Jenna Jameson Credits Crunches For an Easy Delivery

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No last minute rush to the hospital for Jenna Jameson! In her first update to her MySpace page since welcoming fraternal twin boys Jesse Jameson and Journey Jette, now 4 weeks, the proud new mama reveals she was admitted to the hospital long before the birth. “I spent two months in Hoag hospital on bed rest, in order to try to take my twins to term,” she shares. The result? Carrying the babies seven weeks shy of their May 3rd due date! “Well, I came pretty close!” she writes. “Thirty-three weeks was my magic date and I delivered my boys on March 15th.”

While it may have been a long road to ensure the safe arrival of the twins, when it came to Jenna’s labor, the 35-year-old barely had time to catch her breath! With the whole ordeal lasting “about two hours,” Jenna credits her crunches for the easy delivery experience.

“When it came to pushing them out, I truly believe the 500 sit ups a day paid off. I was able to push my 5-pound Jesse out in five pushes. Journey, who was 4 lbs., 11 oz, in three pushes.”

Thrilled with the “whole process of being pregnant,” Jenna blogs that she looks forward to having more children with partner Tito Ortiz. However, for now, the couple are soaking up time with their “two little monsters” as she learns the ropes of parenthood. “By the way, Jesse looks like me and Journey looks like Tito!” she gushes. “I feel like the luckiest girl ever!”

Source: Jenna’s MySpace

— Anya

Comments

I’m so happy for her…She has wanted kids for such a long time! Glad to see her life finally falling into place

- Lola on April 14th, 2009

WOW! So proud of her for having a VBAC. Especially with twins…..mad props to her!

- Lilly on April 14th, 2009

A VBAC? Lilly, I believe Jesse and Journey are her first children…

- The Nanny on April 14th, 2009

It’s so nice to see someone who struggled to have kids for so long finally get their blessing. And a vaginal birth with twins, that’s not something that seems to happen too often nowadays. Congrats to Jenna and Tito!

- Mallory on April 14th, 2009

Lily these twins are her first children…?

- iluvallbabies on April 14th, 2009

I am so happy for Jenna, however with her prior profession it’s probably not the wisest thing to say that she had a quick vaginal birth…I can already hear the jokes.

- ashley on April 14th, 2009

Lilly she did not have VBAC. You are confusing it with something else. Jenna doesn’t have any other children.

I am though confused about the due date. The official twins due date is at 36 weeks (its not 40 weeks as with a single baby). If they were 7 weeks early, they were born at 29 weeks and that’s not even close to 33 weeks she seems to be stating ! Can someone shed a light on this?

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Her official due date of 40 weeks along was May 3rd. She made it to 33 weeks along when she delivered on March 15th.

-CBB Staff

- Molly on April 14th, 2009

A lot of jokes could be made right now. A lot.

- Anon on April 14th, 2009

I really doubt crunches is why she had such an easy delivery.

- Heather on April 14th, 2009

Good for her for having a vaginal birth with twins!

- Kate on April 14th, 2009

What is VBAC and why can’t one have it with their first children? Many thanks for answering.

- Beth on April 14th, 2009

Congrats to her and Tito!

I understand the idea of her making jokes about an easy vaginal delivery, but I’m sure Jenna is completely aware that those are out there, and is just taking the high road about it.

I’m glad she is enjoying motherhood so much.

- Mary-Helen on April 14th, 2009

VBAC is vaginal birth after c-section. So it’s impossible to have one with your first birth since there’s no way you could have had a prior c-section if this is your first baby.

- Rebecca on April 14th, 2009

So great to hear that someone had twins vaginally!

And for the PP…a VBAC is a vaginal birth after c-section. It’s a term used for women who’ve had a previous c-section, then go on later to give birth to other children with a vaginal birth. So since these were her first kids, it’s impossible for it to have been a VBAC, as she’s never had a c-section before.

- Jess on April 14th, 2009

Wow, Jenna Jameson got to deliver her twins without a c-section? That’s pretty awesome, particularly in Hollywood. Even though it’s entirely possible, not many doctors will agree to do that these days.

- millefleur on April 14th, 2009

Do you think she was referring to crunches she did prior to pregnancy, or did she continue doing crunches throughout the pregnancy?

- Emily on April 14th, 2009

good for her, she seems like a really loving mother:).

- Tina on April 14th, 2009

Good for her! Vaginal delivery is a scary thought the first time around when you don’t know what to expect, I can’t imagine with twins! She seems so laid back and down to earth, I’m happy for her and her family.

- jessica on April 14th, 2009

Awe, congrats Jenna on giving birth to twins vaginally! WOW!

- Emaline on April 14th, 2009

Crunchs would absolutely help for an easy delivery. They tone and strengthen the abdominal muscles that are so important to a woman’s ability to easily push out a child. I’m also impressed that she gave birth to twins vaginally. Not only will most doctors not allow it, most woman don’t even want to attempt it.

- Tee on April 14th, 2009

umm, yea crunches have nothing to do with pushing out kids…lol…trust me I now….I’ve never done a crunch in my life and my 2nd daughter came out with NO pushing….yea I got the brunt of alot of jokes too..:)

Congrats to her!

- Courtney on April 14th, 2009

congrats!!!!

- sat on April 14th, 2009

Congrats to her for having both babies vaginally! I have a friend who just did the same thing last year with her twins. It’s pretty impressive lol.

- Ash on April 14th, 2009

Opps. Could’ve sworn Jenna already had an older child via c-section.

Well, uh, thanks for jumping on it.

- Lilly on April 14th, 2009

Oh the jokes-I am sure her previous career helped, um….Congrats to her, though! My little one was just over 4 lbs and i only needed to push a couple of times, as well!

- brooklyn11 on April 14th, 2009

What a fantastic example for other moms of twins, and for doctors who say a vaginal birth with twins can’t happen! So happy for them!

I do want to correct someone above, however: the gestational period for twins is not shorter than singletons, they are simply more likely than singletons to be born prematurely (for a variety of reasons).

- Tara on April 15th, 2009

Courtney, you don’t know that doing crunches wasn’t the reason Jenna had a good labor. It’s arrogant to say that “you know”. Just because you have children and had an easy labor never doing crunches does not mean every woman’s body is the same. EVERY woman is different, EVERY labor is different. Some things work for some, others don’t. I’m glad crunches helped her and I am dang well going to try it myself. I will do anything and everything to help my body get through labor. Grats to her for her great labor and wonderful bundles of joy!

- Guen on April 15th, 2009

I was wondering the same thing as Emily. I was told not to do any exercises that required me to lay on my back or to do anything that resembled a crunch after 12 weeks. I think she may have meant pre-pregnancy unless I was grossly misinformed by my doctor and the books that I read. Thankfully, even without situps, I only pushed for 17 minutes for my 7 lb 10 oz little guy. I can understand why she was so happy to have had an easy delivery and I think it’s fabulous, especially with twins! Congrats to them!

- AJK on April 15th, 2009

Kudos to Jenna for having a vaginal birth with twins!

- CelebBabyLover on April 15th, 2009

Guen I wouldn’t get so upset over it.

- Peter on April 15th, 2009

Wow good for her! I see alot of you talk about how amazing it is that she got to give birth vaginally. Is it really the norm that doctors won’t let women deliver twins vaginally?? I find that quite strange. Where I live, c-sections are an absolute LAST resort

- Fanney on April 15th, 2009

I’m glad to hear she had an easy labour with Jesse and Journey. She did well to make it to 33 weeks! I can’t believe she managed to have two babies easily where I struggled with my 6lb 9oz baby boy for so long!

- babyboopie on April 15th, 2009

i wonder how name journei is pronounced? like džarnei or different?

- nimbusi on April 15th, 2009

Her babies were a pretty good size for 33 weeks and yes, she is definitely lucky that she was “allowed” to have a vaginal birth with twins.
One sort of unconventional thought is that because she is uninhibited to begin with, it probably made for an easier delivery. If any of you have ever read any of Ina Mae Gaskin’s books, she talks about how some of us shut down in labor because everyone is looking at us. It’s called something, like a sphincter response? Anyway, imagine going to the bathroom and having everyone stare at you, it’s the same idea.
So her background may have helped her in that respect!

- karen on April 15th, 2009

If twins are both head down you can try a vaginal birth. If one is head up you can try as well, but they usually will try in a surgical room just in case. Because once the first baby is born it is normal for the 2nd to move and you never know what position it will be in. And sometimes after this 1st is born the uterus starts to constrict like it does when you deliver only one and that can be dangerous for the baby as well. Hope this all makes sense, I did a lot of research before I had my twins via csection.

- Sara on April 15th, 2009

Congrats to Jenna. March 15th, huh? That’s my husbands birthday. I’m sure they are just beautiful little boys.

- Monique7 on April 15th, 2009

Congrats to her! It’s great she didn’t end up with a c-section for her twins. I know a lady who HBAC’d twins with the first one being breech and another lady who VBAC’s twins in the hospital so it definitely can be safely done.

- skunk nuggets on April 15th, 2009

Can one even do crunches pregnant? I was under the impression that further along your abdominal wall separates. I don’t know if it really helped her or not, but we all know that being in overall good physical condition can help with labor. If you’ve got strong abs but a bad back, I mean it’ll balance out, wouldn’t it?

- Bieta on April 15th, 2009

Nimbusi-
It’s Journey, like taking a journey.

- N on April 15th, 2009

Nimbusi – I would imagine that Journey is pronounced exactly like the word ‘journey’. I’ve never heard it pronounced differently for a name, although I could be wrong.

- Alex on April 15th, 2009

Doing crunches in pregnancys is fine. The general rule is to stop doing them when they become physically uncomfortable.

I did them until I was 20 weeks or so, and then I stopped, it was right around the time that I “popped” and it just becamse too awkward and uncomfortable.

- Kate on April 15th, 2009

Guen,

1000 apologies for upsetting you so…I forgot that there is always someone who takes something so personally and reminds all of us that all women are different, all pregnancies are different. Pardon me for choosing the words I did…oops.

For the record, I have had 7 pregnancies and am well aware that they all are differnt before, during and after and end in different ways…

I will try next time to not be so “arrogant”. Because if you knew me you would know that I am about as far from arrogant as they come!

- Courtney on April 15th, 2009

oh, and after re-reading my original post I am guessing Guen, you missed the LOL and the smily face…maybe read things better before jumping on someone…

Now I am done..LOL…:)

- Courtney on April 15th, 2009

Congrats to her and Tito! Not to state the very obvious here, but I’m not so sure those crunches had anything to do with it. Also, when you’re pregnant, what’s the point? It’s not like you’re keeping your stomach flat or anything! It’s just going to keep expanding.

- Patrice on April 15th, 2009

I dunno, but it seems like pushing out a 4 pounder is a lot easier than an 8 pounder.

- shidley on April 15th, 2009

Its not fair to say crunches don’t work. I exercised until the end of all my pregnancies and labor was very short and easy with all 3 of kids. Its actually true that if you do certain exercises and keep active during your pregnancy, labor will be easier. You’re actually preparing your body for labor by working out, as opposed to lazing away during your pregnancy and not making any physical efforts.
Its kind of common sense, people…..

- Winter on April 15th, 2009

UMMMM I am so not going to respond to this crunches really?

- Kate on April 15th, 2009

“When it came to pushing them out, I truly believe the 500 sit ups a day paid off. I was able to push my 5-pound Jesse out in five pushes. Journey, who was 4 lbs., 11 oz, in three pushes.”

This quote coming from a former porn star is about the funniest thing I’ve heard all week. But then again, what else is she going to say?

- Chicki on April 15th, 2009

Sara, thank you for the explanation about twins and c-sections. I was wondering why that would be the case. It also must be a more modern development, due to technology, because twins can be detected earlier.

I am a twin, we were born at term (40 weeks/not 36) in 1967. We were both in the 6+lbs range, my mother was huge and it was a vaginal birth. They were aware of two babies, maybe by Doppler, hearing 2 heartbeats? I pretty much slid right out after my brother, 5 minute delivery difference. Think about him stretching the birth canal, I think that makes it easier for the second baby. So anyway, how rare is such a situation? I really don’t know.

Shidley, I think you may be on to something. . . what do other mothers have to say about delivering their smaller babies?

Interesting topic!

- Lavender on April 15th, 2009

Shidley’s comment about the 4 lb vs. 8 lb is actually not at all accurate. A 4 lb. baby can be just as difficult, if not more so, for some women than an 8 lb. baby for others. It all depends on the woman’s body, the positioning of the baby and many other factors.

- T on April 15th, 2009

Crunches? Yeah right….

It would be common sense if the person making the statement was not a former porn star. I think I’ll leave it at that.

- momoftwo on April 15th, 2009

Delivering twins vaginally is standard procedure everywhere except in the US (from what I’ve gathered when I looked it up for a friend who gave birth to twins vaginally in The Netherlands). I think it’s the whole ‘pregnancy is a sickness’ combined with ‘they’ll sue us’ mentality that many doctors in the US seem to have, which leads them to do C-sections even when there are no complications in the pregnancy.

- Sanja on April 15th, 2009

This is so dumb….crunches have nothing to do w/ the outcome of childbirth.

- Jrhea on April 15th, 2009

In regards to some of the comments regarding her former career helping delivery–while the idea that she’s more comfortable being exposed might actually have some truth to it, the idea that she’s “stretched out” certainly doesn’t. I think it only takes some common sense to figure out that a baby is rather large in comparison… Also, the limiting factor is the cervical opening, not the vaginal.

And to echo a prior comment–physical exercise, as long as it is comfortable and safe for mother and child, absolutely helps in labor. It definitely doesn’t help in the same way with every labor and every woman, but physical exercise strengthens the core muscles that are VERY important during pushing, it helps condition a woman for the very difficult exertion of labor so that she might be more comfortable overall.

- MArko on April 15th, 2009

This is such a bunch of b.s. I didn’t do crunches: my first was delivered in 2 hours and 25 min. My 2nd in 1 hour and 24 min. My third would have been born sooner, but he was too big and I had to have a C Section. Same for the fourth. Each woman is different. Some have easy deliveries; some have it harder…..

- Judith on April 15th, 2009

I don’t get why people think because she was a porn star means she would be good at pushing babies out. The amount of sex you have has no correlation with pushing time.

Congratulations to her and Tito.

- Lorus on April 15th, 2009

Lorus:

Thank you! I have no idea how her connection to porn applies to childbirth either. The vagina is elastic. Even assuming she was engaging in sex acts with something the size of a baby, it would simply go back to a more everyday size. I assure you those of us who birthed 9 lb + babies aren’t walking about with giant vaginas any more than Jenna!

- Tara on April 15th, 2009

I doubt it was the crunches…that’s why I was wondering if she possibly did 500 a day while pregnant. I did crunches (elevated with pillows) up until about 25 weeks along, and exercised til the end. I was in super great shape, and still it was hard pushing out the baby! Before I went into labor I thought the same thing, that pushing would be a little easier for me because of previous exercise. Possibly this is a wrong assumption, but I bet it had more to do with the smaller sized babies than anything else. I would have a hard time believing that a 33 week baby is similar to delivering a 40 week one.

- Emily on April 15th, 2009

Well sometines exersice makes childbirth easier, but I don’t think that’s the entire reason she was able to have them vaginally. That being said with her history i’m surprised she was able too, because when women have stds c-sections are usually recommanded. Maybe she didn’t have any though. I think that’s a big reason why so many celebrities have c-sections personally. Doctors don’t recommand having babies naturally if you have herpes or warts, babies can come out blind. Anyway congrats to jenna, I saw pics of her today, her hair is darker and she looks skinny already. The baby looks cute too, from what I could tell.

- gianna on April 16th, 2009

People, why would she lie about crunches helping her have an easy delivery?

- CelebBabyLover on April 16th, 2009

I delivered a 7lb and a 5lb 12oz pair of twins, where are my accolades, darn it!?! My OB was adamant about a natural birth, and he’s a US doctor. I think women are too easily bullied when it comes to prenatal care and delivery options. Have some guts girls!

- Sarah on April 16th, 2009

I think it’s unfair to judge Jenna and makes assumptions about her… how do I say this politely… width down there. Just because she has had sex on film does not make her any more or less wide there than any of you who have sex on a regular basis. Just because her sexual activity is on film and yours is in private doesn’t make your nether regions and smaller or larger than hers.

- Jill on April 16th, 2009

What’s with the jokes about her porn star vagina and fast delivery? Grow up people. Don’t you know anything about the female body?

I’m glad she had such a successful delivery and she even had her boys on my birthday. Yay to us! March 15 is a good date to be born.

- Hea on April 16th, 2009

My aunt gave birth 2 twins vaginally too. She had no pain medication & they were only about a month early & weighed almost 7 lbs a piece. Its good to hear of other women trying this route instead of the c-section & the doctors letting them.

- Mandy on April 16th, 2009

Gianna it’s true that if you have a herpes outbreak, you should consider a C-section. But warts are different – the risk is so tiny that most docs ignore it altogether. I’ve also often wondered if the high c-section rate with celebs is linked to herpes.

- Emily on April 16th, 2009

Yes, since she’s been a pornstar she most certainly has herpes and genital warts… Geez… Porn actors usually get tested before every movie ever since the AIDS-terror broke out.

- Hea on April 16th, 2009

Hea not sure if your sarcasm was directed at me, but if so, reread my comment. I think you read way too much into it.

- Emily on April 16th, 2009

She’s talking as if 5 pounds and 4 pounds are huge babies…um, Jenna, try pushing out 10 pounds.

Sit ups did not help you get them out easier.
The fact they were quite small probably helped with that.

- Nikki on April 16th, 2009

Emily- I think Hea’s comment was directed at Gianna, not at you.

Nikki- How do you know sit-ups didn’t help her get them out easier? Execise CAN make delivery easier!

- CelebBabyLover on April 17th, 2009

I know the female anatomy pretty well. I know that vagina is pretty much all muscle so if it’s “worked” then it’ll be stronger.

I also know however that the inner part of the genitalia molds itself to whatever is being inserted into it. Multiple partners(hundreds) and extreme sizes can definitely make a girl a bit lax.

I hope thats not an explicit sexual reference, i meant for it to be a lesson on anatomy.

- anon on April 17th, 2009

If you think about this way, although the boys arrived few minutes apart, she pushed out about 10lbs worth of babies altogether- 4lbs 11oz= 5lbs and 5lbs= 10lbs, so it was quite an ordeal for her to push them out! So I guess, maybe it wasn’t the crunches alone, but her exercising did help!

- babyboopie on April 17th, 2009

Emily – It was all for Gianna. Sorry if I was unclear.

anon – I doubt Jenna is “lax”. Women who live with a well endowed man don’t become lax if they have sex every day for hours on end. Sore is more likely. Not all women become lax after vaginal deliveries either.

Lax can mean salmon in Swedish by the way so that brought a smile to my face.

- Hea on April 17th, 2009

Hea- I see your point, but I also see where Ana was coming from. I will do my best to keep this “clean” here: From what I’ve read, women who are virgins tend to be a bit “tighter” in that particular area. That’s why doing the deed for the first time can be a bit uncomfortable for some women.

- CelebBabyLover on April 19th, 2009

On her myspace she posted a picture of herself, amazing she has the flattest stomach ever for having twins one month ago and super skinny. So those crunches defintoey paid off, as far as looks are concerned.

- gianna on April 19th, 2009

I didn’t realize her past had anything to do with the size of her cervix and her pushing ability….come on people. She may not have stretched or torn in her vagina because of her past, but I’m also pretty sure no male anatomy even comes close to the size of a baby.

- jessica on April 19th, 2009

jessica- “but I’m also pretty sure no male anatomy even comes close to the size of a baby.” Well, I would certainly HOPE not! If it did, well…OUCH is all I can say!

- CelebBabyLover on April 20th, 2009

http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/klick/article4948311.ab

Aw, so cute! A wee bit tiny but they’ll catch up. Jenna looks so happy.

- Hea on April 20th, 2009