Jul 2, 2008 1:40 pm US/Eastern
Doctor: Birth Of Jolie Twins May Be Weeks Away
PARIS (AP) ―
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Angelina Jolie has said the babies are due in August. She and partner Brad Pitt have four children: Maddox, 6; Pax, 4; Zahara, 3; and Shiloh, 2.
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Angelina Jolie's doctor says her twins may take a few more weeks to arrive.
Dr. Michel Sussmann spoke at a brief news conference Wednesday in
Nice, where Jolie is hospitalized. Asked when the 33-year-old actress
is expected to have her twins, he replied: "I can't give you a date.
Let's say the birth will happen in the weeks to come."
Sussmann stressed that Jolie checked into the hospital to be kept under observation, not because of any medical emergency.
"Mrs. Angelina Jolie and her husband, Mr. Brad Pitt, told me to tell
you that she is doing absolutely fine," said the doctor, apparently
unaware that the actors aren't married.
"Her hospitalization at this stage in her pregnancy is totally
normal for a patient who had a Caesarean (section) during her first
pregnancy," he said.
French medical secrecy laws are very strict, but Sussmann said Jolie and Pitt had given him the OK to give out a few details.
Sussmann said four rooms of the hospital had been reserved for the
Jolie-Pitt clan and their bodyguards. The couple have four children:
Maddox, 6; Pax, 4; Zahara, 3; and Shiloh, 2.
"I find it legitimate that she wants to protect her privacy," he said. "She is (a) pregnant woman."
"She is a patient like any other," he said. "She is very well and she is OK."
He wouldn't reveal the sex of the babies.
The seafront Lenval hospital announced Tuesday that Jolie had
checked into its Santa Maria maternity clinic to be kept under doctors'
watch and rest.
British actress Celia Imrie, who was in Nice on Wednesday soaking up
the surf, told Associated Press Television News that Jolie "has chosen
the most beautiful place in the world" to give birth.
The local newspaper, Nice Matin, reported that Jolie has the best
room in the hospital, on the fifth floor with an unobstructed view over
the Bay of Angels. It said Jolie arrived by helicopter, landing Sunday
afternoon on the hospital's roof.
Nice Matin reported — not without a little pride — that the famous
couple had chosen Nice over the even more chic Monaco, further down the
coast.
The Brangelina clan has been settling into a new home in the south
of France, in Correns, about 60 miles from Nice. The town's mayor
confirmed the couple had moved into the Miraval Estate villa, and a
helicopter has been spotted taking off and landing there.
Veteran British celebrity publicist Max Clifford told APTN earlier
this week that the first photos of the twins could fetch millions for
paparazzi.
"France has got very, very strict privacy laws, which gives them far
greater chance of controlling everything and making sure no one gets
some sneaky photos," he said. "But of course the stakes are high and
this is probably going to be the most expensive set of baby pictures in
history."
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