Gwenyth Paltrow had baby boy by planned c-section... - Page 2

[boongirl]

I just searched google news and found 74 articles on Gwyneth's c-section. A quick read through the first page and none mentions it being planned.

I also read that article about the nanny. Lord! Having a baby sleep through the night at 6 weeks by refusing to feed on demand seems almost criminal to me! My dd's ped is a prof of pediatrics at our top ten medical school and he says that feeding on demand is vitally important and makes for healthier babies in the long run because their emotional needs are met and they learn to eat on demand which means they are less likely to be obese. He is like 60 years old and this is old news to him. How is it that there are people still today who think differently? Baffling selfishness!

[orangebird]

I'm refering to the nanny in my post, not Gwyneth, just in case it isn't clear.

[Peppamint]

Originally Posted by Kathryn

Not everyone that breastfeeds and babywears is AP. I would think there would have to be some form of CIO if the woman has the baby sleeping through the night at 6 weeks. Oh well.

Well, my dd slept through the night at a few weeks old but she was a little odd in the sleeping department. And go figure, she had periods of a lot of nightwaking around a few of the big milestones, at age 2 and again last month. No CIO, I think I may have tried it once half-heartedly, but it felt wrong, wrong, wrong and dh and I said we'd never do that again.


eta: when I said I may have tried CIO half-heartedly, I mean around age 1 or so, not with a newborn.

[georgia]

She had a very long labor and an epidural with her first baby.

Don't ask me why I know these things

Welcome to the world Baby Moses

[whoamama]

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[crazy_eights]

So there are now umpteen articles confirming she had a baby, but none mention a c/sec. However, if it is true, my guess would be that the difference between the 10 lbs. vag. birth with the first and a c/sec this time would be 'location, location, location'. She was a birth center transfer to hospital with the first and this time, reportedly gave birth in an NYC hospital.

[Lovinmy2babies+1]

I don't see the big deal that she had a planned c-section. I just wrote that in my post because that's what I read.

[KayasMama04]

at least this baby isnt named after a fruit..sorry that just bugs me lol

[Eman'smom]

I can't believe I'm posting on this but I thought I heard she had a really long hard labor with Apple and she was over 10 pounds. Maybe something happened that made a c-section a better choice..........

[TurboClaudia]

i heard the interview gywneth paltrow did with oprah winfrey and she talked a little bit about laboring with apple. i posted about the interview in the celebrity homebirthers thread in the homebirth forum, too. she labored for "about 70 hours" with apple, and finally somewhere in the 60s hours (high sixties, i think, but not sure...) she agreed that getting an epidural would be a good idea since she was exhausted. baby apple was born just a few hours later. i don't remember apple being reported as being a big baby. i don't remember any details being released at all about her height and weight at all, in fact, just her birthday, and then a few days later, her name.

and so far, perezhilton.com is the only source and the only referred source in any of the news outlets that says anything about it being a planned cesarean or even a cesarean.

and i agree with respecting the privacy of her birthing choices, but i'm really darn curious because i know she is probably still vegetarian, mostly macrobiotic, practices yoga regularly (daily?). the medical climate of NYC is not very conducive to vaginal births of breech or otherwise "malpositioned" babies, so if that was the case, i can understand the rumor of a planned cesarean.

welcome to our world, baby Moses!


~claudia

[JesiLynne]

baby moses

BTW I was bfeeding on demand and ds2 was sleeping through the night at 2 weeks

[terrabella]

Originally Posted by KayasMama04

at least this baby isnt named after a fruit..sorry that just bugs me lol

Why? I think it's a lovely name. Besides, her daddy picked the name, and I think that makes it all the more delightful.

I am amazed at how judgemental many MDC mamas can be when it comes to celebrities. It looks just terrible! Where does it come from? Jealousy or just mean girl syndrome???

[grisaleen]

I always thought it was a nice name. Don't know why everyone makes fun of it so much. We name children after flowers (Lily, Rose, et al) but fruit is off limits? There are no rules.

[2Sweeties1Angel]

I would think there would have to be some form of CIO if the woman has the baby sleeping through the night at 6 weeks. Oh well.

Wow, that was rude. All 3 of my children started sleeping through between 6-8 weeks and I wouldn't dream of letting any of them CIO. Some babies are just wired differently.

[Kathryn]

Originally Posted by 2Sweeties1Angel

I would think there would have to be some form of CIO if the woman has the baby sleeping through the night at 6 weeks. Oh well.

Wow, that was rude. All 3 of my children started sleeping through between 6-8 weeks and I wouldn't dream of letting any of them CIO. Some babies are just wired differently.

It wasn't meant rude at all. This nanny is hired for 6 weeks usually to help with pp care. Normally, nannies like these have ALL babies sleeping through the night by 6 weeks. Not very many babies are like that, thus the thought of "there must be some form of CIO". The stuff she was saying about babies need to know they aren't the center of the universe doesn't help me think any differently as well.

[AutumnMama]

I think the reason that most people are feeling critical about the Nanny is because, in that article/interview it sounded like getting a 6 week old newborn to sleep through the night is standard procedure when she's 'on duty'.

Yes, there certianly are exceptions, I don't think anybody is trying to say that NO babies EVER sleep through the night on their own at 6 weeks. But I think we all can agree that for the most part, most babies do not, and it would take some form of CIO to force the ones who wouldn't naturally sleep through the night at that stage to do so.





(ETA: Kathryn and I were writing at the same time, apparently I'm a little slower than she is )

[Kathryn]

Hey, great minds think alike. That was exactly what I was saying.

[Emilie]

oh my.

[liseux]

I hate to be a hater, but there is a copy of the May Ladies Home Journal next to me with an interview with Gwyneth`s mom,Blythe Danner & that`s pretty close to the source IMO. She says G & her brother were always picked up when they cried but that G & her nanny believe Apple would be spoiled if they did that. Its all about "self soothing." Her mom says G sat outside the nursery door crying rather than pick up the baby. Next time you`re in line, look at this magazine. It was a sad article, it bothered me for days.

[orangebird]

Originally Posted by liseux

I hate to be a hater, but there is a copy of the May Ladies Home Journal next to me with an interview with Gwyneth`s mom,Blythe Danner & that`s pretty close to the source IMO. She says G & her brother were always picked up when they cried but that G & her nanny believe Apple would be spoiled if they did that. Its all about "self soothing." Her mom says G sat outside the nursery door crying rather than pick up the baby. Next time you`re in line, look at this magazine. It was a sad article, it bothered me for days.