really low as well. That’s the way of the day.
Beyonce probably had plastic surgery (lipo, tummy tuck etc..) while waiting in the hospital for the surrogate to give birth. Then she would have a “scar” tow show off but still be able to claim down the road that she has “never” had plastic surgery. Plus..the insta-weight loss thing. She’s going to score with the baby mag covers and the weight loss covers with IV. Ugh.
I wish there were more celeb moms like Jennifer Garner and Gwen Stefani.
Congrats I guess. And I doubt they’re going to confirm it. Beyonce is famewhore on another level and she knows the longer they wait to confirm this news the more people will talk.
Hoping to break another twitter record this morning I’m sure.
Congrats to them both on their new baby girl.
Oh dear – why name the child blue?
They’re Leanne Rimes fans 😉
That song was originally sung by Patsy Cline.
I’ve always wanted a dog named Blue; though it would have to be a breed with a blue merle coat. I can’t even imagine slapping the name on a baby… it’s kind of sad.
I think Geri Halliwell’s kid is named Bluebell?
My 20month old LOVES Blues Clues…i know she would approve!
I have a cat named Blue ^^ but she’s a siamese.
Quinnie88 where do you get Blue’s Clues merchandise????? I’ve been looking everywhere for stuff for my kid (Blue’s Clues OCD)lol
@Crimson, that was a little joke for the ladies who frequent the Glanville/Rimes threads. Basically, I can see Leann offering to sing “blue” at the baby’s christening (in a bikini of course) 😉
They got the name Blue, from the Blueprint albums from Jay-Z. It’s also Jays favourite colour. The name name Ivy has the letters IV what means 4, and 4 is B’s favourite.
I wonder how they’re going to dispose of all those pillows? Will thy just throw them away or burn them so no one discovers them?
I am glad the pregnancy part is over so the whole charade can end. It was becoming just sad after a while.
Im just hoping she doesnt try the “how I got my body back” route in the mags.
She’ll be papped in a bikini in San Tropez in 3 weeks.
St. Tropez is too cold in February,I’d say Seychelles, anyway ITA
Hannah – Don’t you know Bey can command the sun to come out and make it warm. Anyway, the name is about as stupid as all the other celeb baby names, if it is Blue Ivy, if Ivy Blue that is much better, but I do love Bey anyway and think she is really pretty and I am talking about her childhood pics I have seen.
Oops St. Tropez. Didn’t notice my error before posting. I was just throwing around an exotic locale without taking climate into consideration. Wherever she is, it’ll be in a bikini! LOL
Oh she’s totally going to do the “how I got my body back” if she’s the blind item. She has it all worked out – major photo cover splash with her and the new baby, then magazine covers and articles with how she got her body back, and maybe even a diet thing with one of the big diet companies. The item even mentioned adding baby things to a new clothing or accessories line.
She’ll milk every penny out of it.
That said, congrats to all involved. No one can say that they didn’t want this baby. <3
Lol.
Used to like her lots, but she’s become so vapid, especially as a rapper-wife.
The pillow is born. Time stops, angels cry, nations fall down on their knees.
You are hilarious! This whole thing is just sad; however, if they used a surrogate because she COULDN’T get pregnant, then that’s great. If it’s because she didn’t WANT to, that’s a little sad, don’t you think?
ahahahahaha ! Too funny !
lol, a blue pillow.She should have named her Feathers.
That picture of her belly collapsing as she sat told the whole story. Why the charade?
She is a pure Diva. No pain, stretch marks, keeps her body, doesn’t need to lose weight. If she faked it, it was out vanity
Yeah, everything about the pregnancy was pretty fishy but I actually do believe she gave birth because how would you get an entire medical staff to conspire with you (and knowing those 2, dozens of people were involved)? That’s impossible. But I guess time will tell, if someone doesn’t find a way out of their confidentiality clause and “leaks” something in the next year, I think we can safely say baby Blue is legit.
Money.
MONEY!!! That’s how. And bribing people who’s profession demands 100% confidentiality isn’t going to be hard.
mazel Tov princess pilleau!
If the arrival of the pillow keeps her from making more records, I’ll be very happy.
BAM!
love it!
Haha yes!Hopefully she keeps getting pillow pregnant and stops releasing terrible albums.
Why are different outlet reporting a different name. is it Blue Ivy or Ivy Blue?
Anyway..hoping she is healthy. Congratulations to the couple.
Just thinking about all the fake pregnancy rumors.. I hope that gets cleared up because it would be terrible for that child to hear about that when she grows up.
C-section, huh? Too posh to push, I guess! Can’t wait to see the baby and her body after “giving birth”.
Bet they tightened up those rectus abdominus muscles while they were in there too.
Yeah, I was kind of surprised by that too. I thought the whole natural birth in your bath tub thing was the route these days. How late 90’s/early 00’s.
I didn’t disbelieve she was pregnant but if Beyonce so much as attempts the Single Ladies dance in the next 12 months with a fresh c-section scar I’m screaming bullsh*t.
I find it strange that the announcement didn’t give the baby’s vitals…like 7 lbs 4oz baby girl. It’s almost always included in the announcement.
The Knowels-Carter are a very private couple am shock they even announce the birth 😉
It wasn’t an official announcement. Thats probably why the pillow, er, I mean, baby’s, stats were missing. For Beyonce’s sake, I hope the pillow, er, I mean, baby’s weight was ultra soft and not extra firm…
Okay, since it’s not official then its offically a faux announcement about a faux baby.
I think a suitable pairing for Pillow would be MJ’s son Blanket! Families of the (self-declared) Queen and King of Pop united!!
I just read Ivy Blue, but who knows. Glad this ridiculous charade is over.
(Hope the surrogate is “resting comfortably”.)
I hope its Ivy Blue and not Blue Ivy…either way its not great…and if its a girl, would’nt Pink be a better choice?
I hope Ivy’s the first name too, but with Blue in the middle the entire name makes for an odd-sounding phrase…
If this information is correct, I’m assuming the name “Ivy” was chosen because IV is the Roman Numeral for the number 4, and the couple has a strong attachment to the number???
I think you are on to something here…
Well hell, why not just name her Four, then? Or do something fancy, like Quattra? (Free razors!)
Quote from the Daily Mail: “I always thought pregnancy was 9 months gestation. If that is the case this baby must have been conceived in April 2011 for to be born in January 2012 if it went to full term. If that is the case she took on Glastonbury a very challenging performance from every prospective with a very vigourous dance routine that went on for a full 2 hours with strong strobe lightning she must have been 2 months pregnant at that stage. This did not seems to effect her in any way I think most pregnat women would not take on a regime like that on their first pregnancy as you would be too nervous to do so. She also had an interview afterwards with Piers Morgan and gave no inclination she was pregnant and talked about her thirtieth birthday and her plans for a family in the near future. I am doing the calculations and it is not adding up that is unless she done Glastonbury while pregnant for at least two months at that stage and decided to keep it a secret until her announcment at the Awards.
– Rita, Dublin Ireland, 8/1/2012 11:3
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2083766/Beyonc-baby-Star-welcomes-baby-girl-names-Blue-Ivy-Carter.html#ixzz1isIqd65Y
I’m not Irish…just so you know.
LOL @Rita 🙂
Glad to hear it because you don’t seem to be able to spell.
I’m not sure what this post is supposed to do. For most women being 2 months pregnant doesn’t effect your activity and most don’t make an announcement until the 2nd trimester. A lot of women, including celebrities continue working. Several tennis players kept playing through their 5th month of pregnancy. Christina Aguilera was on tour into her 2nd trimester.
I will wait for confirmation since everybody reported she gave birth a week ago.
ITA – I saw that and was like, WTF? At 2 months most women aren’t even showing at all, and many/most do not have morning sickness. Someone who’s at a very high level of fitness and whose work is physically strenuous shouldn’t have any problems, barring an unusual health condition.
The post makes makes enquiring minds want to know!
The only “news” feed that reported she gave birth a week ago was TWITTER! That was debunked by Solange on 30 Dec.
I read where some woman ran a marathon at 9 months, crossed the finish line, and went into labor. My co-worker, a chiropractor, was still seeing patients until a few days before she delivered. Dancing & performing at 2 months isn’t that far outside the realm of possibility.
I’m happy for them & hope baby Blue Ivy or Ivy Blue is healthy.
Beyonce is claiming she had a miscarriage previously.
that’s kind of silly statement of this woman to make. all the pregnant women i know have stopped working a week or two before the due date – there is no need to stop sooner, unless you have complications. on the contrary, it’s good to keep moving, do stuff, and live your normal life. but maybe ireland is different and you stop working the second you find out you’re pregnant? i have no clue.
human gestation is actually 40 weeks (10 months)
of course, I’m flabbergasted that the announcement made mention of a scheduled C-section – especially with no reference to the baby’s size. Are C-sections usually scheduled for a first baby in cases where there aren’t complications like gestational diabetes/very large baby, serious health issues that would lead to an expectation of complications or it’s known that the mother has a STD?
I feel like Wesrern medicine promotes c-sections and doesn’t really support natural childbirth. Not sure why we ladies would rather have a doctor cut through our abdomens than push through the intended hole, but… what can you do!
Being rich means she can deliver however she wants.
Its not that shocking. Almost a third of all children in the US are delivered through c-sections. Its way above the WHO recommendation, but there are a lot of factors. Some hospitals prefer to push them due to increased cost and many are now adopting policies that you cannot have a vaginal birth after having a c-section (fears of lawsuits seems to be the reason).
I think there was a lot weird about Beyonce’s pregnancy, but a lot of women don’t even realize they’re pregnant at two months. Sadly for my friend, she miscarried at seven weeks, never knowing she was pregnant. The way B talked about pregnancy early last year, and in 2010, makes me think they weren’t even going to try until 2012. Maybe Blue Ivy/Ivy Blue was a surprise?
As for scheduled C sections, every single one of my friends with kids has had a scheduled C section. It’s not as “ruinous” as traditional birth, I guess. I don’t think for someone like Beyonce, wealthy and bod-conscious, a scheduled C section would be strange at all. It actually makes me think she was really pregnant–she had to go to a proper hospital and have a team of doctors and nurses around her. Now, if she’d had a home birth or something, I’d be screaming “pillow!”. But a C section means there would be a lot of witnesses.
I also think this is a silly thing to say. I had NO IDEA I was even pregnant with my 1st until I was more than 3 months along–didn’t affect me at all. With my 2nd I was kinda tired and didn’t have much of an appetite, but that’s about it. Not everyone spends their 1st trimester running off to vomit like in the movies. I worked literally until the days I delivered, still evercised, jogged, went to football games, etc. The only thing that really became difficult was singing and playing an musical instrument, but that wasn’t until I was 5-6mos and baby started to get in the way of my diaphragm.
I’m not even a Beyonce fan, but this pregnancy conspiracy thing is ludicrous. It all started because some blogger with an axe to grind pointed out that Beyonce looked fake to her. There is not a single tabloid report to back up the surrogate story .
Seriously. And those pics from Friday showed an obviously pregnant Beyonce. Her face was fuller and her feet were SWOLLEN. She looked pretty pregnant to me. It just makes me sad…I can’t imagine going through either of my pregnancies with people constantly telling me I was faking.
Yep but according to that fake Blind Gossip website she takes prednisole to look puffy which is a total contradiction of their first BI where they claimed she was using a surrogate because she didn’t want to ruin her body. People need to stop believing all those craps seriously.
She did look relatively pregnant to me. The ONE thing that gets me though is that whole baby bump folding over into the shape of a slipped up fake bump. She WAS wearing padding. She might have been actually pregnant, but she HAD to have been padding, too. Which is why so many people are doubting her.
http://cdn.babble.com/famecrawler/files/2011/10/beyonce-fake-baby-bump-prosthetic-hoax-pregnancy.jpg
In that link you can see the ridge on the top of her “belly” where it is flat in the third picture. SOMETHING fishy was going down, and she has brought all these rumors on herself.
Ah, yes – but do you have a history of constantly claiming credit for other people’s work?
Beyonce is a big ol’ thief when it comes to song writing and choreography, and vainer than Narcissus, so that’s why people think it’s pillow. Plus her bump folded like one!
I agree completely. She looked really pregnant in those last pictures, her feet were swollen and she was wearing much smaller heels than she usually does. The conspiracy theory is ridiculous, there is absolutely nothing to prove she wasn’t pregnant. Anyone who didn’t see her obvious baby bump in that bikini photo op clearly didn’t want to and nothing will convince those people.
I suspect she gave birth before her due date though. The due date was always quite vague and she didn’t seem to be absolutely ready to pop as women usually are around their due date. Maybe she had a blood pressure issue or something.
Here’s what I think, she decided she wanted to announce at the MTV awards and had this whole dramatic thing planned in advance BUT (and you can still see it at the end of her pregnancy) she’s not one of these women who gets a huged pregnant belly. So come MTV award time she’s not showing enough, so she can’t do her dramatic reveal and she does NOT want to just announce it like a normal person cause well…she’s Beyonce. So she decides to pad. But now that she’s done that she has to keep the padding on until her tummy actually catches up to the padded size. That’s why she didn’t get any bigger for weeks on end. Eventually the tummy got to the size of the padding and she was able to ditch it. In the mean time she had several snafus with the padding including her bikini pictures that were supposed to prove she was actually pregnant that actually did prove she had padded , so she was caught in her own lie. I mean there is a reason Jennifer Hudson got the academy award and not Beyonce! lol
I agree, I don’t believe the surrogate crap. However, I wouldn’t be surprised if she scheduled her C-section for less than full term (like 8 months), which quite a few celebrities supposedly do as the baby is more or less fully developed.
So the jumpoff finally had the baby. Congrats to Bey she can stop wearing that damn pillow I know she was hapy.
Really? how do you know she has herpes? Not knocking you – just want to read up any stories that you may have links to or such….
The commenter didn’t know, it seems to have posted just to be inflammatory and racist. Which is probably why the comment’s been removed.
I have been pregnant and I have good hips. It is very difficult for me to believe that she was 9 months pregnant in the last pictures seen in magazines and that her belly was not sticking out more. Usually a belly looks naturally small if the mother is fat, but this is not her case.
Thank you, Victoria! I thought the same thing. The recent pics make her look about 7 mos pg. Yah, babies are different sizes but she just doesn’t look like she was close to term. At all.
I wonder if the pillow…oops I mean baby…no I mean pillow was born with hair or bald as a apple.
Just like no one believed Nicole Kidman was really pregnant with Sunday, no one is falling for this stunt. Remember, the world watched her 7 month belly deflate on camera! Had this been a real pregnancy, we would have seen “candid” late stage photo ops of her tummy. In comparison, notice how Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Garner’s pregnancies seem authentic.
BS, a fake pregnant belly can’t deflate. It’s not a balloon .
BS, a REAL pregnant belly can’t deflate. It’s not a balloon.
Funny how people only choose to believe what they wanna believe. Does it occur to you that it was actually her dress that gave this false impression ?
I guess the name Blue Ivy is better than Red Lie. That would confirm suspicions. Well I guess all those pillow props Bey can sit nicely on all that cash they’ll get for 1st photos.
Red lie-funny!!!
Not necessarily if she doesn’t have an outbreak at the time of delivery she can give birth naturally.
I didn’t see the post you’re replying to and I guess that’s where the herpes comments are coming from, so I guess that’s been deleted. The stress of L & D can cause a flare so I can’t imagine any OB wanting to take a chance on delivering a baby vaginally if the mother has herpes, it’s too dangerous for the baby
According to this article :
“If you get genital herpes for the first time before you become pregnant, you’ll have antibodies to the virus.
You’re unlikely to need a caesarean section, even if you get more attacks while you’re pregnant, because the antibodies will protect your unborn baby. The risk of passing an infection to your baby during a vaginal birth is very low, estimated to be around 1-3%”
I don’t think natural birth among women with genital herpes is uncommon at all.
@bubulle: I’m not sure where that information comes from, but it doesn’t sound like it’s been checked against peer reviewed literature.
There’s a degree of immunosupression during pregnancy that increases the chances of outbreak (which increases the chance of active lesions). Which ACOG doesn’t mandate c-sections in cases of herpes, I’d be shocked to hear an OB in the US would be willing to risk the potential for liability/malpractice suit for a vaginal delivery unless there’s an iron clad indemnification signed by both parents requesting a vaginal delivery – even in the case of recurrent/pre-pregnancy herpes which has a lower risk of neonatal infection than a primary case would have. Remember, we’re in a country where OBs are successfully sued for delivering babies with genetic/developmental anomalies because they didn’t do an amnio/CVS due to the mother being in a low risk category as well as other issues. It’s one of the reasons many GYNs have given up the OB part of their practice over the years.
@Ol cranky I’ve decided to react on this subject because one of my relative who happened to have genital herpes gave birth naturally, I was kind of surprised because I had always assumed that pregnant women with genital herpes had no other option than the C-section , mind you I’m french so maybe you right and things are totaly different in your country.
That being said it’s a kind of nightmarish situation a C-section is also a serious procedure, and if things go wrong an oBGyn can still be sued for malpractice, plaintiffs could still argue they had undergone a risky and uncessary procedure considering the risk of herpes trasnmission via vaginal delivery was low in the first place.
I find this article on herpes.com it seems pretty reliable. You can check it if you’re interested
http://www.herpes.com/pregnancy.shtml
It’s true. I have a friend that has it. Omgosh how lame does that sound? I have a friend…lol. Anyway, the drs will put the mom on a medication, like valtrex, if the mom doesn’t have an outbreak at the time then baby will be delivered vaginally. Like a pp said, Jessica Alba delivered vaginally. Well, she said she did.
The deleted post wasn’t just claiming (with no proof) that B had herpes, it was other celebrities as well, it was much more racially motivated.
Yes, STDs will have the doc doing a c-section, to avoid infecting the baby. There are also a whole host of reasons to have a c-section.
I don’t like Beyonce, but some of this immediately believing that she had a c-section because she had herpes (if she’s even pregnant! Could be fake!!!) is a little over the top, even for a site called Celebitchy.
Jessica Alba didn’t have a c-section.
Its a pity it wasn’t a boy, because then he would be “Little Boy Blue come blow your horn, The sheep’s in the meadow the cow’s in the corn.” etc I do hope they call her Ivy, though and not Blue.
Goop wanted the name to be Green Algae.
She actually looks smaller in the most recent pic compared to the one with the black dress??
what a stupid name
Blue Ivy or Ivy Blue – either way those aren’t baby names those are brand names. This couple would not miss this marketing opportunity.
Good point!
My God. They don’t have enough millions, they gotta pimp out their kids from the moment of birth? Freaks.
hahaha!
Good point! Watch for blue ivy prints in their new baby clothes & accessories line.
There was a woman in Chicago whose children attended the school I volunteered at. She liked Bacon and Cheddar as foods so much she named her one child Bacon and the other Cheddar. Blue Ivy is about as stupid as those names. Obviously these aren’t the two must intelligent parents- Beyonce and JZ that is, nor the women in Chicago. Just because your successful, doesn’t mean you are smart!
omg … dlisted has the first photo up of the only child ever to be born…
Fine, I’ll be the first to say it: That’s the name of a future stripper.
Hehehe.
I was thinking porn star name. *snort*
I hope it’s not “Blue”
Let’s see how long it is before she’s out posing her ass off.
Blue steel.
Welcome to the world B.I.C
Future HBIC
😉
MDID – You come up with some interesting posts. I bet you’re right. I am not trying to be mean to this little newborn, but I can see B & J thinking about initials that come from words that are significant in their lives, that spelled “BIC”. And now they’ll probably confirm it to her every day of her life. But she’ll probably turn out to be just another average-looking, rich celebrity kid with a bratty attitude.
@MW, thanks. I can be hit or miss. 😉
Jay, being in the “rap game,” probably thinks that’s a term of endearment. However, those initials may come back to bite them in the ass later in life.
The name could come from his critically acclaimed album “the blueprint” or better yet his former flame R&B artist Blu Cantrell who reportedly broke his heart.
At the end of the day only time will tell who this baby looks like! Beyonce is the spitting image of her mother so I tend to think that Creole blood is strong! So if the baby looks like Bey, then fine. If the baby looks like Jay Z – then me thinks it really is Jay’s sidepiece that gave birth.
It wasn’t strong enough for her sister Solange. His son from a previous relationship looks just like him with curly hair.
Also, I’m surprised she had a scheduled csection. They’re out of style, now everyone wants to do all natural.
Interesting, since some doctors will preform c sections at 37 weeks. And they often take less than an hour.
It may not have been a scheduled C-section…lots of times a woman will start to have the baby naturally and then there is a complication and they do an emergency C-section…maybe the pillow was too big for bey’s birth canal…
the announcement actually says “scheduled c-section”
ol cranky is right but this statement: maybe the pillow was too big for bey’s birth canal…
is full of win. 🙂
Congrats to the Carters!!
Oh dear. I wish it were Ivy Blue, not “Blue Ivy”. First off, a color is not a first name. Second, “Blue” is the worst possible choice, lending itself to really vulgar nicknames when she’s in high school. Like the way Snooki’s friend on Jersey Shore is made fun of for her name/nickname, Rider. Very bad choice.
Some sites are saying it’s “Ivy Blue” and a couple “Blue Ivy”….I hope it’s not the latter.
Kind of an anti-climax :(. I thought it would have a shocking impact on celeb news buuut no. Also weird she scheduled it in a week-end, thought she would hog all the attention mid-week. Oh Bey, ever so surprising…
My cat’s name is Blue. Tianna Mae would have been much prettier.
Blue for Jay Z’s album “Blueprint”
Boogers. I named my daughter Ivy because it wasn’t a common name. I bet in a couple years, there will be Ivys all over the place now. ><
Damn aint I lucky Blue Ivy missed my birthday today!
Conspiracy Theories , stay tune. I see a show on ‘E’ coming soon. Making and having a baby it ain’t the old fashion way no more !
with they had named the baby, Faux Bebe’ Carter…now thats pretty……pretty accurate!
Ok, I’m late in the game, but why would she fake her pregnancy? To avoid getting fat?
And what is with all the “pillow baby” talk?
Go to Sandra Rose’s website and you can get the back story to the faux pregnancy.
Blue Ivy? Or Ivy Blue? Either way sounds like a vodka
CONGRATULATIONS. BEY & JAY IM HAPPY FOR YOU GUYS GOD HAS BLESSED YALL WITH A BABY & LIFE THATS ALL THAT MATTERS NOT THESE DUMB AZZ RUMORS.
CONGRATULATIONS. BEY & JAY IM HAPPY FOR YOU GUYS GOD HAS BLESSED YALL WITH A BABY & LIFE THATS ALL THAT MATTERS NOT THESE DUmb RUMORS.
She will probably be very cute.
I keep thinking of all the songs with the word BLUE in them
Blue Moon
Blue Christmas
Blue Suede Shoes
Blue Bayou
Blue Skies
Blue Blue Monday
Blue Velvet
Misty Blue
I can’t think if anymore..but I guess BLUE lends itself to music. Both mommy/daddy are into music so not it makes sense.
Blue Ivy or Ivy Blue both sound like perfume names.
Ok, looking at those INF Daily photos, there is no way that woman is term and about to pop! Everybody blows up in those last couple weeks, all moms know this.
Nothing wrong with using a surrogate, people do for many reasons. If you want to be private fine, but B has worked her pillow womb for every ounce of publicity, so people are going to comment.
*eyeroll* Everyone does NOT know that you ‘blow up’ at the end of the pregnancy because everyone DOESN’T. I sure as hell didn’t. I didn’t ‘drop’ with my first baby, either. And he was almost 3 weeks late. There is no “every pregnancy does this” or “every pregnant woman looks like that.” There are so many variables (body type, genetics, baby size, position, mom’s diet, etc. etc.) that there are no absolutes. When are some of you ladies going to realize this?
WORD. I’ve never had children but my mother showed me pics of her taken a week before my birth and you can’t even tell she was pregnant. My mother is a tiny woman too, a 5’4″ and a US size 6 or 4.
I’ve heard Blue Ivy and Ivy Blue…which is it? Personally I like Ivy Blue better, I think it is really adorable.
Although Blue isn’t as common, she’s not the first person in the world to use it as a name/middle name. And Ivy is already on an upward trend of becoming more popular. My Co-worker has a 7 month old baby and she named her Ivy.
It’s not that strange.
The photos of Beyonce on the beach with her swollen abdomen uncovered made me realize that she actually did have a legimate pregnancy. There is no way she could have faked that.
Watch the movie Knocked Up. THATS how you can fake a believable baby bump, showing a tummy, easily, for a photo op.
There are movie makeup artists who just might disagree with you on that point.
Interesting. Another woman checked into the hospital under tight security too:
http://sandrarose.com/2012/01/its-a-girl-for-beyonces-surrogate-ingrid-jackson/
That’s the pseudonym Beyonce checked into the hospital under.
whaaaaat? they combined the names of their albums to name their child. I know they are singers, but c’moooon!
How can you check in under an alias? Don’t you have to provide ID, and hospital records have to show correct, birth given names.
Other than that hope the Carters are doing well.
Congrats to them both. Regardless of how it gets here, a baby is a good thing.
……unless that baby grows up to be Hitler.
Ivy blue Carter.. Oh well, that’s a sophisticated name.
Seriously, that name is probably filled with codes and s*hit that is linked to Bey and Jay. Reverse the words, you might find Bey’s name with glitter. The surrogate mom must feel like Shit.
Wished they would have gone with Brooklyn Ivy, but it’s not my baby, so whatever.
And I’m sure it’s a lovely pink pillow!
How nice of Bey to name her daughter after one of Camel’s jumpoffs. He messed around with singer Blu Cantrell while they were together.
I saw that on Media Take Out and was going to post that here, but you beat me to it. I had to google her because she hasn’t been relevant for YEARS (so I forgot what she looked like). I see a resemblance between her an Bey. Jay definitely has a type!
Why does everyone think this was fake?? Rachel Zoes pregnancy was way faker then this!
but nobody cares about Rachel Zoe….
I have taken care of many babies born to stars with STDs when I worked in Hollywood.
I’m not naming names, but one was a huge star on ER. The father of said baby.
Noah Wylie?
Just tell me whether I’m hot or cold 😉
This is always a rumor that circulates when a star has a c-section: herpes. I’m no medical professional but my understanding is that when you have an STD you have to go c-section.
Sorry, I didn’t read the comments below. I was in no way implying Bey has the herp. Just that it’s always added to the rumor mill (like with Angelina).
You are protected by privacy laws for all your medical records unless you sign a release. That’s why I didn’t name a name.
And yes, I think the oven is on and ready to put in the roast, Morticians.
Congratulations to B & J!
Apparently the baby is named “Blue” and this is confirmed by Jay and Bey’s bff Gwyneth Paltrow on twitter today:
http://twitter.com/gwynethpaltrow
RT @Sparrow_Teague @GwynethPaltrow is it ivy blue, or blue ivy? so confused..It’s Blue Ivy Carter!
4 hours ago
Cute name. Can’t wait to see who Blue looks like, mom or dad.
I think it’s very cruel that people say she faked her pregnancy. When I had my daughter the size of my bump was all over the place because my daughter kept moving around. Plus with my daughter I didn’t look pregnant until I was in my last 2 months. My bump never looked much bigger than Beyonce’s. It caused all sorts of crazy rumors at my work. In the end, I only gained 25 lbs during my pregnancy and lost the remaining 10 lbs within the first month versus my co-worker (who began the rumors) who gained 75 lbs during and then had to go on Weight Watchers afterwards.
The moral of the story is: never judge a woman by her bump. Each woman will have a different bump and a different pregnancy.
However, I’m really tired of seeing these celebrities pull this bs of having c-sections without making any attempt at giving birth naturally.
Did your baby bump fold in half on an Australian TV show? Because if it did I can see why your co-worker was so harsh, if not then your story really is irrelevant.
Thanks Bluebear for reminding me why I don’t post on gossip websites. No, my baby bump didn’t fold and neither did hers. If any of you ever cared to look a little more closely you would realize it was a fold in her dress not her bump.
Btw Bluebear, how does it feel to be so self-righteous and the Captain of the Baby Bump police? People like you seriously make me sick because I dealt with constant criticism when I was pregnant because I didn’t look the way a “normal” woman looks when pregnant. It’s because I took care of my body and didn’t allow myself to gain excessive amounts of weight which lead to having a smaller bump. I didn’t realize taking care of your body by eating healthy and gaining only small amounts of weight was a bad thing. I’m sure Beyonce did the same thing. She probably took care of her body and ate healthy foods which caused a smaller bump. Women don’t have to have huge bumps when pregnant. I don’t know why you have to naysay anyone who doesn’t agree with you.
@Bluebear: Wow, that was really bitchy. People go slightly off-topic and tell personal stories A LOT on this site. That’s what makes CB so great. Please don’t bash people for sharing.
@Delleah: I agree, don’t like the whole too posh to push thing. Funny thing, I really do think a vaginal birth is less hard on one’s body. I know a woman who had both and said she much prefered the VBAC. The recoup time was much shorter.
I actually like Ivy Blue Carter better than Blue Ivy Carter. Oh well, I’m kinda surprised they didn’t go for a normal name, but then I forgot that wouldn’t get as much attention and could be mistaken for ANY baby! Never! Congrats.
Gwyneth Paltrow tweeted saying that it was ‘Blue Ivy Carter’ – I had mixed opinions on whether Beyonce was actually pregnant..but I think she is. It took her four months to release that she was pregnant, it may take a few weeks until we get a first peek at her baby.
Accoding to Hip Hop manager Yandy, this baby was born 1 month ego. I’m not sure why she would talk about it so openly, considering Jay-Z violent behavior with women.
Goop confirms name on twitter as Blue Ivy Carter.
Goop confirms baby name on twitter as Blue Ivy Carter.
Of course the baby will look just like her and her husband; it’s their biological child, carried by a surrogate. I will never once believe that she was actually personally pregnant – nor Nicole Kidman. And Katie Holmes WAS pregnant, but lied about the due date b/c TC wasn’t the father. I know that’s a lot of conspiracies there, but I believe every one.
Does anyone else find the idea of tweeting to a newborn a little bit silly?
““Your child could come to you and have any type of conversation. I always hope for that kind of open relationship,” he said.”
That’s rich, considering he doesn’t appear to have any sort of interaction with his existing offspring.
Also, I don’t think Beyonce was the one to give birth to this child. As others have pointed out, there’s just too much evidence that they used a surrogate (or Jay-Z knocked up someone else and Beyonce agreed to adopt the baby).
Why do rich people give their babies such awful names like apple ,,They should not put some of these horrible names on their innocent kids.
I know a lot of posters thought Ivy Blue sounded better, but Ivy Blue sounds like a porn star’s name.
Blue Ivy sounds like something that could make you itchy. “Don’t touch the blue ivy!”
Blue Velvet + Poison Ivy = Blue Ivy, or Poison Velvet.
Kinky movies, hipster cocktails, or porn names? Or all of the above?
Can you psychos just shut up already about the “pillow” baby already. Its hers. Have you seen her CANDID bikini pictures? Your all just dying for a scandal. GROW UP!
Why?
Lemme get this straight, they called her Blue (after Jay Z’s Blueprint album) and Ivy (after Beyonce’s 4 ablum – IV in Roman numerals). If they named their kid after their albums, why did they pass up the opportunity to call the kid Sacha Fierce?! That would have been classic
+1 !!
Kinda prefer Foxy Cleopatra.
LOL!
Blue Ivy sounds like a club, and its also the name of Blu Cantrell, Jay’s ex.
i dont know its so much hateing on beyonce do you really think she would fake a pregnancy people get a life as far as how much the baby weighs i wouldnt tell you people either its sad when we cant be happy for each other a baby is a gift from god i hope they dont listen to this crap and enjoy their baby
Punctuation is our friend.
Here, here!
I think she was not pregnant her bump grew way too little since her Australian interview during the last two months the baby gains a lot of weight so you would see a change between the different stages of the pregnancy
So they scrapped the name Tianamen Square Carter?
what a dumb name. how surprising
Well I for one am glad it’s over. Tired of hearing about it.
Oh sweetie, this is only the beginning. 🙁
Blue?
Like Blu Cantrell that is allegedly Jay-Z’s ex jumpoff jussssst before Beyonce?
Shoulda named it “Green” to go with Apple, the daughter of her bestie, Gwynnie.
Funny how Bey never posed “nude” on the cover of something like all the other celebs…
NEWS REPORTS OF TWINS.
whoops nevermind. you can delete that
I can’t wait to see photos of her after she gets her pre-baby body back tomorrow.
It was stated on another site that Beyonce was eating oysters while pregnant. Preggers women can’t do that because it could be bad for the unborn child. I sure am suspicious of this pregnancy. I mean, the fat on my belly doesn’t just fold up and disappear (I WISH!) when I sit down. Why would a baby react like it was made of vanishing powder?
At any rate, Blue is a pretty name and I hope that Beyonce is very good to her, espcially if she really did adopt her for publicity.
LoL Where do you people get this stuff? Eating oysters during pregnancy isn’t bad for unborn babies! It’s recommended that pregnant women don’t eat RAW oysters unless they’re sure they’re fresh. Bacteria could develop to make mom sick with flu-like symptons. That’s it. No biggie at all. There are cultures in this world that exist on mainly seafood diets that have been having healthy babies for centuries, so fresh oysters do not a pillow make. Sorry.
I think eating fresh oysters is a good idea for anyone. Pregnant or not….
Why can’t people just let them be happy, and thank god they had a healthy baby. I just don’t understand all they hate for one person. Who none of you have ever met. First the rumors Katie Holmes didn’t have her baby now this. And what’s funny the rumors about her not being pregnant was all started by a gossip website that was mad because they was announcing for years she was pregnant when she was not. Then when she finally get pregnant they say she’s faking it. I understand gossip sites make their money by making up stories about celebrities but come on let some of them be happy for once without judging or coming down on them and whatever they might name their kids. Believe me their are some non-celebs name their kids weird names too.
Don’t you mean via pillow section? That name is really adorable!
All hail the Illuminati Princess. You all are sh*t. Bow before Blue Ivy!
OMG.. how did a thread about her having a baby or faking the pregnancy turn into STDs and Herpes..
seriously this is getting nasty. I see this with other celebrities and this has gone off course big time.
Women have C-sections for numerous reasons.
OK.. this is just too much. too much. NOT fun at all.
Her entire pregnancy was really sketchy, honestly.
But I don’t know why she’d fake a pregnancy and hire a surrogate. She could easily lie, say she’s infertile and had to use one. Far less complicated than this mess. I guess the assumption is that it was for the pregnancy press and baby countdown? I guess that Beyonce wouldn’t be willing to share the spotlight with a surrogate.
We’ll probably never know. The name is hideous though
also the security was excessive for just avoiding having pics snapped.
more like not letting anyone who hasn’t signed a confidentiality agreement see the surrogate
oh god this is so obnoxious: http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/65601436.html#cutid1 read at risk of being infuriated! so ridic and disgusting. no wonder this smug faced, would be royals are bffs with the poopie-martins
Wow. That is so so wrong, where do you begin! The American health system is in a state of disrepair where people wait for operations and hospital beds, but celebrities can rent and entire floor to give birth like it’s a hotel. I’m shocked a hospital will allow this kind of thing. It’s bribery! Who gets the 1.3m? Some compensation for the parents who weren’t allowed to see their babies in the neo-natal unit maybe? Totally hideous!!!
What is also wrong is that a celebrity depending on the level of fame can’t go into a hospital and have their child like any ordinary person. That Paps will invade their privacy by bribing staff and pretending to be hurt. They get into the hospital drill holes in floors and ceilings to get pictures. Bribe staff to get medical records. I highly doubt when hospital allow a celeb to have a floor it is at the expense of someone in need of that room or medical assistance.
Reading the comments it is clear that a celebrity has to go through a great deal in order to have some of the basic liberties that the average person gets. We as people are nosy and feel we have the right to know things that we don’t; just because we pay to see a film or buy music. Being a celebrity doesn’t mean you have to give up all you privacy and personal business.
They had a baby.. That is beautiful thing. Does it really matter in the big picture how?
Adele’s full name is Adele Laurie Blue Adkins. I kind of like the usage of “Blue” there, but maybe I’m biased because I adore Adele and despise Beyonce.
hey i have no idea why my recent comment was published waaay above lol anywayz there is news on ontd that beyowulf and husband closed the entire floor of the hospital, probably to protect the surrogate, their bodyguards kept people seeing from their patients, one doctor and one new parents of premature twins were complaining. it’s disgusting. and bey looks so smug. ugh damn i didn’t like them before, but now i just plain hate them.
I know we like to hate on Beyonce, but rich people do this all the time. I had my twins at the Portland Hospital in London. My doc told my husband that I wasn’t nearly as high maintenance as the rich man’s mistress who rented out a whole wing for a week at a cost of 100,000 pounds or so. He also had an Arab princess patient who redecorated her room with silk drapes and Gucci sheets. Believe it or not, there are private hospitals or hospitals with private wings set up just to cater to the uber rich. It’s just another case of “how the other half live.”
I am glad the babe arrived safely. I hope the surrogate and newborn are doing well.
This.. funny people are always up for conspiracy theory.. Anyway, check out other celebs congratulating the new family..
http://popstoptv.com/entertainment-411/video-watch-kelly-rowland-akon-flo-rida-more-stars-congratulate-beyonce-jay-4007.html
Jessica Alba said she had a C- section as far as I can remember.
I can say that a secretary here just gave birth and her belly looked nothing like that pillow looking thing on B’s front in that picture.
I don’t know why would any person lie about that or not give birth when they are still young and go through the pregnancy themselves, but B’s pregnancy gives a very odd vibe.
She doesn’t need to bribe an entire medical team, if she adopted.
She would never actually have to deliver and no one knows where she actually was supposed to give birth, so she doesn’t need to “pretend” to give birth.
Another woman can give birth and have the child put for adoption by B, and so no medical personnel needs to know who exactly and where did the baby go, once the woman is released from the medical center (if the baby is not delivered at home or private clinic…),
Jessica Alba had a C- section as far as I can remember.
As far as I know, women with herpese are not supposed to give birth naturally if they care not to infect their newborn.
IF they don’t they are putting their newborn in a greater risk.
I can say that a secretary here just gave birth and her belly looked nothing like that pillow looking thing on B’s front in that picture.
I don’t know why would any person lie about that or not give birth when they are still young and go through the pregnancy themselves, but B’s pregnancy gives a very odd vibe.
She doesn’t need to bribe an entire medical team, if she adopted.
She would never actually have to deliver and no one knows where she actually was supposed to give birth, so she doesn’t need to “pretend” to give birth.
Another woman can give birth and have the child put for adoption by B, and so no medical personnel needs to know who exactly and where did the baby go, once the woman is released from the medical center (if the baby is not delivered at home or private clinic…),
‘i wonder if the surrogate is happy and healthy’
love that little addition, most likely true.
her, nicole kidman (with baby sunday), katie holmes, all used surrogates and lied about it
Jessica Alba said she had a C- section as far as I can remember.
As far as I know, women with herpese are not supposed to give birth naturally if they care not to infect their newborn.
IF they don’t they are putting their newborn in a greater risk.
I can say that a secretary here just gave birth and her belly looked nothing like that pillow looking thing on B’s front in that picture.
I don’t know why would any person lie about that or not give birth when they are still young and go through the pregnancy themselves, but B’s pregnancy gives a very odd vibe.
She doesn’t need to bribe an entire medical team, if she adopted.
She would never actually have to deliver and no one knows where she actually was supposed to give birth, so she doesn’t need to “pretend” to give birth.
Another woman can give birth and have the child put for adoption by B, and so no medical personnel needs to know who exactly and where did the baby go, once the woman is released from the medical center (if the baby is not delivered at home or private clinic…),
You guys are funny as hell. You just made my morning at work.
“multiple sources confirm to E! News”
And I’m doing multiple eye rolls.
Why I can’t reply to individual posts is beyond me. My computer being stupid.
Anyway re http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/65601436.html#cutid1
and lisa’s “does it matter how”
Yes it does.. and here’s why.
Meyonce was NOT the only person “giving birth” that day. And no amount of “oh we want privacy” makes it ok for her and her colossal ego to keep other newborns separated from their families.
This is about her selfish need to keep herself separated from the “little people” to throw money around (and possibly threats about what would happen if the hospital did not comply) simply because she can. To make herself feel more important than women who actually did suffer and still have a hard time paying their hospital bills.
This is really just another show that bey only cares for herself. Really makes the pillow talk seem more plausible.
oh my GOD what a name????????
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