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03/24/2008
Jenny from the bleccch
Dear Ms. Lopez:
Oh, you know what? That sounds so phony. I mean, it's just us, right? Jen and Julie? J. and J., Lo and ho', shooting the breeze, chewing the fat, anxiously asking each other if our emaciated husbands make us look, you know, kind of pudgy? Let me start again.
Jennifer. Jennifer, Jennifer, Jennifer.
So imagine me poring over the Wall Street Journal, thoughtfully chewing my healthful morning muesli...what, not believable? Okay, fine. Picture me completing a punishing circuit of cardiovascular training and rewarding myself with a quick glimpse at the gym's dog-eared copy of The Economist...okay, I didn't say I did that. Just picture it. Because we're not all that concerned with the truth here, are we?
In my case, the truth is that on the Internet I happened across an interview you gave People magazine. I didn't even buy the issue myself. In your case, the truth is...well, what, exactly? Let's look at what you told The Christian Science Monitor — I mean, People — about the recent birth of your boy/girl twins:
It was natural. We didn't do in vitro, which I know was reported. Everybody assumed that because we had twins. I wanted to have a baby, but I've always said exactly what I said all those years they (reporters) asked us since we've been married: 'Well, when are you guys gonna have some kids?' 'When it happens naturally, I guess!' And that's when it happened. It was a surprise to us.
Now let me get this out of the way right at the outset: I do not believe that your celebrity robs you of any claim to privacy. You have every right to reveal as much or as little of your private life as you see fit. I do not believe that you have any special obligation to be an advocate for other infertile people, nor do I think any less of you — long have I found you most thoroughly fly — for keeping your private pain private. Because infertility hurts, doesn't it? You allude to that pain briefly in your hard-hitting tête-à-tête with PBS's Frontline — whoops, People:
You start getting older, you think to yourself, 'Maybe (having kids) is just not meant for me.'
Every infertile I know has faced that feeling, the worry turning to panic, the possibility that maybe, despite all the determination in the world, we won't become parents the way we'd hoped. You're one of us. And I can't see holding you to a different standard than I apply to myself: If I don't announce to strangers that my son was conceived via IVF, I don't expect you to, either. Even if better singers, actors, and seven-time Tour de France winners than you have gone public with their infertility treatment, we all have different comfort levels about how much of our souls we bare to the world, right?
So I don't personally have a problem with your reluctance to confess to treatment. (By saying "confess," I realize I seem to be suggesting that you actually pursued treatment, despite your unequivocal denial of same. Don't worry; I just threw that in there as a sop to all the people who read and believed reports of at least two years' duration that you and your "rumpled-looking" spouse were seen at clinics coming and going.) I mean, I'd like it better if you'd just worked it out with the interviewer ahead of time that you simply declined to answer any questions about your children's conception, but I don't expect you to structure your media encounters around what I would like to see any more than I expect you to run any movie scripts by me before you commit. (Although come on, Jennifer: a lesbian assassin? I realize you can't see me, but I am now making the little "call me" gesture with my hand.)
No, where I have a teensy little problem is your statement here:
I knew there was nothing wrong with me. I knew that I could. Deep down, I really wanted it badly...
Jennifer. Jenny. Jen. J. What. The fucking. Fuck?
First off, if you've been trying, as I read in Foreign Affairs, to have a baby for years without any success, then, yes, there is something wrong with you. It's called infertility. Deny treatment all you like, but why not admit that? It's not, like, the dripping clap. It's not even an embarrassing addiction. It's a medical condition that affects people in all walks of life. It doesn't make you any less of a woman, or less of a wife, or less of a bootylicious megastar. It just makes you human.
But apparently it doesn't make you any more humane, if your second sentence is any indication. Really, Jennifer: "I knew that I could"? That sounds a little smug, almost as smug as your husband's assertion that "it never entered my mind that it would never happen." It's as if you believe it was the strength of your faith, your boundless optimism, and your unswerveable determination that allowed you to conceive. I ask your leave to differ. If it wasn't medical help, then it was some good God-damn-me luck. I would hope you could acknowledge that.
Seems like not, alas. The way you tell it in the New Republic, medicine and luck played no role; you just wished hard enough and it happened. "Deep down, I really wanted it badly." Well, hell, I take it back. Maybe you're not infertile. Because that does distinguish you from people who want it only a little. (You know, just enough to risk their financial stability, test the strength of their relationships, and undergo unpleasant invasive procedures for what is generally a fairly long shot.)
Look, I don't care what you tell the press about how your children were conceived, although your husband's claim that everything you touch turns to gold does cast an interesting light on the idea of the two of you copulating. (To his contention that having twins was inevitable because "nothing you do is small," I can muster no comment, as it only forces me to imagine his intimate dimensions, and, Lordy, that's not right.)
Really: I don't care. Lie if you will. (Not that I'm accusing you of lying, but if you could produce some of those twins that supposedly run in your family, those skeptical others might find you more credible. Trot 'em on out. Give The Nation another photo op. Careful, though; identicals don't count.) Deny what you want. But could you please try not to be such an asshole when you do it? I and the entire readership of Mother Jones would thank you.
Hope you're well. Good luck with that triathlon. I just know your babies will be proud. See you at the gym!
Love,
Julie
P.S. Nice pics. Très Petit Trianon, girlfriend.
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Comments (138)
I laughed a hurtful loud laugh in the middle of Barnes and Noble when I read: "I knew there was nothing wrong with me. I knew that I could."
I agree--come on JLo, let's see pictures of these other family twins.
Great post, Julie--well said!
Posted by: JJ at Mar 24, 2008 11:38:03 AM
Perfect!
Posted by: Susan at Mar 24, 2008 11:45:38 AM
If she had had one baby, it wouldn't even be an issue. There would still be whispers, but she wouldn't be asked in a knowing way if singletons run in her family.
That said, because she is a fame whore and her husband a fame addict (so we can't really blame him can we?) and sells her pictures and "story" to a magazine she is basically begging anyone and everyone to introduce her feet to fire.
On the third hand, seeing paparazzi hiding behind a tree at my local park to take pictures of another celebrity with her twins is beyond grotesque. All those magazines and "celebrity news" shows have to go.
Posted by: at Mar 24, 2008 11:47:26 AM
Friggin' hell-ar-i-ous. I actually SNORTED reading this post. Do you wonder, as do I, why we as humans have never been able to up and fly in the air--or disappear--since I'm sure many a eight-year-old has 'just wanted it bad enough'?
You are an incredible writer with a fabulous gift.......thanks for sharing. (And for the many laughs!)
PS - How is Peanut/Spike/Beauford/etc. growing? Big and strong? Messin' with Mama's six pack abs?
Posted by: Stephanie at Mar 24, 2008 11:48:35 AM
Brava my dear, well said.
Sigh...another celebrity denial, another lost opportunity to shed some light on a subject that affects so many.
Posted by: Dee at Mar 24, 2008 11:57:34 AM
Fucking A-MEN.
Posted by: Barb at Mar 24, 2008 12:09:56 PM
I'm curious... I have a friend who is mom to 4-year-old twins. She was on the pill for like 10 years, then she & her husband decided to start trying for kids, and bam. First try she's pregnant with twins.
She called us in December. She's pregnant again, due in July... WITH TWINS!!! They weren't even trying. She's about 38 now.
I mean, couldn't she just be ridiculously uber-fertile? I believe her when she says it was out of the blue, because frankly they were barely in a position to have one new baby, let alone another set of twins. Finding daycare for her kids was tough enough. I can't imagine what it will be like looking for care for FOUR kids.
Posted by: Charity at Mar 24, 2008 12:17:47 PM
So she tries for years then then naturally conceives b/g twins? Um, yeah. I have this great stock tip for you...
I think things like this are why when random strangers come up to me and ask me about my pregnancy and am I excited I generally answer something like 'After nearly four years of trying and four IVF cycles excited doesn't even begin to cover it.' Hey, if they comment on my now obvious condition it's their own fault if I bring up how I got this way.
Posted by: Elizabeth D at Mar 24, 2008 12:20:23 PM
As they say in The New Yorker, "Christ, what an asshole."
Posted by: jenn at Mar 24, 2008 12:21:17 PM
Thanks for the laughter, Julie. My 31-yr-old daughter received her second negative on IVF on Good Friday, so our pain and fear are pretty raw. Somehow, reading something you've written always makes me remember that there most definitely ARE real people out there who don't sugar-coat (uh. . . dismiss) our pain. Again---thanks.
Posted by: Melinda at Mar 24, 2008 12:35:19 PM
I love the "nothing she does is small" part. If that's the case then she's a HUGE over-achiever and perfectionist and I can't believe for one second that she'd wait years to conceive when so many other Hollywood people are popping out babies left, right, and center. C'mon. How gullible are we supposed to be?
Posted by: Kelly at Mar 24, 2008 12:45:26 PM
And this is why I love you.
Posted by: BrooklynGirl at Mar 24, 2008 12:48:03 PM
Charity,
I'll give you it is possible, since well, anything is technically possible, the Dionne quints in the Depression era proved that. But twins, were a hell of a lot rarer before fertility treatment existed, so no, I don't believe that either J.Lo or your friend just naturally conceived their twins.
My OB, who specializes in multiples, says that since he started practicing 20-odd years ago the percentage change in the rise in twins, triplets, etc. has been so dramatic that if someone tells him their multiples are natural, he never believes them. It's just not logical.
Posted by: Aurelia at Mar 24, 2008 12:49:03 PM
How can you be so sure she's lying? I know of a number of women who accidentally conceived babies late in life, after they thought they no longer needed to bother with birth control. I myself am one such baby.
Posted by: victoria at Mar 24, 2008 12:50:27 PM
Sorry, should have said, "I WAS one such baby." Oops.
Posted by: victoria at Mar 24, 2008 12:51:00 PM
As BrooklynGirl stated - indeed, this is why we love you.
Posted by: tree town gal at Mar 24, 2008 1:00:27 PM
The only reason I actually read this issue of People is because my MIL brought it to our house and it was like a train wreck, but nothing she said in there was believable. According to JLo, both she & Marc Anthony wake up when one of the twins scream in the middle of the night - heavens no, NOT the hired help. (Note J.Lo's perfect complexion/hair/makeup and complete loss of baby-weight at 4 weeks postpartum. I'm sure she is getting no sleep at all. /sarcasm
Posted by: ct_mom at Mar 24, 2008 1:04:35 PM
AMEN Sister!
Posted by: Renee at Mar 24, 2008 1:13:58 PM
Crap, I wish I had known that "wanting it really badly deep down" and being an overachiever was all I needed to get pregnant. Instead I went the underachiever route with donor eggs and IVF and only had ONE baby.
The Lopez family doth protest too much, the defensive "twins run in my family" seems to be the tell for IVF twins. Twinning runs in families if the woman inherits a tendency for "hyper ovulation" - someone who tried for years unsuccessfully really doesn't sound like someone whose ovulation could be describes as "hyper" does it?
And Jenny, I'd be mildly impressed with the triathlon if you had to train without the aid of a trainer or nannies to watch your children or a chef to make your families meals or someone to clean your house. Yes you still have to put in the effort to train but some of us do it by schlepping the baby in the jogging stroller or stealing away an hour to swim after the baby is in bed.
Posted by: Suzanne at Mar 24, 2008 1:20:34 PM
THANK YOU for writing this. I was and still am INFURIATED, not only as a mother of twins reading about her "miraculous weight loss" (hello, 13m later and I still moan the words "twin skin" in me sleep, and also her supposed natural twins. Seriously? Because when I was going through treatments I was reading an article SHOWING her coming out of a clinic. Barf. Why not be honest?
Posted by: tbonegrl at Mar 24, 2008 1:39:22 PM
This kind of crap drives me crazy! I'm not infertile, but my dh and I spent months at the hospital while our 3 yr old dd underwent chemotherapy. She died 8 months later. Many parents whose children survived cancer made statements like, "We never gave up." "We had faith." "Our child is a fighter". It just steamed me inside because it was like our child died because of some failure on our part. Like we GAVE up, or we didn't have FAITH, or our child wasn't a FIGHTER. Give me a freaking break. You don't get pregnant because you "want it really bad". And I guess it's just a coincidence that every celebrity has to get pg with twins. Right.
Posted by: Gina at Mar 24, 2008 1:45:34 PM
Charity, your friend’s first set of twins, at least, might have been directly related to her having just gone off the pill! Apparently women who conceive immediately after stopping the pill have a slightly higher incidence of multiple births. Not that that has a thing in the world to do with J. Lo., of course. (And I loved everything about this post, Julie.)
I couldn't say for sure if it's true, but I've read more than once that older women are somewhat more likely to conceive twins spontaneously. Anecdotally, my grandmother first gave birth at age 23, then had no more children till age 40, when my mother and her twin brother arrived. And obviously no ART was involved back in the 1940s. So yeah, I'm as cynical as anyone else about most of these twin stories, but they do happen every so often.
Posted by: tc at Mar 24, 2008 2:05:29 PM
Yeah, I'm pretty sure she wouldn't lie to me if they had pursued IVF. She's open about everything else in her life, she would have told me about that. It's not like I'm PEOPLE magazine, ya know?
She wasn't sure if twins ran in her family, but she made a good point: in the olden days, sometimes twins were conceived, but only one would survive. Sometimes it wasn't always noted if there was a twin that didn't make it. So if you're relying on an old family Bible or diary, they may not have all the deets.
Manager at Hubby's company, age 43, had a SURPRISE! baby last year too. Their kids were almost 10 and 7. This little one, while very cute, was a biiiiig surprise.
Posted by: Charity at Mar 24, 2008 2:19:15 PM
Julia Roberts ALSO had "natural" boy/girl twins, and hey, guess what? Twins ran in her family, too! They must be related, J-Lo and J-Ro.
That being said, my son's 2nd grade teacher had two sets of twins (B/G, then non-identical B/B two [!!!] years later) without medical intervention. But she was in her 20s, apparently shooting eggs out like a tommy gun.
Posted by: Lisa at Mar 24, 2008 2:23:42 PM
When I read that JLo's Father said that twins run in their family I wondered if he was aware of the Catholic Church's policy against IVF. Perhaps she is now lying to spare her husbands ultra conservative family and to protect her image.
Posted by: Mel at Mar 24, 2008 2:49:15 PM
Ok, last one I swear, from: http://fametastic.co.uk/archive/20060920/2626/jennifer-lopez-wants-two-children-from-ivf-treatment/
Fametastic
Jennifer Lopez wants two children from IVF treatment
Wednesday September 20th, 2006 at 2:21 pm by Heather
Jennifer Lopez is reportedly receiving IVF treatment at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles.
The singer-actress was spotted at the fertility clinic and a fellow patient revealed: “Jennifer said she wanted to have two children. She said she’d recently started treatment and couldn’t wait to have a family.”
Posted by: tbonegrl at Mar 24, 2008 2:51:59 PM
Huh, one comment was eaten. Here's what JLo's dad said:
http://www.imnotobsessed.com/2008/02/06/jennifer-lopez-father-confirms-twins-its-in-the-family/
Well, Jennifer Lopez’s father has just confirmed that his daughter did not use in vitro to conceive her children… or at least that is what he is implying. During an interview on the Spanish-language show Escándalo TV, David said “it’s a hereditary thing”.
“Yes, twins,” her dad David Lopez said in an interview on the Spanish-language show Escándalo TV, PEOPLE en Español reports. “The thing is in my family, my sister also had twins, so it’s a hereditary thing. I’m very proud. Jennifer has yearned to be a mother for many years.
“In Puerto Rico it’s custom to buy an azabache [black stone] bracelet for babies to protect them from the evil eye, it’s part of our culture.”
Posted by: tbonegrl at Mar 24, 2008 2:54:09 PM
Julie,
Great post! I agree she has no obligation to share any details. But I would respect her so much more if we saw some empathy towards those that have been in the IF trenches with her.
And I am going to try to incorporate the phrase "intimate dimensions" into my vocabulary. Love it.
Posted by: Amy at Mar 24, 2008 2:57:11 PM
Oh, I also knew I woman with 2 sets of twins that were about a year apart. Our husbands were both on submarines in (the early 1980's) and gone for 3 months and home for three months in a never ending cycle). As you can imagine the second pregnancy was unplanned and she had her tubes tied at the age of 23 as the doc told her that most likely she would always release two eggs! Her mom would stay with her for 6 months and then her mother in law would stay for 6 months. I remember her shower, 2 newborns and 2 11 month olds, OMG! (AND NO HUSBAND, OUT TO SEA FOR 8 MORE WEEKS) Shudder, I don't know how she survived.
Posted by: Mel at Mar 24, 2008 2:58:49 PM
I actually do believe that it is possible for a woman to have two sets of twins without any extra help -- my aunt did it and she isn't the only one in our family to achieve the distinction. But she had ten children (six singletons and two sets of twins). They were all born before the era of ART.
As for JLO, she's full of shit. And you rock Julie and are oh so correct. If she didn't want to talk about their conception she didn't have to. But to blatently lie when the truth is so obvious is just crap.
Dh and I conceived without assistance after 3 years of trying and the first thing we'll say when asked is that we hit the freaking jackpot and can't believe we are so lucky. I still don't believe it. Seems like I must have gone to sleep for the part where we got help. Wanting and hoping and belief had nothing to do with it since we had given up hoping and believed IVF was our only shot. She could have at least acknowledged the joy and the luck that after years of waiting her number finally came up.
Posted by: Sarah at Mar 24, 2008 3:00:28 PM
This comment is not so much in response to your blog as it is to some of the comments flowing in right now...
I get just as infuriated by people who won't accept the idea of some twins being natural as I am that people like J Lo refuse to admit that they needed help. A lesbian friend of mine just found out she's having twins - they used the proverbial turkey baster at home (so I guess a kind of home remedy IUI?), and hadn't done any drug therapies yet (this was only their second month of trying). She was told that "older" women (she's 36) just have a larger chance of dropping 2 eggs.
So no, I don't believe for a second that J Lo conceived without help, but folks, please don't judge people who really did conceive twins naturally - it's been happening for a long time, pre and post ART Age.
Posted by: kelly at Mar 24, 2008 3:00:43 PM
Didn't J-Lo have the up and down IVF-cycling belly, before she was pregnant? When the media was all is she OR isn't she? Yes, I do believe she did.
Excellent post, Julie!
Posted by: thrice at Mar 24, 2008 3:12:48 PM
Thank f'ing god. Somebody needed to say it. I can't lie and say I've been a huge J-Lo fan all these years (although who doesn't get down to a little "Jenny From the Block" now and then) but I've lost any and all respect I could've possibly had for her. "I knew nothing was wrong with me." Well isn't that great for you. Funny, because I knew that too.
As for conceiving twins "naturally", I can attest to the fact that it does happen. I conceived identical twins 5 months into our TTC journey...and lost them 9 weeks later. Imagine my surprise when I learned a year (and 3 miscarriages) later that my husband had a drastically declining sperm count which leaves us with no option but IVF - after 4 naturally occurring pregnancies. Natural twins do happen - but not when you've been trying for years and have been seen in and out of fertility clinics. I conceived twins once, but if I'm lucky enough to do it again nobody will believe that they're "natural".
F*ck Jenny. She ain't from my block.
Posted by: Amber at Mar 24, 2008 3:22:12 PM
Yes, yes, yes -- this is why we love you Julie!
Posted by: Waiting Amy at Mar 24, 2008 3:24:34 PM
Charity:
there are people who tend to ovulate more than one egg per cycle. Women who do this have a 1 in 5 chance of twins at any pregnancy. Usually the only way a woman knows, however is if she get a set of spontaneous fraternals.
And if you are older you tend to release more eggs -- your body's last hurrah to try to up your chances.
I researched this when I planned to start a family -- my mom's mom had twins and her mom had two sets, hough my mom and her sister did not. Turns out, I had twins because my husband had a varicocele which resulted in severe sperm issues and we did IVF. But if someone asks me "do twins run in your family"? I tend to say yes. After all isn't that code for "did you do IVF?" In either event I am answering more truthfully than the nosy question warrants. And no matter what I say, people have already decided I did anyway. Just like you, Charity, are "just curious" about your friend.
As far as JLo goes, I would totally cut her slack if she answered "yes" to that question in passing. It's a nunya. BUT the fact that she was PAID to tell her story and THEN gets demure (*cough*) -- ridiculous. Open to ridicule. If she doesn't want to address the private issue DON'T SELL PICTURES OF YOUR PRIVATE LIFE.
Granted, I am ranting and haven't read it.
The real problem IS the "wanting so deeply" nonsense. In short, I do not think she is bright enough to understand why that is offensive. Even if she were to read Gina's very clear, concise and heartbreaking illustration of how offensive and moronic the statement is.
Posted by: another julie at Mar 24, 2008 3:32:42 PM
THANK YOU!!!!!
I detest J.Lo, and she's a flipping annoying liar, and her nasty Skeletor husband is revolting. Own that you got fertility treatments, idiots.
I have spontaneously-conceived (I hate the term "natural," like IVF twins are synthetic or something) fraternal twins with no history of twins anywhere in my family. However, if I'd pursued fertility treatments to get them, I'd be honest when people asked (and they do ask ... all the time.)
Posted by: Patty at Mar 24, 2008 3:36:15 PM
And Gina, I'm so, so terribly sorry. :(
Posted by: Patty at Mar 24, 2008 3:37:17 PM
I heart you. High five!
Posted by: Natalee at Mar 24, 2008 3:45:15 PM
OK, it is true that the probability of twins can increase with age. You get older, you start producing more FSH, and if the balance of FSH and ovarian reserve if off by the right amount it's a little like being on fertility meds. The thing is, I just don't believe that's what happened here. It could be the quotes that sound so off, but it could also be that I just can't forgive JLo for doing the America remake of the Japanese 'Shall We Dance'. Her dancing was even worse than her acting -- hard to believe but true. She single handedly ruined what would otherwise have been a decent remake. If you ever subjected yourself to watching that movie, please go out and rent the Japanese version, if only for the pleasure of seeing Alan & Donna Shingler dressed up as the young couple in the childhood flashback.
Posted by: Elizabeth D at Mar 24, 2008 3:52:42 PM
It's posts like this that make me totally love you.
Posted by: Jessica H. at Mar 24, 2008 3:54:03 PM
FinaLLy some EFF-ing truth!!!!!!!
Wouldnt you think Jenny would learn to noT buLL shiT the preSS after the hideous time abc interviewed her in her "PERFECT" relationship with Ben AFFLeck(ben I mean YOU no disrespect)
ThanKs froM an infertile beLLy..
Posted by: Beth at Mar 24, 2008 3:57:52 PM
Oh, dear . . . be NICE, Julie . . . I mean the poor lying sack of shit, oops, I mean Jennifer Lopez, now has to deal with the children of that natural, miraculous conception -- and they look just like her skeleton/cadaver of a husband. When the twins automatically grow handsome/pretty in their teens, I'm sure plastic surgery won't be mentoned at all!!!
I had SO many problems with the article -- sorry, I'll admit to having a subscription to People right back to the first issue -- check out the nursery! Warm and cozy -- so inviting!! And the two 24/7 baby nurses that aren't even needed, since Jennifer and Mark get up every feeding TOGETHER!! Must be hard on her training schedule, I'm sure. And, there's proud Daddy Mark -- gushing about how these twins make his life perfect . . . I'm not sure why his first 3 children with his first wife Dayanara (sp?) didn't make his life perfect, but damn glad he finally got that nailed down.
Worst thing -- hand's down? A photo of Mark and Jennifer bottle feeding both those babes (hey, no breast feeding for the athlete in training!) and they are both barefoot. Mark's feet are truly the stuff that can cause anyone to lose their last meal.
Thank you so much for today's post -- genius. It's why I stay a faithful reader . . . oh, and also because I'm waiting for an updated picture of the prince (Charlie) and a long-awaited notice of the happy birth of his healthy sibling!!! Hope you're feeling well! I'm 12 weeks behind you . . . a mighty nice place to be!
Stacey
Posted by: Stacey at Mar 24, 2008 3:58:29 PM
Oh thank you, thank you, thank you for this post. I was thinking it only was me - another babies of celebrities blog going on and on about how of course someone who wanted it could go 3 years+ and then BAM - suddenly whack two out of the old ovaries with no help whatsoever. Though - they did say "natural". Perhaps drugs are natural. I mean - they can make you ovulate, and ovulation as we all know is natural. Either that or they were just forgetting during those years of disappointment that SEX is the number one thing that kind of helps conception along. Then I could possibly believe that boom - it happened naturally after all.
And poop on the whole "wanted it bad enough" I guess I didn't want the seven babies I miscarried bad enough. I guess I didn't want to get pg bad enough those months that sometimes turned into years of flogging my friggin' ovaries. Darn it - that was my whole infertility problem right there - I didn't WANT it. Boy, what a relief to know I spent all that money on something I didn't want.
And - please, if everything she touches turns to gold, please come and touch a few of my household items or just one - like the couch. I am sure a solid gold couch could easily finance a few more go rounds . . .
Posted by: JuliaS at Mar 24, 2008 4:03:27 PM
I found it intriguing that she made a big deal out of emphasizing that her twins were conceived "naturally," but then went on to have a C-section and chose not to breastfeed. Why is there so much stigma attached to ART for conception but not these other kinds of "artificial" interventions?
Posted by: elizabeth at Mar 24, 2008 4:20:42 PM
Is she even relevant anymore? Regardless, I've always hated her and I hate her more now.
Posted by: chris at Mar 24, 2008 4:25:37 PM
I can't even stand to read/look at/hear anything about her twins. It makes my blood boil!!! I could care less about how her twins were concieved, but the mere fact that she shouts it from the rooftops that they're "natural." Guess what, so are mine, I don't see an artificial robot babies running around my house. Guess what, I'm not ashamed to say I used ART to concieve my twins at 26, so it has nothing to do with age!!
Thanks for this post...so many celebs now seemed ashamed of ART despite the fact that there are tons of celeb twins running around the tabloids!! What is your take on Brangelina and their possible twins??
Posted by: twinboysmom at Mar 24, 2008 4:31:07 PM
you nailed that one. either a no comment and move on or some honesty -- if only we could all want it enough - please. and my SIL did have two sets of twins - all on her own. sure it happens but my SIL got preg at 21 and 25...and never saw the inside of a fertility clinic in her life.
Posted by: jb at Mar 24, 2008 4:37:45 PM
Perfect post! I think there are very few people that actually believe that these twins didn't come into the world without some help!
Posted by: Heather at Mar 24, 2008 4:45:22 PM
I bet if we here had us a little vote on which one of the two of you is a rock star, poor J.Lo would find the results as revealing as that dress. So yeah, you rock, hard core. And I am so glad I am basically an elderly shut-in and, therefore, did not stumble onto this particular load of bull before I could contemplate it in the soft glowing light of the patented Julie needlepoint... err.. seismic smackdown.
Posted by: JuliaKB at Mar 24, 2008 4:55:53 PM
okay everyone, let's give her the benefit of the doubt, perhaps all of those shots of her entering and exiting the clinic was just because she needed to have 17 pap smears in one month. Perhaps she really had the clap - you know because all that wanting and yearning can really wear down a persons immune system making them vulnerable to VD.
When I read this article while standing in line at Costco, I couldn't help but roll my eyes. Another perfect bulls-eye Julie. Well done!
Posted by: Duchess at Mar 24, 2008 4:57:49 PM
