We recorded the announcement of the birth below but now, check out the first pictures released by the family. Beyonce and Blue’s dad Jay-Z don’t appear to have sold the images, choosing to release them instead on a Tumblr they set up especially for the occasion.
Here are the pics:
Beyonce and Blue Ivy Carter
And here’s how we initially heard the news:
Here’s the full statement from Beyonce and Jay Z:
“Hello Hello Baby Blue!
We are happy to announce the arrival of our beautiful daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, born on Saturday, January 7, 2012. Her birth was emotional and extremely peaceful, we are in heaven. She was delivered naturally at a healthy 7 lbs and it was the best experience of both of our lives. We are thankful to everyone for all your prayers, well wishes, love and support.
Beyoncé & JAY Z”
Beyonce is the mother to a baby girl named Blue Ivy Carter.
Hard to believe that I am so excited about the birth of a baby I will never meet. But I do so love a good news story and I am quite giddy with happiness for Beyonce and Jay-Z. (Added to which I have sort of been waiting to put up this news for at least two weeks since rumours of the birth of the baby first emerged)
According to E! online
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
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 Ivy a warm welcome, tweeting: “Welcome to the world princess Carter! Love Aunty Rih.
Remember the song she performed at the MTV Video Music Awards when she announced she was pregnant?
Comments
225 Comments so far
HI BEYONE I AM THONELA YOUR BEST FAN.I AM HAPPY TO SEE YOUR CHILD.IM FROM CAPE TOWN BYYYY.
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omg that baby is so adorable.
HAS BEAUTIFUL PARENTS.
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I think the baby looks fake – like a really strange looking Cabbage Patch gremlin – sorry!!!!
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I’ll be the only honest person here and say that the baby is frankly pretty ordinary. Anyone seen the Seinfeld episode where Kramer sees the baby in the Hamptons?
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There are more lovely images on this link…
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/blue-ivy-carter-first-photos
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breathtakingly beautiful bub.
I wonder if they can add “Whitney” to one of her names…
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She looks like a doll, so much hair, so alert!
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She’s just beautiful – and so happy they didn’t sell the photos to the highest bidding magazine!
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What a beautiful baby! That hair!
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Gah. Cute overload. Cannot function. Unth.
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Ahh these bloody galleries never work properly on the iPhone. It always skips the second picture, but not before giving u s micro second view of it, then skips to the next and it won’t let u go back. Now normally I just shrug and think no big deal, but the second pic in this gallery is the best one of her face and I can’t see it!! Oh well I’ll just google it I guess.
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I have this trick where I flick 2 photos ahead of the one I want to view and then flick 1 photo back and it skips back to the one I want to see…
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Beautiful baby but why do birth announcements have to describe how the baby arrived? It’s not like someone says our beautiful baby arrived via c-section. It’s like the whole “natural” thing is like this badge of honour or some thing. I don’t know why it bugs me so much. It never occurred to me to announce how my baby got here just that she arrived. Who cares how the baby arrived vaginally or through the sun roof as long as mum and bub are happy and healthy ? Not being a hater..just think its weird…
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it is a shame people can’t be proud of delivering naturally though. it is something to be proud of, it is an achievement.
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I’m pretty sure I announced KDot as coming by Caesarean. I am proud of the fact that I had my shit together enough to say “OK, lets go” when the doctor said that’s what they recommended!
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Why? Are you better than me because you delivered “naturally” & I couldn’t because as luck would have it my baby was breech?
I usually respect your comments rainbow but this one is really disappointing. Just having a baby is such a wonderful experience regardless of how it gets to you. It’s not a competition, it’s just the best thing ever.
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so i can’t be proud of something i worked hard to achieve? i chose the type of care i got based on minimal intervention and low caeser rates ie. birthing centre, attended natural birthing classes and researched extensively about birthing methods. i am damned proud of myself.
BUT i never said it made me better than you. it was my good luck that i didn’t end up breech, i could have been in your position too.
i think we live in a very medically driven model of pregnancy care, i think it is an achievement to fight for what you want. whether you get it is another thing, and some factors, like breech, high blood pressure etc are out of your control. i think i can feel pride, and i am certainly not comparing myself to anyone and feeling superior to them.
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I’m completely with you, rainbow! I spent a lot of time and effort during (and even before) my pregnancy getting my body into the best possible shape to increase my chances of a natural birth, as it was something that was very important to me. I swam every day of my pregnancy, did prenatal yoga two to three times a week, read several books on birthing, did a Calmbirth course and spent many hours afterwards listening to my Calmbirth cds and practicing all of the breathing and visualisation exercises ahead of the birth, I drank raspberry leaf tea three times a day in the last few weeks of my pregnancy, took all of my prenatal vitamins religiously, and booked into a birth centre with a low rate of intervention and wonderful midwives, and with both my sons’ births, things went pretty much exactly according to plan, and it’s something I’m very proud of, because I know that while luck may have played a small role, for the most part it was planning and hard work that got me the births I wanted. I know the way a baby enters the world isn’t so important to everyone, but it was something that was important to me, and for valid reasons, I believe.
I don’t remember whether I announced how my first son arrived, but did mention that my second son was ‘born in water’ as I was very much hoping for a natural water birth, and was elated when that was how things turned out. It was in no way meant to be a slap in the face to my friends who’ve had casesareans. I have one friend who had a planned caesarean and announced that her son was born after a ‘beautiful caesarean birth’. She was just as proud of the way her son came into the world as I was, and I was thrilled for her that she had such a great birthing experience.
It’s ridicuous to say that a woman shouldn’t be proud of how she birthed her baby if it’s something she views as important.
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thanks for your comment. you are right, it isn’t intended to be a slap in the face to anyone, but i think we should be able to be proud of ourselves.
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i did all that too and it worked out for me.
But I think it was 50% planning and fitness and 50% luck. Not a small part.
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Give me a break! You worked harder than other people?
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i am talking about ME. i am proud of what i did, i gave myself the best chance of a low intervention delivery.
are we too precious now that we can’t be proud of what we work towards?
i am not comparing myself to anyone. it isn’t a competition!
and yes, i do believe i worked harder than some people. i didn’t sit blindly in an obstetricians office believing every word that came out of their mouth.
i had a good friend who fought bloody hard against dr ‘highest caeser rate in the state’ to get a natural delivery. it is even harder to fight a system that does not support natural labour.
if i had ended up being breech and had a c/section, i would still be proud of myself. i was proactive in my own care, i armed myself with loads of information and made sure i knew what was going on. that is what i am like with everything i do. i am not for one moment suggesting that people that have c/sections don’t do that. i got the result i wanted.
oh and i damned proud of how long i breastfed too! are we allowed to be proud of that???
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I can’t reply to Rainbow’s comment just below so I’ll put it here. Rainbow, if you re-read what you wrote:
“i am not comparing myself to anyone. it isn’t a competition! and yes, i do believe i worked harder than some people.”
This is a total contradiction. The thing that I think is upsetting people here is that by saying that your natural birth is because you did research and classes etc, it suggests that people who had caesars did not.
Myself I had an emergency caesar and I had done everything from calmbirthing to hiring a tens machine, I had a midwife and a birth plan and I researched everything just like you… but no birth is the same and as fate had it I went through a drug free labour but wound up with a caesar. I could have argued against it but my daughter probably would have died.
Yes you can and should be proud of yourself but so too should women who have delivered via caesar, or vaginally with the assistance of pain relief. And it doesn’t mean those women didn’t put in the effort and research you did or that you “worked harder”. Giving birth is bloody hard for everyone and no two are the same.
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this is a reply to mish.
i have written somewhere here that IF i had ended up with a c/section i would feel no less proud as i knew that i had done everything i could (like you) to get the labour i wanted, but that in the end it wasn’t possible.
i guess what i am trying to say is that women should be proud of getting through the extreme pain of labour (like you), if that is what they wanted
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that women should also be proud of empowering themselves (like YOU did) for labour. if i was you i would be damned proud of myself for doing everything possible to get the labour you wanted. i understand that not every women who plans for it gets the result, ie, breech, or the many other reason why people end up with c/sections. but i think if it is important to you, then arming yourself physically and mentally is really impressive.
do you see what i am saying? i admire people like you who clearly have strong beliefs in what is important to them and do what they can to achieve it. i was lucky to get the result i wanted. there is a HUGE element of luck. but i know that it also helped to choose the birthing centre/midwife care/natural birthing classes etc (like you did).
i seriously did not expect to open a massive can of worms. when i said some people worked harder, i am talking about people like you and kris2040 too.
i did not realise that PRIDE IN MYSELF translates to a lot of people as JUDGEMENT OF THEM.
this is about me people, NOT you
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well said “rainbow” I had my first baby at age 33, and after a lot of hard work during my pregnancy and my labour I had a natural birth.
I’m pretty damn proud of myself
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thank-you! and good on you
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Having a baby is the achievement, not the way it entered into the world.
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by the same token someone who was infertile could say to, ‘why is having a baby an achievement?’.
seriously, if i work hard for something i should be able to feel pride without offending anyone. i am not comparing myself to anyone, i am just proud of me.
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Oh Rainbow who bloody cares how your baby got here. We are only happy that it arrived safely. Proud of what, giving birth, Gee women do it every bloody day. No great miracle Rainbow, either vaginally or C Section. You are no hero and you have not worked harder than most. Get off your high horse!
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What a hateful comment.
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i care how my baby got here. sorry that it offends you.
and by sorry i do mean: i don’t give two hoots.
are we not allowed to express pride anymore?
got a phD? better not be proud of yourself, might offend someone who doesn’t have one.
ran a marathon? don’t be proud, someone that hasn’t trained for it might be upset.
you’re a great mother? ooh don’t tell anyone, you might upset someone who isn’t.
wrote a really narky comment on a public forum that asks people to share and comment? oh…..that’s nothing to be proud of.
thanks anon, sorry you have issues with birthing
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It’s not hateful. I kind of understand it, as they’re saying “Aren’t we awesome and special because I went to yoga 3 times a week and I had a “natural” childbirth because of all the fabulous things and RESEARCH that I did and it was hardly anything to do with luck. Which is not true, because I did all that and ended up with a breech baby needing a Caesar. It’s pretty easy to see why people feel “less than” when there are comments like that.
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I was in fact referring to your original comment that giving birth naturally is an achievement… So I had a caesar, hence by your logic I did not achieve anything??
So many woman who have had caesars usually feel the need to justify why they had a caesar, but really it’s no one else’s damn business if you were ‘too posh to push’ or medically required to have one. You birthed a baby and you are amazing no matter how it got here.
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Its an achievement for a mother and baby to be alive and well at the end. The details just feed ridiculous competition and allow some women feel superior to other women who do it differently.
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and some people allow themselves to feel inferior.
I’m an adult and I try very hard to decide how i will respond to an emotion, especially when it’s a negative reaction about something UNIMPORTANT.
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I definitely agree that some allow themselves to feel inferior.
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I certainly dont feel inferior for not giving birth naturally. I’m proud that I have had 4 children who are all healthy as am I, and I have never felt a labour pain. As my birth plans were ‘pain free’ I chose to make the most of the modern medicine that was available to me to achieve that, which I did. I wouldnt have my wisdom teeth out without drugs so why on earth would I relish the thought of pushing out a 4.5 kilo baby drug free? If enduring agony for hours makes people feel empowered and proud thats fabulous for them but its not my idea of a win.
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exactly what I’m talking about, people!
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I’m with you. I had absolutely zero interest in a natural birth. None. If it means that I didn’t achieve greatness, then just fine. I’ve achieved lots of things in my life, and this wasn’t about my achievement. I wanted a healthy baby and a calm me. Caesars are no picnic, but I was in a much better state after a week than a lot of my friends who had natural births. I do admire women who opt for natural births, I do wonder how I would have gone, but I just never wanted to find out. Why do women get so nasty about the birth thing? Why does it matter so much what other women choose?
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If hearing a woman say that she feels proud about the fact that she’s given birth the way she hoped and planned to makes you feel angry and resentful, then really, that says a lot more about you than it does about them. I don’t think I’m any better than any woman out there who’s had a caesarean, but that doesn’t mean I can’t feel proud that I had the kind of birth I was hoping for, as it was something that was important to me.
I realise that things may not have gone to plan, and I could have ended up with a caesarean, but I do strongly believe that the preparation I did during my pregnancy lessened my chance of this happening. For what it’s worth, my last baby was breech up until three or four weeks before delivery, and I began looking into my options for a breech delivery at that point. As the baby was at that stage in frank breech position, I was informed by the midwives at the birth centre where I delivered that there were a few OBs in the hospital who were willing and able to deliver my baby vaginally, or that I could be put in touch with Dr Andrew Bisits at the Royal Hospital for Women in Sysdney, who has a very long and successful record of delivering breech babies vaginally (sadly, he’s one of a dwindling number of OBs and midwives in Australia who are trained in delivering breech babies vaginally).
I realise that I don’t know the circumstances of those posters who’ve mentioned that they’ve had to have caesareans due to having breech babies, and that it’s safer to deliver some breech babies by caesarean, but I just wanted to mention my experience, as there seems to be a common misconception amongst women of childbearing age in this country that breech baby automatically equals caearean. Again, a reason why it’s helpful to do your own research.
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you are right, it does say a lot more about the person complaining.
i am not trying to make anyone feel inferior, isn’t there a saying about only you can let yourself feel inferior.
i would like to ask any of these posters to name something they are proud of and i am sure i can take the same tact and find reasons why they can’t own that pride.
i am aware that there is an element of luck. but also some people are not that concerned by their mode of delivery, which is fine for them, it just wasn’t for me.
i wouldn’t have felt less proud of myself if i had a c/section, as i would have known i did everything i could to get the birth i wanted, and that it wasn’t meant to be.
if someone wants their booked c/section at 38 weeks, good on them, that wasn’t for me.
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So is delivery by C Section. Anyway your baby gets here safely is an achievement.
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I gave birth naturally and it was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I’ve represented Australia at sport – put in hours of training and endured endless injuries, sore muscles and emotional ups and downs associated with that. And I’m proud of that.
So why shouldn’t I be proud of the fact that I made it through an experience that hurt me physically more than anything I’ve ever known and was the biggest emotional roller coaster of my life?
Not saying women who have ceasarians shouldn’t be proud – of course they should – they have brought a BABY into the world!
But don’t shun natural birthers for being proud of their experience.
The only reason I think Beyonce and Jay-Z mentioned Baby Bluwas born naturally was because E! had previously announced it was a c-section. They were clarifying misinformation, not big noting themselves.
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exactly
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I agree. Who cares? They dont report…..”arrived naturally with a second degree tear and 20 stitches”, so why should it be announced that the baby was born by a caesar?
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I am sure one reason Beyoncé made a point of announcing that she’d had a natural delivery is because only days before her baby arrived there were lots of rumours circulating that she was booked in for an elective caesar, and she received plenty of criticism for being ‘too posh to push’ etc. as a result of those rumours, so I don’t blame her for wanting to set the record straight. It seems women can’t win either way, but Beyoncé has every right to be proud of the fact that she had a natural birth, just as she would have had every right to be proud if she’d delivered her baby via caesarean.
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And another thing… why is is okay for women to go on and on about every tiny little detail of their weddings (the dress, the location, the guest list, the food, the flowers etc etc.), but not the day their children came into their lives?
I’m personally not a big believer in marriage (my partner and I have been together for twelve years, and have two children together, but have no plans to marry), but am always thrilled when friends get married and delighted to share in the joy of their wedding days. Even though I was born without the ‘bride gene’ and have never dreamed of having a big white wedding, I love seeing how happy their weddings have made so many of my friends. Does anyone ever accuse married couples of being insensitive to their non-married or single friends by sharing the details of their wedding and posting their wedding albums on Facebook? No. So why should those of us who view the days our children entered our lives as the best days of our lives be made to feel guilty for sharing the details of our babies’ births? I announced how my children arrived into the world and even posted photos (though nothing too graphic) on Facebook, and hope that my friends were just as happy for me as I’ve always been for them on the big milestone days of their lives. I can’t imagine any of my friends being as bitter any angry as some of the posters here – seriously, live and let live.
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‘..or through the sun roof’. GOLD!
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love seeing mummy/daddy/baby shots, it always gives me tears no matter who they are – cause i know that feeling, that feeling that no words will ever fairly do justice too, its just you and babe and new and overwhelming baby unconditional love – peace and health to the family cause at the end of the day, that is all we really have….
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How come Blue doesn’t have nappy (afro) hair? And she’s fair skinned!
She’s a doll, absolutely gorgeous!
Is that Beyonce’s real hair or a weave?
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Most probably a weave. And the baby’s hair will most probably start curling (I can’t remember when it happens exactly, but she’ll definitely be curly by 4mths), and her skin will start getting darker over the next weeks too. It is common, especially for mixed race babies, to be born lighter and then gradually get darker. Both my kids (dad’s black) were born white with straight hair, and are now both brown with afro hair…
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Two of my kids have curly hair like me (my hair is as close to an afro as you could get without actually being an afro lol), and their hair didn’t curl until they were about 6 or so months, might have been a littler earlier. And Beyonce is quite light skinned, so its no surprise there. Also my daughter was born with fairly light skin, but she got gradually darker over the first year. Apparantly its quite common for it to happen that way.
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KDot’s dad is middle eastern, and she’s got darker and darker too. He also has steel wool hair, and I have crazy crappy fuzzball curls. I ordinarily wouldn’t wish my hair on anyone, but between steel wool and my stupid curls, I’d choose mine. Hers has gone curly too, but like mine, thankfully.
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I wonder why so many people are so surprised that their baby is named Blue, or an equally “unusal” name?
to us, a name like blue sounds weird. But proper names seem to change between generations and cultures. The Naiomis and Haileys and Christophers of the 80s are todays Malakis, Summers and Angels. Which, ten years ago, would have been Savannahs, Dakotas and Jacks. When we think blue is weird and “kitschy”, in ten years from now is not going to raise an eyebrow for a name of a ten year old girl. A good exanple is, in the comments, people have said what a nice name Ivy is, but how they have never before met an Ivy. Fourty years ago, Ivys were everywhere. Its gone from being a normal, “boring” proper name to an uncommon name that will make a little girl stand out.
Also, as I said, culturally – Hollywood is almost its own culture entirely, really. For us a Blue would be out of place. But in Hollywood, with Apple, Moses, Romeo, Bear, and so on, with a name like “jane”, that kid is going to be the odd one out, and probably be subjected to the “really, Jane? What kind of a name is Jane? Were your parents boring?” there that would translate to “Blue? Really? Were your parents high when they named you?” here.
I don’t see the big deal, really.
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Honestly. The woman had a baby. A healthy, beautiful baby born to loving parents. Who gives a shit if she had a c-section. Or if her name is a colour not a name.
The hospital thing was a disaster, yes. But there’s good chance any parents stopped from seeing their children should be blaming the people surronding Beyonce & Jay-Z. I’m fairly sure they were too busy having a baby to run up and down the halls screaming about no-one else seeing their baby.
If I’d had a miscarriage (heavily hinted at in Jay-Z’s “glory”), I’d probably schedule a c-section, too. Coz I’d be fucking terrified of vaginal birth complications. Minimise the risk? Yes, yes I will.
I wish them all the best!
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I love everything about this comment.
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That reporting is incorrect, she had a natural birth. Not that it matters!!
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Ah, but did she ACTUALLY give birth??
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Who’s Kirk?
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she looks adorable you idiots badder not ssay that again or i will mbuger your face
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A c section has its risks too .
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Yes, a c-section does have its risks. Probably a few less then a “natural” birth though.
Yea, it totally doesn’t matter. The point is and should always be it’s almost never ok for someone to judge another person’s birth, or pregnancy. You don’t know what they’ve been through. If I were Beyonce, I would’ve sent out ten different reports then kicked back and giggled with my adorable new born whilst everyone ran around like headless chooks!
They LOVE her. Why are so many people over look that? Bitching about her name or whatever else. These parents love this baby!
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Because its do do with illuminati!!
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I’ve read all 136 comments on this story and it’s amazes me how thin skinned some people can be. People have been giving birth from the begining of time, so what is the big deal, get over it and get on with your lives
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Wow, very insightful. Thanks for that.
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love the first photo of Beyonce and Blue. Just beautiful
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Awww, baby….
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Can we talk about how good Beyonce’s hair looks in that photo! Geez Louise.
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And how much hair does that gorgeous baby have!!!
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Woah! Everyone gets so narky over childbirth…who cares let people do what the hell they want!
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is it just me that is very suss about this whole thing? seemed a very short pregnancy, she seemed very slim the whole time, the fold up belly interview with molly meldrum…. however baby Ivy got here, i wish them all well but i dunno, i see it, but i dooooont believe it.
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That’s what I said to my mum. The reason why I even thought about it was because, if it was through a surrogate, I would hope that they would be honest about it. Lots of people can’t have children and use IVF or a surrogate. But I guess this is the celebrity world where $$$ and publicity and timing are important when it comes to the birth of children.
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How gorgeous!!! I can’t believe some of the comments on here. If she had a cs she has said before she is terrified of giving birth naturally after being with her siste when she gave birth.
They strike me as a beautiful and loving couple, Jay Z has even spoke about some of their issues as in don think everything is perfect for us and they are both talented and driven individuals.
If they booked a floor out I understand their security concerns but maybe could have handles it better. Who knows what really happened.
That baby is such a cutie!!! Good on them. It would be funny if she has no musical skills!
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Beautiful baby!
With everything they have both achieved with careers and the amazing life they would have traveling the world, it’s nice to read how having a beautiful baby girl is the best thing they have experienced.
I think she looks like her mum
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I cannot believe how many judgemental people have turned MM’s happy article into something negative. Who cares how she gave birth, where she gave birth, or whether Blue comes before or after Ivy. None of you will ever need to call the baby in person, so you don’t need to worry about getting it wrong.
You are seeing things from YOUR perspective, not hers. None of us can possibly relate to one of the most well-known celebrities in the world. We can all check into a hospital and focus solely on giving birth. Without careful planning, a celebrity of this calibre will have her photos wacked all over the media before she’s had her first contraction. Can you imagine how many people would whip out their phone/camera if they saw her being wheeled through the ward? I bet most of you would do it. I don’t blame her for putting a towel over her head IF that is true. Do you REALLY think she was worried about not wearing any make-up? Get real. She probably just wanted to keep this one experience private. I can’t believe so many people believe everything they read or hear on the radio. The media make up a majority of these rumours just to sell magazines and increase ratings, and it obviously works! A whole ward to herself. . . .I highly doubt it. It would’ve been easier and cheaper to hire a team of doctors to carry out a home birth.
I for one am thrilled for Beyonce.
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Well said, Steph. It seems like many people out there aren’t even willing to TRY and see their perspective, basing all of their opinion on their own perceptions of all the press. Close-mindedness really saddens me, whatever happened to the benefit of the doubt? Each to their own?
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Awwww, she’s amost as beautiful as my children.
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What a pretty little cherub.
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And I thought my daughter had some hair when she was born. Nothing compared to that healthy head of hair. She looks like her daddy. With more hair of course!!
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Similar to KDot when she came out – she hasn’t lost any of it, either!
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Jay-Z has already made a song.
Blue Ivy has some vocals at the end too.
http://soundcloud.com/warhol2011/glory-jay-z-feat-blue-ivy-carter?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fwarhol2011%2Fglory-jay-z-feat-blue-ivy-carter
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Yawn…
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I’m with you Amanda. Mamamia is getting more & more like Woman’s Doh & Know Idea every day. I’m reading less & less of the site. And especially hate how who ever is doing the tweeting on the Mamamia account likes to tell me how I will think, feel & react to articles. Hence I’ve stopped following that account. It really is a tabloid trash tactic & it’s insulting amongst other things.
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I disagree! I think it is a fantastic site with a range of articles (and it is easy enough not to open and read stories that don’t interest me) and feel lucky i can access so much interesting, and free, content each day.and i do love reading about hilariously named celebrity babies…! Blue, seriously?!
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blue is a brill name if i had enough courage
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We’ll get a SWAT team around to get whoever’s holding the gun to your head and making you read and comment straight away then!
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It’s Saturday afternoon. I’m sitting at home relaxing & interacting with people on Twitter. Someone retweets the Mamamia tweet about the article into my feed. It gets my attention because of the wording “you’ll never guess ….” (there they go telling me again how I will or won’t react to something). So rather than fire of a narkie tweet I read the article, see the horrible debate about cesarian sections, which is none of our business because we do not know the medical background and judgment on people’s choice of names etc and I shake my head. See Amanda’s comment & decide to add my two cents worth because I have the time. But hey by all means attack me rather than comments because that’s how you have a healthy & constructive debate, not.
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LOL! That is a lot of effort for someone who has a ‘care factor of zero’. So let’s get this straight. You hate the content but you clicked on the link announcing Beyonce and Jay-Zs baby? Why?
And despite not caring you commented about how much you didn’t care. And then went back to not caring again? Or is that caring?
You had the choice and here you are being narky about a beautiful story. Sheesh.
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Wow, you zealots really can’t take any criticism at all of MM, can you? So quick to jump down anyone’s throat with the usual ‘if you don’t like it, don’t read it’ response, often coupled with a fair bit of attitude and abuse. Let it go, not everyone loves absolutely everything about the site and they’re just as entitled to express that as you are to express your adoration and awe.
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I’m by no means a “zealot”, I just don’t see a point in clicking on the link, reading the article, disliking and complaining about the article and acting like it’s compulsory. I’m not interested in a lot of stuff that’s on here, but do I go to every post I’m not into and comment about how the site’s gone down the gurgler? No. I just, um, don’t go and look at the stories. It’s easy.
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Care Factor Zero
I have some easy to follow instructions for you.
1. Place hand on mouse or down arrow on keyboard
2. Scroll past the mama mia updates that you don’t particularly like
3.Under no circumstances click the link.
There nice and easy. Fixed. That is what I do when I have no interest in the latest article to go up.
P.S if really that bigger problem for you then go to the button that says unsubscribe
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I had to unfollow the Mamamia tweets because there was just sooo much spam.
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Lots of people use Twitter for lots of different reasons. Heaps (like you) use it to natter with like-minded people. Others use it to find articles and information they may otherwise miss. If you don’t like reading the MM updates, by all means you should unfollow those accounts, but the amount of retweets show plenty find the links interesting and worth sharing.
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I think it’s fair to be able to comment that this site has changed a little in it’s content. And that it is making her read it less. I think that is good feedback.
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I agree with you Care Factor Zero. And don’t listen to these people hating your comments and telling you to just stay away. You clearly pointed out that this site is becoming more like…. and you are reading less of it. Which clearly indicates to me that you used to read more of it and you have noticed that is has changed somewhat.
I am the same as you.
It doesn’t stop me having a look every now and again still and I’ll be damned if I’ll put up with people telling me to stay away etc. Yet another thing making this site go downhill a little. But, I still read it sometimes to see if it has changed.
What I can’t believe is that Mia and the team refuse to acknowledge huge sporting achievements (not suggesting it be done all the time, but the fact that they are almost frowned upon) and yet there is a whole article dedicated to a celebrity’s first baby photos.
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On top of which, it would appear the original article is actually two days old based on the time stamps. So not sure what your exact point is.
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This is an update of the article from January announcing the birth. That’s why there are comments on this post already, which is what you responded to.
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Well said (as usual) Kris!
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‘Woman’s D’oh!’ … *giggle* sums it up beautifully…
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I agree with you on the twitter feeds – I unfollowed everything to do with Mamamia on twitter and facebook, it was too much self-promo.
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Apparently the name IS Blue IV – IV as in the Roman numerals for the number four, Beyonce’s favourite number, and the Blue is something to do with name of Jay-Z’s latest album. Hmm, if this is true, and this is really how people name a baby these days my two should have been called something along the lines of ‘Curry Tired’ and ‘Green Seven’. Make of that what you will…
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I don’t like the images that conjures up. Blue IV reminds me of an IV drip going into a blue vein.. Eww.
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Rather than being offensive I was just referring to the fact that none of the celebs actually birth their babies anymore. Too posh to push – even if they can there is no way they will.
No offense meant to normal ladies that have caesars for medical reasons, but I am sure that this one was not.
Sorry if I have offended anyone I am just so over hearing about bloody celebrities. She is a person that is all, she is nothing special.
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I can’t even watch the news tonight for fear of hearing about it 50 times again. zzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Regardless of WHY people have caesarian sections it is still not your place to judge them for their decisions as though you have some kind of moral high ground.
And you have no idea why she had a caesarian section, how is it that you can be sure hers was not for medical reasons? Because she’s famous?
You’re just a person too, and you sound like you’re nothing special either so I’m not sure what makes you think you’re so much better than her…..
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Then why judge her for her comment,she wasn’t offensive.
I sick of people not being able to have a different opinion to others without it being offensive.
And yes ! there are other mothers out there who have babys aswell, and just as important as Beyonce’s
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Your ignorance is astounding! You know nothing about this woman or her health yet you are prepared to judge here. A CS is not the easy alternative! Do some research! It is major surgery with weeks of recovery! My sister had a vaginal delivery, rested for an hour then walked into the bathroom and had a shower, she went home a few days later. I had an elective CS due to my baby being breech. During the procedure the anesthetist hit some nerves in my spine and damaged them. 3 years on I am still having treatment and still in pain. I know which birth I would choose if I could!
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She was “delivered naturally”…..
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It is none of your business how anyone gives birth. It is their body so it is their choice. I am so over the judgement surrounding women as soon as they get pregnant.
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If this story is true – they should be bloody ashamed of themselves…why is it so impossible for celebrities to just have children like the rest of the population? Why do they have to book whole floors out? Impact on other people using the hospital and generally behave like rich twats who don’t seem to give two shits about anyone else?
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/dad_stopped_from_seeing_premature_O9b4QvPU1BVqNheQ8o6ieI
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Yeah, I just saw that story too. It’s bloody awful if it’s true. You’re totally right – if that’s true, they should be hanging their heads in shame.
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Oh fiddlesticks, Ivy is my first choice if my baby is a girl. One of the few names husband and I could agree on and now it will be trendy. Ick. As a teacher, I wanted a name that doesn’t conjure up images of children I have taught. Let’s hope I have a boy!
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Ivy Blue is kind of sweet. Blue Ivy sounds silly. What was the rule about ignoring the cadence and rhythm of a name again?
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Can anyone please explain to me the Illuminati reference people were making re Ivy Blue Carter (something about the initials meaning Illumanit’s youngest child)… I don’t get it?
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Punkernickle – I found this on a website this morning:
“There are also some more bizarre theories surrounding the name. There’s the crazy theory that Blue Ivy is an anagram for the name “Eulb Yvi,” which some have claimed is Latin for “Lucifer’s daughter” or that Blue stands for “Born Living Under Evil” and “Ivy” stands for “Illuminati’s Very Youngest.” All of these ridiculous theories of course stem back to equally ridiculous rumors that Jay-Z and Beyonce are members of a secret satanic cult called the Illuminati.’
Hope that helps!
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Thanks! I’d never heard those Illumanati rumours so complately missed the reference. Clearly need to be readng more trashy mags..!
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Correction. Beyonce has not given birth she has had the baby unzipped like most of the celebs.
Giving birth surely involves labour and effort???? Not having a DR do it for you.
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I’m sorry but that is a really insensitive comment for you to make and obviously you have never had a caesarean before because from someone who had no choice but to have a scheduled c-section because of placenta previa (ie if I had attempted natural birth then my baby and I would almost certainly have died), it was no walk in the park let me tell you. Although I didn’t push a baby out my vagina, I did undergo one of the most serious surgical procedures there is to give ‘birth’ to my baby which required a great deal of physical and emotional effort, not to mention weeks of excrutiating pain while I recovered from the procedure, feelings of inadequacy for not being able to have a natural birth and a struggle to breastfeed because the c-section delayed my milk coming in. How dare you suggest women who have caesars don’t go to any effort without going through it yourself.
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Thank you for responding perfectly, i am certain I would not have been so kind to such ignorance..
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I’m certainly agreeing with you here!
How judgemental some can be when it comes to c-sections.
I feel like I should be ashamed. How dare my pelvis not be large enough to fit my baby’s head!
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The old “lazy mum” having a c-section raises it’s ugly head, again!
I, too, feel ashamed that my pelvis wasn’t big enough, that after 28 hours my baby was born stressed and barely alive.
And how lazy am I, choosing to have my second baby by elective c-section because my pelvis still wasn’t big enough and my baby had settled in the wrong position.
I am requesting that mamamia use their power to block these obviously offensive comments about caesarean sections unless those posting them have more to say than this offensive humbug.
It is as Kate (above) says, a painful and difficult procedure, which delays and sometimes prevents breastfeeding and results in tremendous guilt because we can’t “have a baby properly”.
All of this is not helped by these throwaway “unzipped” comments.
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I didn’t even have a C-section and comments like the one above piss me off! From what I’ve seen with friends, having a C-section and recovering from it is no picnic.
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Beyonce ur babey looks so cute ! Have a happy life with ur husband,baby and urself!
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Wow! Having had 3 babies by Caesarian I am so glad to know I didn’t birth them but was instead “unzipped.” How offensive and ignorant are you? How do you know her baby wasn’t breech? Or that she had placenta pravia (sp?) or any other condition that required an elective CS?
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Oh for goodness sake, the lady had a baby
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She had a scheduled C-section not an emergency C-section like you women above. I don’t think mamamiafan was being offensive to women who need to have Cesareans but just commenting on how many celebrity women CHOOSE to have a scheduled C-section instead of going through labour/only have a c-section if necessary. Its true!
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Actually that’s incorrect, many women who ‘choose’ to have scheduled C-sections do so because of complications known prior to them going into labour, eg breech and placenta previa. The caesareans are scheduled before the due date as going into labour would be too dangerous. I was told I could opt to have a natural birth or a caesarean, but if I chose natural birth it would be against all medical advice and to quote one Doctor “I would be an idiot to do so because I would die of blood loss”. So I CHOSE to have a scheduled caesarean instead of going through labour.
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I had a scheduled c/section. Not because I did not want to go through labour. In fact I made lots of preparations for a natural birth. Unfortunately my baby stopped to grow at 34 weeks, I had very very high blood pressure. We SCHEDULED a delivery by c section as a natural birth would have ended up in dangerous conditions for me (possible stroke/ heart attack/ seizure) and the baby ( too small to come out by itself etc).
So I don’t think any of us knowwhat the circumstances were for Beyonce.
I think both the comments above are insensitive. It puzzles how women berate each other again and again forbirthing choices, feeding choices and parenting choices.
Please think before you write such dribble.
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Elle, you seem awfully confused about how it works. I elected to have a CS after discovering my baby was breech. We booked in well in advance then went in for the nice calm CS 2 weeks before my due date.
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I had a horrific labour that ended in a c-section. I also felt very inadequate and like a failure for a long time afterwards. I can’t wait until I next have a baby. I’m going to book in for a sheduled c-section and it will be much more civilised. By the way mamamiafan WAS being offensive to both those who have had no choice in a c-section and those who have had a scheduled c-section. Regardless of how the baby comes out, it’s still going to hurt, you’re still giving birth & to suggest otherwise is offensive and rude.
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That’s so offensive. Have you given birth yourself?! I had an emergency caesar but I have several friends who have had scheduled caesars due to complications that would make a vaginal birth very dangerous to the mother and the baby, potentially resulting in death of one or both of them. My baby and the babies of my friends were not “unzipped”, its massive surgery with a hell of a lot of pain afterward. And in those first few weeks everything is an “effort” when it hurts to pick your baby up, you can’t drive, and even walking a short distance is a challenge. You have no idea what Beyonce’s reasons for having a caesar are, and comments like yours only serve to make women who have had a caesar feel inadequate.
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Seriously? Your comments about c-sections are offensive.
I wish there wasn’t so much judgement about c-sections elective or emergency. I have had two emergency c-sections, my first with a “T” cut. (Horizontal cut on the outside and vertical cut on the uterus) so any subsequent babies have to be born the same way – I no longer have a say in what birth I want and am at peace with this.
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To me giving birth means having a baby… I thought about my heading and was 100% satisfied it was correct
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Too right Lana.
All this fuss about the ‘birth experience’ and debate about how and where women give birth reminds me a bit of the weight so many of us give to the ‘wedding experience’ over the actual marriage. I don’t care how someone got their baby out, I just hope it gets out safely for the mother and bub and that the child will be loved and nurtured in the years to come.
Generally speaking, childbirth lasts for a day, just like a wedding. It’s what follows that really counts.
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She had a baby. Who CARES how it came out, it’s healthy, she’s healthy.
The only loser in that situation is the people like you who think it’s ok to say she didn’t do it the “right” way.
Get over yourself..
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And so what even if she had scheduled a c section simply because she wanted to have one and not due to complications? I had an emergency c section and I have friends who chose elective c sections for their own various reasons and I have friends who delivered vaginally and in my opinion we all gave birth and although I dont know what it is like to push a baby out as someone else has posted a c section is no walk in the park either. I was disappointed I didnt have a vaginal birth and still am a little and comments like yours perpetuate feelings of inadequacy.
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Wow, do you really think like this or are you just a troll?
Not that I’m famous, but my baby was delivered after I had a full labour, was fully dilated and being told one or two more pushes and I’ll have my baby. Then her heart rate dropped with every push, she was getting distressed and they had to give me drugs to stop the contractions, all of a sudden there were a dozen people surrounding me and I was being prepped for emergency surgery. Without it my baby would have died (they found out afterwards her cord was way too short and was holding her up like a bungy while I was trying to push her out). I didn’t have her ‘unzipped’ or ‘surgically removed’ – I gave birth to her. I’ve never hit a person in my life but if you were to say that to me I would smack you right in the face.
I was also told afterwards that if I’d gone full term (bub was a month early), her head would’ve been too big for my pelvis. So apart from emergencies, there are very good reasons for scheduling c-sections – reminds me of how people criticise Victoria Beckham… I’m not a fan of hers but I know she’s tiny. I’d imagine she’d have similar problems.
Plus, it’s none of anyone else’s goddam business, why should anyone, even celebrities, have to answer to all the plebs who live vicariously through others in the form of religiously reading gossip mags and then pretending they know everything about the celebs while simultaneously demanding information because in their eyes, they ‘made’ the celeb.
Pathetic.
ETA, my c-section was the most traumatic experience of my life, having never been operated on before. Hubby assures me it wasn’t chaos, everyone had their job to do, nobody got in anyone’s way and they did it well. But to me it seemed chaotic, lots of shouting, urgency and panic (turns out that was me). However, I would do it again in a heatbeat to save my baby’s life.
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Please say she hasn’t named her baby Blue. That’s enough to make me blue.
Blue is a colour not a name! It’s a colour! Or a mood. NOT a name.
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Does it make me a bad person that I don’t actually care the Beyonce gave birth? Should I hand in my uterus or something?
I was extremely excited that Pink and Lily Allen had their babies though . . .
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You’re making me laugh this morning evilcupcake!
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I was THRILLED when Lily Allen had her baby, I had been worried about her, as if I were some maiden aunt of hers or something, ha ha
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This is the only place that is reporting it as Ivy Blue and not the other way around as far as I can see… Might want to swim with the tide on this one MM team.
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This story was put up last night, and the Today show an hour ago still weren’t 100% what they’ve named her.
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Perez Hilton has reported it as Ivy Blue……and he ususally knows these things.
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Gwynneth Paltrow has tweeted that it’s Blue Ivy though.
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It’s sounding like it probably is Blue Ivy but just wanted to point out that Mamamia isn’t the only source reporting it as Ivy Blue.
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In the car yesterday afternoon the radio reports were Ivy Blue. My husband and I were commenting on how pretty it sounded. It was only this morning that I heard the confusion about it maybe ng Blue IV or Ivy.
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Have actually heard on the today show it is Blue IV (as in roman numerals for 4) so there you go
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That would make sense as they have always said their lucky number as a couple is 4 which is IV. They have it tattooed on their wedding fingers
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i actually really don’t like the way celebrities book out an entire floor of hospitals. hospital are already maxed out, yet they can just make it even harder for people to get a room? & too bad for those who’s pregnancy plans have involved that hospital but hey there’s no room now that an entire floors gone! not cool.
but congrats to them, she’ll be a gorgeous little but & i can’t wait to watch her grow up!
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Yeah, just saw that on Today that they booked out the whole floor in the hospital. In a hotel, no worries. But not a hospital. NOT cool.
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It’s a private hospital. And they would of paid millions to do so.
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Yes, it’s a private hospital. Hospital being the operative word. If I had been planning to have my baby there and couldn’t because Beyonce was there and needed privacy, that’s not real fair though, is it? Why should anyone, as a paying customer have to change their plans for their health and their baby’s health because someone feels they need a whole floor (assume the entire maternity ward) because they want privacy??
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Some private hospitals in ths US and Europe have floors that are used primarily for this purpose. A lot of hospitals actually prefer this with high profile patients, as it saves a lot of hassle with security.
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That makes more sense. But then I question having a WHOLE FLOOR set aside like that. Probably why they all seem to go to the same hospitals, though, I guess.
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A well known newsreader asked maternity staff to clear the hospital corridors of….everyone when she was being transferred from birth suite to the ward. When their refused she put a towel over her head so that no one saw her without makeup. Sometimes the mind boggles. It also annoys me that so many celebs have a Caesar. It must be the midwife in me that wants to know if it was an elective. Stupid name, but I’m sure the baby will have a lovely life regardless.
PS, I’m having my cuppa now, so I should settle down soon.
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Absolutely ridiculous, just because you have the money to buy the whole world it doesn’t mean that you should. Some reports are stating that their security was checking everyone for phones as they didn’t want anyone entering the hospital to have mobile phones and also that at the time the C section was scheduled no one was allowed anywhere near her wing including doctors who were complaining that they couldn’t check up on their patients. Oh I would have been so pissed off if I was a patient at this hospital.
And to think that Beyonce is considered one of the “nice” celebrities, imagine what a demanding diva would have done.
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“It also annoys me that so many celebs have a Caesar. It must be the midwife in me that wants to know if it was an elective.”
Do normal people that have caesar’s annoy you too?. Why do you care?.
It’s comments like these that absolutely shit me. And no I haven’t had a caesar (or even kids). I’m just not judgemental and don’t care how the baby comes out. Do whatever way you want, doesn’t affect me.
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It does affect other people though, because people think that having a caesar is the done thing when they see their favourite celebs do it and don’t understand it’s actually a big deal.
Then they get all undone because they’re not losing their baby weight like the mags say that the stars have, which is usually highly unrealistic.
Midwives care and are interested because women giving birth the best way possible is their bread and butter and their passion. And the news reports said “a planned Caesar”.
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I’d assume Faybian cares because she is one of the people dealing with the fall-out. Elective caesarean = increased risk of complications. Sure it’s every woman’s right to choose but it’s the medical staff who will be dealing with the consequences of their decisions.
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I wonder why blue is such a popular name? Alicia Silverstone chose to name her newborn son Bear Blu. U2 guitarist, The Edge named his daughter Blue Angel. Geri Halliwell named her daughter Bluebell Madonna. Now Beyonce!
I can barely see her ‘bump’ in those pictures.
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Yup I was thinking the same thing, and also John Travolta’s daughter is named Ella Blue. It is my favourite colour though!
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I went to school with a girl named Blue. So it doesn’t sound strange to me – kinda pretty and different!
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Damn ivy was my secret name for my future girl, now every bogan this side of 2012 will be called ivy
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Me too – that is exactly what I thought!!
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I share your pain; I’m busily picking a new one or hoping for a boy.
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Me too, read this at work and sighed, “oh crap” way to ruin a pretty name
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Ivy is my mums middle name, so we’ve always said if we have a girl, her middle name will be Ivy…. You’re right, it’s going to be so popular now! Grrrr
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Name has been confirmed by Gwyneth Paltrow to be Blue Ivy, not Ivy Blue.
Totally ruined it.
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Yep I saw that on twitter as well. Ryan seacrest also wrote the same thing! :-S hope it’s not true but have a feeling it is!
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yeah… so did about 490 000 other women… yesterday….
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I love Beyonce, oh and the name Ivy – its my neighbours daughters name too… Congrats to them x
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God, what a voice!!
Love Kanye and Jay-Z’s reactions too
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Love Ivy, it’s a family name for us! Nice one, Beyonce and Jay-Z!
What is with the celebs calling their kids Blue? You never hear of Orange or Grey’s births being announced, do you?
Who’s the dude next to Tony Bennett in the clip? I love Kanye’s reaction with Jay Z in that!
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The “dude” next to Tony Bennett in the clip is Lady Gaga as her alter-ego male persona. Just makes me dislike her and her attention grabbing anctics even more.
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I thought it looked weird! Yeah, not a fan of Gaga here, either.
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Funny, the only time I like Gaga is when she’s in drag!
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