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Julia Roberts planning home waterbirth!

post #1 of 52
10/14/04 at 3:13pm
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saw this on the local news! yay for her!

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post #2 of 52
10/14/04 at 3:18pm
Really? If that's true WOW! How exciting. Especially with twins. I'm thinking though that she couldn't find anyone to deliver her then since they love to put midwives in jail for stuff like that.

I thought my last pregnancy might be twins but I would've had to keep it a secret so my midwife wouldn't have to go to jail. We would have pretended it was "surprise" twins.

Remember though that supposedly Gwenyth (sp?) was going to have a home water birth too? Didn't happen.
post #3 of 52
10/14/04 at 3:32pm
I thought for a minute you were talking about averymybaby!

That is awesome. We should send her some CDs too. That is VERY exciting!!! I hope she nurses them both too.

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Originally Posted by MamaAllNatural
Remember though that supposedly Gwenyth (sp?) was going to have a home water birth too? Didn't happen.
And she was going to be a SAHM and take time off her career too. I guess some people are motivated by different things...
post #4 of 52
10/14/04 at 5:02pm
I'm skeptical that this is true. It doesn't seem very likely with twins. Not that I don't think it's possible or that it's the best thing, I just don't think it's likely in this situation
post #5 of 52
10/14/04 at 5:12pm

I am not fond of her but the special on

the mongolian horses was pretty cool maybe she picked up some stuff there and wants to carry it over ??/
I think if true tis waay cool
post #6 of 52
10/14/04 at 5:23pm
I wonder if she means it or if it's just a paparazzi diversion like it seemed with Gwyneth who said the same thing. Cool if she goes for it though!!
post #7 of 52
10/14/04 at 5:53pm
If this article can be believed, then it seems that Ms. Roberts is seeking experience from my very favorite celeb. Mama!!!!! Go Julia (kudos to here from getting advice frommmmmm (can anyone guess???)

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post #8 of 52
10/14/04 at 6:35pm
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I don't normally follow celeb news but wether true or not it was great to hear about water/homebirth in the news!
post #9 of 52
10/14/04 at 6:45pm
OH....you go Julia.

I had a twin homebirth. We were gonna do a waterbirth too but my landlord was tweakin' and I decided not to invite trouble by having a tub brought in. SO instead I soaked in my tub until I was ready to push, went and squatted by the couch and had me some big ol breech twins. If I can do it, Julia can to.

But I really hope she does it in water b/c that would be cool and easier on the body IMHO.
post #10 of 52
10/14/04 at 6:46pm
Oh and if she needs a midwife....I know an AWESOME one.
post #11 of 52
10/14/04 at 6:53pm
Yeah, she's probably going to film it and sell it to the tabloids. :LOL (OK, sorry, just me being cynical.)
post #12 of 52
10/14/04 at 7:14pm
Hey, I would consider that educational!!!
post #13 of 52
10/14/04 at 8:00pm
I don't think Gwynneth has gone back to work...a little promoting for things but she is not making any movies or anything. She doesn't want to be a 15 minutes at a time momma at the moment...anyone see her on Oprah? She labored drug-free for about 60 hours before finally getting an epidural...nothing to balk at in my opinion!!
post #14 of 52
10/14/04 at 8:34pm
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Originally Posted by truebluexf
I don't think Gwynneth has gone back to work...a little promoting for things but she is not making any movies or anything. She doesn't want to be a 15 minutes at a time momma at the moment...anyone see her on Oprah? She labored drug-free for about 60 hours before finally getting an epidural...nothing to balk at in my opinion!!

Not to steal Julia's thunder...

But I was going to link a thread about all the things she has done since her "stay-at-home-mom" status "began." (but I cannot find the snarky celeb thread) Including a number of premieres, red carpet events, dinners, magazine covers, talk shows, awards, etc. The list is quite long. She has not quite disappeared like she promised. In fact she is more evident now than ever before IMO.

Does not seem very stay at home to me? There is a WHOLE lot more to celebrity than making movies.

Not to say she is a bad mother, but a long the lines of "I am going to have a home waterbirth" and not following through to claiming to disappear and not following through...But there was some funny commentary on how she carries her baby like a bag of apples :LOL

But didn't several people conradict her 60 hour labor and say it was not how it happened and she was probably not laboring that long???? That she was confusing early signs with actual labor? And why take an epidutral after all that???? Did she have a c-section?
post #15 of 52
10/14/04 at 8:37pm
I didn't realize Gwyneth actually had had drugs. I read an interview and thought she had gone through a 70 hour labor culminating in a homebirth? Hmm well at least it's good that she's not going around talking about how it's too hard to go without drugs like so many I know. She is talking about BFing a lot and takes her baby everywhere with her to promote the movies she filmed long before she gave birth. She hasn't taken on any new projects. Considering what's out there I consider her to be a good advocate for AP. Good luck to Julia!
post #16 of 52
10/14/04 at 8:40pm
Meco she has been out and about that's true but as far as I've ever read she brings the baby with her. : I can see your point about the 60 hour labor. I've known some people whose labor seemed to get longer and longer as time passes since their "failed" natural birth. A lot of people do count the second their first contraction hits or when their water broke even though their labor didn't start until 10 hours later. With my second my doc told me I was in active labor at noon on Friday and I didn't give birth until Sunday morning but in my opinion I wasn't in active labor until mid-afternoon on Saturday since that's when the contractions started to be more intense and required my full attention. I know many would have my experience and claim to have a labor that lasted 42 hours.
post #17 of 52
10/14/04 at 8:43pm
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hmmm wonder what would happen if homebirth became trendy?
post #18 of 52
10/14/04 at 8:46pm
You know it actually has among celebs sort of quietly. Pamela Anderson believe it or not had both of her kids at home, so did Cindy Crawford and a good number of other celebs that I can't recall quite at this moment. I wish they'd be louder about it.
post #19 of 52
10/14/04 at 8:57pm
Julia Roberts will be on Oprah soon, I just heard (Nov. 4?). So maybe she will talk about her plans then.
post #20 of 52
10/14/04 at 9:16pm
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Originally Posted by wasabi
You know it actually has among celebs sort of quietly. Pamela Anderson believe it or not had both of her kids at home, so did Cindy Crawford and a good number of other celebs that I can't recall quite at this moment. I wish they'd be louder about it.

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