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Pregnant Sophie Ellis Bextor at the Elle Style Awards

Singer Sophie Ellis Bextor looked gorgeous at the Elle Style Awards 2012 last night. A few weeks ago the 32 year old labelled all maternity wear as being ‘rubbish’ but she managed to find one polka dot dress that showed off her baby bump perfectly. Sophie attended the awards at the Savoy Hotel with her husband Richard Jones. The couple announced on twitter in October that they will be expecting their third child together

‘I am having another baby. Due in Spring. A little brother or sister for Sonny and Kit. Family e-b-jones are happy and excited. It’s a lovely thing’

Both previous pregnancies for Sophie were difficult as Sonny, now 7, was born eight weeks premature by emergency cesarean section after she developed pre-eclampsia. Kit their youngest son who is now aged 2, was also premature, weighing just 2 lb 10oz when he arrived nine weeks early.

We hope Sophie has a happy and safe birth – she is due in April

Simon Cowell comes to the rescue of a Dad-to-be by lending him his private jet!

Everyone’s favourite talent show judge, Simon Cowell, came to the rescue when he invited a member of the Britain’s Got Talent crew to fly on his private jet with the BGT judges after finding out the soundman’s wife had unexpectedly gone into labour.

Sound recordist John Hagenstede was in Edinburgh with Simon and the rest of the talent show’s team for the latest round of auditions. On Saturday evening John received a call from his expectant girlfriend Lisa Stewart saying she had gone into labour back in Surrey – nearly 400 miles away from where John was.

John explained ’We looked up every possible option of getting me home and I was devastated when I realised the only option was waiting and getting a flight in the morning. I knew I would miss the birth of my first child.

‘Simon Cowell came over and shook my hand. He said “congratulations” and “come on, let’s do this”.

John shared the private jet with Simon and other Britain’s Got Talent judges; Alesha Dixon and David Walliams

To top it off, Mr Cowell, also arranged for a Chauffeur driven car to take him straight to the hospital after the private jet landed in Luton. John got to the hospital with moments to spare and his first child, Jude Berkeley Hagenstede, was born at 1.12am yesterday weighing 7lbs 8oz.

Congratulations!

First pictures of Blue Ivy Carter!

Proud parents Beyonce and Jay Z have released the first pictures of their baby daughter – Blue Ivy Carter.

Although this may be the first glimpse we’ve gotten of Blue, the infant has already broken records after her cries were featured on her father’s song “Glory.” Jay-Z released the track two days after her birth, making her the youngest person ever to appear on the Billboard chart.

For a superstar celebrity couple its very surprising that they opted not to sell photos of their first born to a glossy magazine . Instead the couple released five images of the 1 month old on a special site – http://helloblueivycarter.tumblr.com/

Beyonce looking beautiful

New Mum Beyonce Knowles looks amazing after just 4 weeks after giving birth!

The multi-award winning singer was out and about for the second night in a row to support her husband at a concert in New York.

Now, 4 weeks after giving birth I no-way looked like this!! We have to remember that celebrities as successful as Beyonce have a team of make-up artists and stylists helping them to look as good as they possibly can!!

Gwyneth Paltrow: Women who have children should stay at home

Multi-Millionaire actress Gwyneth Paltrow has made some Mums this morning a little annoyed (yes I am talking about myself!) with some recent comments.

Miss Paltrow, who won an Oscar for her role in Shakespeare in Love, said she cooks for her husband, Coldplay star Chris Martin, and bathes their children, Apple, 7, and Moses, 5. She rises at 7am and works on her website and cookery books while her children are at school, before preparing dinner for her husband when he returns from work to their £6 million home in London.

Gwyneth, 39, told Harper’s Bazaar magazine: “I have little kids in school. I want to maintain my marriage and my family, so I have to be here when he (Martin) comes home.”

The super glamorous actress is telling women who want a family to stay at home. Ummm ok I wish it was this simple Gwyneth, but its not! I would love to live in a 6 million pound mansion in a fantastic part of London, with a husband and not having to work, but this is not the reality of nearly every Mum in the world! I understand Miss Paltrow has worked hard to get where she has and can therefore now afford to stay at home, but as a single Mum with no steady income coming in every month I find her comments a little ridiculous.

Miss Perfect Paltrow we love you but before you open your mouth next time, please think about the 99% of other Mums who does not live a hollywood style life.

Presenter Holly Willoughby ‘Yes I have a nanny!’

Finally a celebrity admits they have a nanny! The ‘This morning’ presenter said ‘Yes I have a nanny, I can’t leave a 9 month old by herself!’

Holly Willougby has always been my favourite presenter and I always wondered how on earth she manages two children, a clothing line and a full-time job hosting one of the most popular daytime shows in the UK. The yummy mummy admitted on ‘This Morning’ today that she has a nanny, the comments came after the news of Gwyneth Paltrow saying that Mums should stay at home.

Now Gwyneth is always feeding us comments on how to be the ‘ideal’ mother and wife but is she forgetting to tell us that she has help to be a supermum! (Now, maybe she has no help. If this is true I will go back to my room and cry myself to sleep thinking how I can also be a supermum like her! Read Gwyneth’s full story here)

After Holly revealing she does have help in her life from a nanny and her husband I feel so much better! Because celebrities rarely talk about hiring nannies or having childcare we are under the illusion that we should be juggling everything as perfectly as them. So, now I’m going to give myself a break once in a while. Right I’m off to eat a chocolate muffin.

Peter Andre wants to get parents reading

Singer and reality TV star, Peter Andre, is promoting the Galaxy Quick Reads campaign to encourage the nation to ‘fall in love with reading’.

Single Dad of two said ‘I find books daunting’ and the galaxy quick read books are perfect to get parents reading to their children again. All profits made from the sales of the books will get re-invested into making more books.

Galaxy Quick Reads cost £1.99 and are available from major supermarkets and book stores

RE-LAUNCH of VIPregnancy

The brand new VIPregnancy.com is launching VERY soon! The site will have a brand new look, features and content.

VIPregnancy aims to entertain, inspire and motivate Mums all over the world. Come and be part of the new generation of parents.

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Amanda Holden ‘nearly died’ whilst giving birth to daughter

Britain’s Got Talent judge, Amanda Holden, has given birth to her second daughter by Caesarean section in a London hospital. Hollie Rose was born on Monday weighing 6lb 1oz but the news of the birth was only revealed last night (watch celebrities reaction to the news here).

The news of the birth was delayed by the 40 year old’s family as she battled for life over the last three days. A close friend said: ‘Amanda nearly died. It was a life threatening situation. There was a huge loss of blood. Fortunately, Amanda is now in a stable condition and is expected to make a full recovery.

Amanda is married to record company executive Chris Hughes, 38, the couple’s spokeman released this statement

‘Hollie Rose Hughes was born on January 23, 2012. She is healthy and weighed in at 6lb 1oz but Amanda has been in a critical condition for the past three days. She is now stable and we expect her to make a full recovery very soon.’

‘We thank you for respecting their privacy at this time.’

BBC Three looking for couples expecting their 1st child!

This new show is being brought to you by the same people as Junior Doctors. The idea of the show is that the father gets a lot more involved with the pregnancy. On the show the father will be taught everything he needs to by professional midwives. He will then join the delivery team for the birth of their first child.

This sounds like a fantastic programme which will be aired later in 2012. If you would like to take part in the show please email pregnant@bbc.co.uk for more information.