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Jolie Doctor: Angelina "Was Speaking and Laughing" During Cesarean Section
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt make a great team in the delivery room!
During the birth of their twins, the couple "were talking, they were together," Jolie's doctor, Michel Sussmann said Sunday afternoon in a press conference on the steps of the Lenval Hospital on the French Riviera.
"It was an epidural, so [Angelina] was awake and speaking and laughing. They were happy," said Sussmann who delivered the babies via Cesarian section Saturday night at the Lenval Hospital.
When it came time to cut the babies' umbilical cords, Pitt was up to the task. "He was my assistant!" Sussmann joked.
"He was perfectly calm, totally determined, very pleased to be at the birth of his children, very moved and very emotional."
As for when the newborns will leave the hospital, "I don't know," the Sussmann said. "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."
Sussman continued, "the babies are fine. The babies are with the mother and father and they are fine."
Jolie, 33, gave birth via a Cesarian section at the Lenval Hospital on the French Riviera on Saturday night, the French newspaper Nice-Matin first reported.
"Saturday was a great day for all," Dr. Michael Sussman told Usmagazine.com. "The babies are good, as is Angelina."
Knox weighed 5.03 pounds and Vivienne weighed 5 pounds, Sussmann adds.
Reps for Jolie and Pitt did not confirm the report.
Earlier in the day, a rep for the hospital denied an online rumor that Jolie gave birth.
Last week, Sussmann held a press conference to let reporters know the twins were due "in the weeks to come.
"Everything is normal," Sussmann said. "Everything is going well."
Pitt was photographed on Tuesday at the hospital. He was there with son Pax, 4.
Jolie previously received visits from Maddox, 6, as well as daughters Shiloh, 2, and Zahara, 3.
The actress checked into the hospital at the end of June via helicopter, Nice-Matin reported at the time.
Jolie is staying on the hospital's fifth floor which features an "unobstructed view" over the Bay of Angels, the paper reported. She reserved four rooms on the maternity ward, with a bodyguard keeping watch, according to the report.
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JennZ
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Cute. I love the little girls name. And the boys, not as strange as I had hoped.
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Very happy for them!
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Is it a good thing to be laughing while being cut open?
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HIPAA laws?? anyone? why is that doctor describing the play-by-play for the media 
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Posted by Tabitha
HIPAA laws?? anyone? why is that doctor describing the play-by-play for the media
I don't know that they have those in France!
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I am very happy for them. I can't help but wonder (and not that it makes one iota of difference) but were these twins the result of natural conception or in vitro fertilization? Do twins run in Angelina's family somewhere (twins are always dependent on the mother).
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Posted by PattyCake
I am very happy for them. I can't help but wonder (and not that it makes one iota of difference) but were these twins the result of natural conception or in vitro fertilization? Do twins run in Angelina's family somewhere (twins are always dependent on the mother).
I think she's indicated in interviews that the pregnancy was a surprise, and twins also a surprise.
Posted by Tabitha
why is that doctor describing the play-by-play for the media
I thought he was a lot too forthcoming with the information. I think I'd be annoyed if my doctor was discussing (even if it was postively) how I was during my labor. I'm sure she's paying him enough, now he can get speaking fees?
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I am sure that both Pitt and Jolie approved what he released to the media.
Congrats to them
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Posted by SweetTooth
Is it a good thing to be laughing while being cut open?
I actually talked and felt great during mine. I had absolutely no pain. It was a great experience for me. I talked to DH and the Dr.
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Posted by JennZ
Cute. I love the little girls name. And the boys, not as strange as I had hoped.
OH nobody got my last post so I will re post it.. I heard the Boys name was going to be Stew.....
Stew Pitt !!!! 
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Posted by dilb712
Posted by JennZ
Cute. I love the little girls name. And the boys, not as strange as I had hoped.
OH nobody got my last post so I will re post it.. I heard the Boys name was going to be Stew.....
Stew Pitt !!!!
LMAO
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| Posted 7/15/08 12:10 AM |
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Posted by smdl
Posted by SweetTooth
Is it a good thing to be laughing while being cut open?
I actually talked and felt great during mine. I had absolutely no pain. It was a great experience for me. I talked to DH and the Dr.
Ditto. I giggled a lot, esp in the beginning because it's suuuuch a weird sensation being completely numb from the waist down.
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| Posted 7/15/08 1:03 PM |
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Posted by SweetTooth
Is it a good thing to be laughing while being cut open?
When I had my daughter (c-section) I did! I think it's just nervous energy and excitment.
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Posted by shnavada
Posted by dilb712
Posted by JennZ
Cute. I love the little girls name. And the boys, not as strange as I had hoped.
OH nobody got my last post so I will re post it.. I heard the Boys name was going to be Stew.....
Stew Pitt !!!!
LMAO
Stew Pitt I get it!!! thats too funny!!!
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Posted by GossipQueen
When it came time to cut the babies' umbilical cords, Pitt was up to the task. "He was my assistant!" Sussmann joked.
"He was perfectly calm, totally determined, very pleased to be at the birth of his children, very moved and very emotional."
Im sorry but I dont know how it is in France but arent most dads feeling like this??
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Posted by smdl
Posted by SweetTooth
Is it a good thing to be laughing while being cut open?
I actually talked and felt great during mine. I had absolutely no pain. It was a great experience for me. I talked to DH and the Dr.
No c-section here, vaginal for both DC's.
I was talking and laughing as well during the dual delivery.
Epidurals are WONDERFUL
Congrats to them  and so glad everyone is happy and healthy.
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