Saturdays Frankie is Expecting A Baby

frankie-150x150The Saturdays star, 24, took to Twitter recently to announce she is expecting a baby with her footballer fiancé Wayne.

She told her followers: “Some big news from me today! Wayne and I are having a baby. We are both SO happy and can’t wait for his or hers arrival!”

It comes less than a month after Frankie and Wayne, 32, who is currently on loan at Brighton & Hove Albion, revealed that they are to be married.

Replying to her band mate’s news , Una Healy tweeted: “So happy and excited for our Frankie and Wayne’s baby news!!”

The news is sure to spark speculation about the future of the girl band now three of the group will be mums.

Una, 31, was the first member of the pop group to become pregnant, and she gave birth to a little girl, Aoife, last year.

While Rochelle Humes, 23, is also currently expecting with her husband, JLS star Marvin.

Wonder if she has started thinking about her baby shower yet?

 

Celebrity Baby Fest!

In the last 48 hours 3 celebrities have been overjoyed as they all give birth to their babies.  They say that events happen in three’s!!

First it was the turn of Rochelle Humes.   The Saturdays singer delivered her and husband Marvin Humes’ first child early on Monday morning and the proud dad has revealed the couple are “overjoyed” with their new arrival, who they have named Alaia-Mai Humes.

Marvin wrote on Twitter: “This morning we welcomed our baby girl Alaia-Mai Humes. Mum is doing great & baby is amazing! We are both overjoyed! Thanks for your love x (sic)”

Secondly it was the turn of Radio One DJ Annie Mac.  Irish born Annie and boyfriend Toddla T had a “very special delivery” at 11.12am on Monday morning and were delighted to announce that their first baby was a beautiful baby boy.

coleenAnd thirdly it was the turn of Coleen Rooney who gave birth to a second baby boy at 2.11am this morning, weighing 7lb 11.5oz.  Klay Anthony Rooney’s birth was announced by Coleen on her Twitter feed.

The Manchester United striker also announced the birth on Twitter, writing that “both Klay and Coleen are fine and we’re all delighted”.

Congratulations to them all and what happy ‘tripple’ news.

Peaches Geldof Has a New Baby Son

Peaches+Geldof-150x150It’s hard pushed to time exactly when your baby is going to be born.

But Peaches Geldof who is 24, recently had a HUGE stroke of luck when she gave birth to her second  child, wait for it,  Phaedra Bloom Forever on 24 April which is the birthday of her late mother Paula Yates.

On the coincidence, she told Hello! magazine: “It wasn’t an option. Maybe it is if you go private, but we didn’t and were given the date randomly by a consultant.

“I was pretty amazed when I read it though, and had to smile. I couldn’t help feeling mum must have had a hand in it.”

Peaches, who married musician Tom Cohen, 22, last year, is also mother to son Astala who was originally due to be born on 24 April too.

However, the date was brought forward when it was decided Peaches should have a Caesarean Section.

She said: “It’s like mum was very determined that one of her grandsons would be born on her birthday.

“There’s this kind of crazy synchronicity to it.”

The birthday of her son is a fitting tribute to Peaches’ mother who was found dead at her home in London on 17 September 2000, the birthday of Peaches’ sister Pixie.

Twins Born Apart Head for World Record

twin-girls-300x222The story of a set of twins from Waterford, Ireland  born 87 days apart may now be heading for a new world record in the record books.

Today Amy and Katie are healthy twin girls, but there was a time when Mum Maria Jones-Elliot wasn’t sure if either of her twin daughters would make it.

“The doctors told me there was very little hope of them surviving as they were so premature,” she told newspapers when her water broke at just 23 weeks into the pregnancy.

Despite the odds, Amy was born on June 1, 2012. Four months premature and weighed a little more than a pound.  “Amy was fighting for her life in an incubator and Katie was struggling to survive in my womb,” Mum Maria told The Mirror.  Doctors induced Mum Maria a second time on August 27th which was during her 36th week of pregnancy. After about an hour, second twin Katie emerged.

“For a baby born at 23 weeks to survive is a huge achievement from everyone’s point of view,” Dr. Sam Coulter Smith, chief of Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital and an expert in obstetrics and gynecology, told the Irish Times. “For a 23-week twin to survive is even bigger because twins often behave more prematurely than singleton babies. That really is right at the absolute border of viability.”

So this could be a new world record as the current record holder is Peggy Lynn from Huntingdon.  She reportedly gave birth to daughter Hanna and son Eric 84 days apart between 1995 and 1996.

 

Why Is Your Baby Crying?

Your new baby is delivered with a limited, but very effective way of communicating and that terrible racket is CRYING!!  The average baby cries for about an hour in total each day.  The good news is that there is almost always a cause for these crying spells and here are some of the most common ones:

Discomfort – Change nappy, check if he is too hot or cold, make sure clothing and nappy are comfortable and not too tight.

Hunger – Sounds obvious, but give him some milk

Irritation – Remove the source of irritation, such as excessive light or sound.

Stomach Cramps – Burp the baby or put him on his back and move his legs as if he’s cycling.

Loneliness & Boredom – Physical contact should help.  Baby Massage has many benefits too.

Fatigue/Exhaustion – Relax the baby: feed him, bathe him, talk to him, rock him.

Illness – Consult your midwife or doctor if you notice anything out of the ordinary.  Otherwise a cuddle usually helps.

One in ten babies is outfitted with a capacity for excessive crying.  If your baby cries for at least three hours a day, three days a week, for three weeks or more, ask your paediatrician what can be done.