I think her comments about hoping the twins “were something else,” is being blown out of proportion. When I first saw two on my ultrasound it was a shock, to say the least. While I love my twins dearly, it would have been a much scarier thought had I already had a toddler. That being said, with our surprise pregnancy when my twins were 13months old, I was slightly disappointed when I only saw one baby…go figure. Three under two isn’t that bad, it’s actually fun!

I think she is just a tad bit condescending saying what she did about the fertility drugs and Im sure someone will bring it to her attention. Just because she may not feel she could cope with 3 under 2 doesnt mean others wouldnt. I took fertility drugs to conceive my second child 6mths after my first was born due to infertility and recurrent m/c. I didnt particularly want another 2yr battle to get pregnant. I could have had twins and would have been truly happy with anything God threw at me. Good luck to her though, atleast she has the money to get a Nanny.

Yeah I do see your point Sheba. As I said earlier, maybe I was being overly senstive

I just thought maybe “shocked” was a nicer way of putting it- but then again, I admire people for being completely honest.

Either way they are going to be some cute bubbas!

Not everyone is overjoyed to find out they are having twins. And there could be a lot of reasons for not wanting twins. Not wanting the additional stress of raising multiples, not wanting the worry of delivering underweight or premature babies, the additional financial worries and I’m sure many others.

Who am to say her first reaction is wrong or disturbing. It’s big news. Unexpected news. News that takes some getting use to for some. All things she can explain to her children if they should ask but highly doubtful she will need to as it’s your actions show how much you love your children not some quote in a soon to be out-dated TV guide.

I like her honesty. Everyone is so overjoyed with all things baby and pregnancy related when it’s completely normal and valid to be disappointed in gender, to take time getting used to twins, to not like all the changes your body is going through, to hate breast-feeding but doing it anyway and to voice your displeasure.

It think it’s silly..all those what if her children read that, what if they read this…And what if they do? That’s when good parenting, honest parenting, family dialogue come into to play and children get to see parents as loving, caring but occasionally flawed people.

I think alot of people assume there was some kind of medical intervention with celeb multiple pregnancies due to how many celebs seem to have them and the age at which they get pregnant. Marcia cross(who has admitted to needing help) Jlo, Geena Davis, holly hunter (just to name a few) are celebs who had twins when they older…late 30s to mid 40s. So i dont think its so unreasonable that now some question whether or not someone has used fertility drugs , IVF, IUI, etc. NO not all older women need help and there are younger moms that do (like the mother from John and Kate plus 8) but i dont understand why people are so enraged by this topic. I think its great that the option is out there and that women like Marcia Cross speak openly about the problems and benefits of it. It is just a question of whether you needed help or not (which i believe is a personal question but i applaud women who openly share their stories)

With all due respect, does anyone else find it a very weird (almost unpleasant) way in which she said “I sat there in silence for two minutes, while I was hoping it was something else”.

Maybe Im being overly sensitive? She has been blessed with twins- YES it will be a handful- but imagine years from now her son/daughter reading that quote…? I get the jist of what she was meaning, but she could have worded it a little better.

I’m in the same situation. I got pregnant while still breastfeeding my 18 month old DD and at my first ultrasound found out I am expecting twins. It was quite a shock! Everyone assumes we used medications or IVF, but we did not. The pregnancy was a complete surprise. Not to bring this back to Angelina, but I thought she weaned long before she got pregnant this time around? Anyway- huge congrats to Diane Farr and family!

I hate that nowadays if somebody gets pregnant with twins people automatically assume it’s due to fertility treatments. People have been having twins for a long time and all of sudden it’s become a medical thing instead of a natural thing. I find it frustrating, although I understand why people ask because I think the same thing most of the time. I wish that wasn’t the case though….

When my son was 16 months (IVF) after just weaning him, I began IVF again. It word again on the first attempt. 8 months later my twin girls were born. So yes people can and do IVF/Fertility shots/drugs while having very young children.