
Saturday, July 12th marked the day Angelina Jolie’s highly anticipated twins entered our Earth. A son and daughter were delivered by Caesarian section at the Fondation Lenval in Nice, France and partner Brad Pitt was at her side for what was described as an “emotional delivery”
The twins are named Vivienne Marcheline, after Jolie’s late mother Marcheline Bertrand, and Knox Leon, weighed 5lbs and 5lbs 3oz respectively.
Dr. Michel Sussmann told reporters outside the hospital that,
“It was an epidural, so [Angelina] was awake and speaking and laughing. They were happy. Pitt never left Jolie’s side – “he was my assistant!” Sussmann said jokingly – and even cut the babies’ umbilical cords. He was … perfectly calm, totally determined, very pleased to be at the birth of his children, very moved and very emotional.
The Dr. also told People,
The babies are doing well. The operation went just perfectly. Angelina is in very good spirits. Brad Pitt was at her side. He was there and all was well. The mother and father are very, very happy.
He does not know, however, when Angelina will leave the hospital,
I don’t know. She will stay for a few days. You know, in Europe it isn’t like in the United States, where the patients go home after three days. They will stay a bit longer until everything is okay. The babies are fine. The babies are with the mother and father and they are fine.
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