Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon Welcome Twins

I’m so happy for them! I can’t wait to hear the names.

- missy on April 30th, 2011

CONGRATULATIONS NICK, MARIAH AND FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best wishes on the arrival of your twins and god bless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope everyone is happy and healthy and can’t wait to hear their names!

- J.J. on April 30th, 2011

Yay! Can’t wait to hear their names:-)

- december on April 30th, 2011

Names please! Lol. Congrats to the couple!

- Mandy on April 30th, 2011

NAMEESS

- nbalh on April 30th, 2011

I’m so happy everything went well for them..congrats to them. A little bittersweet for me as 2yrs ago today my little sister gave birth to my twin nieces 3months early and one of them didn’t survive so whenever I see twins be born and healthy I thank god for that. I hope Nick and Mariah know how incredibly blessed they are. I’m sure they do.

- andi on April 30th, 2011

Nick said they have names picked out and that they were aiming for “unique but not wacky.”

- shannon on April 30th, 2011

Congrats!!! Can’t wait to hear the names!

My bet is she had a scheduled c-section b/c of the time of their birth. I had a scheduled section for 8 a.m. and my son was born at 9:10 a.m.

- urbanadventurertales on April 30th, 2011

Many congrats to them. I cannot come up with a celebrity couple that I love more than these two.

- michelle in mo on April 30th, 2011

congrats to mariah and nick! how cute they were born on their wedding anniversary. i bet the twins are adorable!

- Lauren on April 30th, 2011

Congratulations to my Mariah and Nick, I can’t wait to see the babies.

- Toya L. on April 30th, 2011

Juliet – Calm down

I was just wondering because it wasn’t written in the article and it’s twins and they are most of the times taken with a c-section and they were born on their wedding anniversary

- Alma on April 30th, 2011

Aww… about time Mimi had “dem babies” congrats to nick and mariah

- nelly on April 30th, 2011

Congrats to them that is so cute she had them on her wedding aniversary

- Shirelle on April 30th, 2011

My guess for the girl is Vanessa Grace. Vanessa means butterfly, and everyone knows Mariah is obsessed with butterflies, and Grace seems to be the go-to middle name these days. I could also see Mariah going for a name like Lola. No idea for a boys name, maybe carrying on Nick in some way? I think they’ll go more common than “wacky.”

- Abby on April 30th, 2011

*so* excited to wake up to this news! Congratulations Mariah and Nick on your beautiful babies!

- Maddie on April 30th, 2011

Perfectly sized babies!!! Congrats to Mariah and Nick!

- Brooke on April 30th, 2011

This announcement made me scream with joy…I am so happy that nick and mariah have arrived to parenthood despite the bumpy road along the way…I bet one baby looks like mariah one favors nick!!

- erica2 on April 30th, 2011

mariah and nick i am so so happy 4 yall!!!i can not wate2 see the twins photos congrats!!!oh and i am the godmother.

- albernique on April 30th, 2011

Congrats to them!!! I can’t wait to hear the names! A boy + a girl= the perfect family

I think she had a c-section. It says they were born at 9:07 and I think it would be very rare for a woman to give birth to twins within the same minute through natural birth. Not that it matters though, as long as both the mom and babies are healthy!

- Erika on April 30th, 2011

No excuse for ever forgetting your anniversary now, Nick! Congrats to the family.

- Erin on April 30th, 2011

I agree with Marlee. C-Sections are definitely ways to deliver babies. When you have a c-section, you are still giving birth.

- Erika on April 30th, 2011

Oh good Lord, now someone has a debate over how c-sections are not a form of delivery regarding the mother? Only on CBB…

- J on April 30th, 2011

momof4- Really? How offensive for you to act like because you had a vaginal delivery with NO PAIN MEDICATION that you’re somehow a martyr. Just because you had a c section, doesnt mean you didnt do a lot of work too. Some people push for hours before having to be taken in to surgery.

If how you delivered your children is the only thing you have going for you, maybe it’s time to get a life.

- Emily on April 30th, 2011

Momof4- The mother is the one who is carrying the baby and goes in for the surgery. Sure, the doctor may take the baby out, but ultimately it is still the mother delivering them, in my opinion. During a natural birth, the woman may go through labor and push, but it is usually the doctor who grabs the baby and makes sure it arrives safely in the end. Both c-sections and natural deliveries are ways to deliver babies and in my opinion, delivery is on the mother’s part.

- Erika on April 30th, 2011

Momof4

“there was no effort on your part.”

Are you kidding me? I labored 37 hours with my first and he was in distress. I was so incredibly relieved when I was wheeled into surgery and I delivered him (yes, I delivered him).

It is attitudes like yours that cause anxiety and depression in women who end up having births that don’t go according to plan.

Shame on you.

- Marlee on April 30th, 2011

Marlee, you probably went through more in labor than many women who have natural births. You definitely did ‘deliver’ your son, and I’m sure the c-section was the best option if he was in distress.

People like Momof4, who don’t believe c-sections are birth, likely didn’t have complications, or a child in distress. I would rather have a c-section than a stillbirth, or a child with serious health problems because of a tramautic birth.

A woman I know had a uterine rupture and had to have a c-section. The child would have died if she hadn’t been wheeled into surgery within minutes. Her son is brain damaged though, because even though the whole birth was nothing but complications, and there were clear signs that she would rupture, the doctor refused a c-section until it was a matter of life and death. Would it be better if she gave birth naturally, and risked death for her and the baby? NO.

- Erika on April 30th, 2011

I can’t wait till they announce their names

- Kate on April 30th, 2011

Times are not an easy determining factor of c-sections. I was born vaginally at 11:27pm. It all depends on when the babies were pulled out or pushed out. Congrats to them both!

- Colleen on April 30th, 2011

Momof4, I had two vaginal births, one with pain med. and one w/out, and in my opinion I had it a LOT easier than having to go through a c-section. So yeah, get over yourself!

Also, with twins, from what I understand it’s fairly rare to have a vaginal delivery. Definitely not impossible and does happen, but conditions have to be just right. Because of the positioning of the babies and possible complications, many drs. just opt for c-sections. I don’t think this is a Christina Aguilera situation where she’s whining that she “doesn’t want to tear.”

- Hannahsmom on April 30th, 2011

My guess is Nicolette and Maricio (not Mauricio)

- Mom2boyz on April 30th, 2011

MomOf4…wow. I had five miscarriages, and when I finally carried a pregnancy to term plus an extra week, I was called in for an induction. On Christmas Eve. I dilated all the way to five with no meds, then my water broke. It was full of meconium. Then I got the epidural because they wanted to speed things up, and I was at ten within an hour. My pelvis felt like it was splitting in half. I’m not a big person…but after the csection, my baby sure was. He was 10 lbs 12oz. He never descended past minus one.

I had midwives throughout my entire pregnancy and planned to do everything as naturally as possible. It was a grieving process of sorts, getting over how I thought my birth should be compared to the way it actually happened, but my son is here and safe and in the end, that’s all that matters. I’m no less of a woman or a mother than you. My csection was scary, and foreign, and every other awful adjective you can think of, so you’re sadly mistaken to assume that there was no effort on my part. I labored, I panted, I walked the halls, but in this case, the baby was just too big. But it takes courage and effort to be awake while you’re being cut open. It takes courage to lie behind that curtain and have no idea what’s going on on the other side.

It was the most terrifying two hours of my life. To insinuate that because I didn’t push my baby out of my vagina does a disservice to women everywhere who have had to have surgical births. I hope for a vbac next time, but whatever happens happens. Join the rest of us on earth and realize that it’s attitudes like yours that are harmful to women who have had csections. When we didn’t want it, it’s hard to cope with sometimes. We feel like less of a woman, less able to trust our bodies. You do what’s good for you and the rest of us will do likewise, and ALL of us should celebrate the fact that we crested, nurtured life, and brought it forth. We are all amazing, no matter how our babies got here.

- Amanda on May 1st, 2011

Congrats to them, how wonderful !

- Rose on May 1st, 2011

Momof4 / Eliza

what do you want a medal? congrats i suppose for thinking you are some how better than any who has had to have their child cut out of them , and spent 6 – 8 weeks recovering in alot of pain while trying to take care of a new born because that takes zero effort ……….

said it before i’ll say it again im a midwife in the uk who has had an Cat C section and my effort was not freaking out while a team of doctors poked and prod, and stuck needles ect in me before knocking me out * i had no pain relief either so i could not be awake for my section** while i laid there bleeding to death think my baby had died and thats no dr trying to scare me that is a fact, i have read my own notes and i was in serious serious danger and so was my baby so if we are handing out medal maybe women who go through this , and then get on with the task of looking after their baby they are the ones that need medal

its women like you who im guessing has no medical back round make ladies feel like they failed , any birth IS a birth end of no discussion needed it is a FACT

well done nick, mariah wishing you both all the best with your brand new life as parents its the best job in the world

- hayley w on May 1st, 2011

Why is 9am an indicator of a schudeled C section? My son was born at 9:05 am and I had his vaganially, after 6 hours of labor.

steph

- steph on May 1st, 2011

Amazingly well said Amanda!!!!! I am cheering for you right now. I can’t imagine the strength it must take to endure labour and major surgery, and to care for a baby while recovering from it. Vaginal birth is instinctual, whereas it takes real concious mental effort to go through a very difficult birth and to love and care for your child afterwards regardless. You really have to let go and, in a sense, give your body up for what’s best for your child. You are courageous and have the right to be proud of yourself, as does everyone who nutures and grows a baby for nine months and then brings them into this world.

- Kaye on May 1st, 2011

Sorry Marlee, but your doctor delivered your babies if you had a c-section. She or he cut you open and took them out–there was no effort on your part.

I delivered my babies myself as all of my babies were born vaginally, without pain medication and I PUSHED them out and worked extremely hard to get them out myself. There is a difference.

^^Really, momof4?! My goodness, this has me gobsmacked. Get off your high horse, you’re no better than anyone else for having birthed vaginally and no pain meds. Please. And this coming from someone who birthed just like you. This is unbelievable. How sad is it that almost all aspects of motherhood have become a race, a high-school-popularity-competition of sorts.

- PeopleAreCrazy on May 1st, 2011

I am sooo happy for these two. i even predicted the birth yesterday morning. they really deserve this. i cant wait to see dem babies and hear their names. i hope theyre unique and gorgeous.

- lina on May 1st, 2011

It is a blessing to have a baby and to be a mother, regardless if it is biologically (vaginal, C-section, or gestational host) or via adoption. I do not have kids yet, but when I do, regardless of how it happens, it will be a blessing. I can not believe that some of you have missed the whole point of motherhood and are having some sophomoric competition as to which form is “better.” You guys have missed the whole point!

- GOdiva on May 1st, 2011

Oh my gosh! I’m loving all the responses to the idiot behind momof4! They are all great, couldn’t have said it better! Congrats to Mariah and Nick! I’m so happy for them and can’t wait to see the babies! They will be great parents!

- Angela on May 1st, 2011

Why are you crazy fool defending yourselves against a complete strangers opinion? Calm down, for cripes sake.

Everyone talks about being allowed to have an opinion UNTIL someone else posts one that they don’t like and then everyone goes on the offensive to prove that they (tear) are a mommy too (sob) even if they had a c-section (boo hoo).

Of course you are, but you sound like CRAZY mommies for always thinking every.single.comment is a slam against YOU personally.

Get over yourselves!

- Janna on May 1st, 2011

Excuse me Jana but momof4 did make a personal comment against a previous poster: “Sorry Marlee, but your doctor delivered your babies if you had a c-section. She or he cut you open and took them out–there was no effort on your part.” Which is what started this.

This is something a lot of us found offensive (the “no effort” part) and worth making a comment about. I’m not taking it personally, I’m sure most of us aren’t, but we can hardly ignore such a view that we wholeheartedly disagree with. The responses had been perfectly civil until you arrived. Given the nature of this site, you can hardly be suprised by this discussion. I would hate for a women who has recently had a c-section and is disappointed by such, reading those comments and feeling like a failure. I felt a need to point out the courage of the women who have been in that situation as did others!

I’ll have my opinion and you can have yours, ok.

- Kaye on May 1st, 2011

Amen to what Amanda said. The majority of the moms who wind up delivering via c-section do not do it for superficial reasons, but because, in the end, they just want their baby to be okay. It’s a grieving process for most of us to know that we didn’t get to push our babies out on our own. No need to add insult to injury, ‘Momof4′.

I’m going to try so hard for a VBAC next time, but, 3 years after the birth of my first child, finally realize that no matter how my next one arrives, it is a minor detail in the grand scheme of things.

What a relief to read that most of the posters on this one can acknowledge that fact.

- jen on May 1st, 2011

i can’t even believe that someone would say that a baby delivered by c-section was not “delivered” by the mother???? seriously???

i have had four kids. All vaginally. With my first, I had pre-eclampsia, was in the maternal ICU. With my next two, they were identical twin girls and were both stillborn…born vaginally after 18 hours of labor. With my fourth, she was a vaginal birth without pain medication. I will tell you that all of my deliveries were hard (for different reasons). How dare someone judge another mom for her birth experience?

I would take a c-section in a NY minute if it meant a healthy baby. Please do not judge- it just makes you sound ignorant. And no one cares if you had pain medication or not. Well, maybe you care- but you’re alone in your little kingdom. are you going to look down on your daughter if she has a c-section??? puh-leez.

- laurelcanyonfashionista on May 1st, 2011

I think it’s sick that we’re fighting about the form of birth is considered real birth. smh.

- iheartcb on May 1st, 2011

laurelcanyonfashionista, i am so sorry for your loss.

congratz nick and mariah!

- linnie on May 1st, 2011

Wow I am very offended that a csection doesnt count as giving birth. My son was a 100 percent natural birth with no epi, not induced etc. My daughter I had at 36 weeks. I had severe pre eclampsia and HELLP syndrome and could have died had I not delivered right away. I was induced the night my blood work came back and I tried for a natural birth but I was too sick and my blood work was getting worse by the minute and I was rushed in for an emergency csection. I had to have 2 units of blood and platlets as well. I was on mag sulfate to prevent seizures and I lost a lot of blood and almost went into liver failure. So some women have NO choice but to have a csection.

- Holiday on May 2nd, 2011

Congrats to Mariah and Nick..

So momof4..You did it all by yourself? That’s really amazing that you pushed (with no meds) them out, then “caught” them when they came out, cleaned them, weighed them..You give new meaning to being a super Mom..

- Becky on May 2nd, 2011

Thanks to all those who are sticking up for c-section mamas! I was in labor for over 27 hours before I had a c-section–my baby went into distress 3 times (his heart rate plummeted to 45, and those who know, know that docs panic when they go below 100 at all, and don’t care for them to go below 120 for any extended time length). I definitely did work. Definitely.

Momof4–congrats on your 4 healthy babies, but I’ll take my c-section and healthy baby over the alternative of having tried to “deliver” your way and losing him. C-sections are not the “easy” way out–we have to recover from having a new baby AND from major surgery–just because they’re more common now doesn’t mean they’re not major surgery, and having every muscle in your stomach cut open is not an easy thing. You don’t know how much you use your stomach muscles until they hurt like that–spitting out toothpaste was even cause for a good wince.

Congrats on the twins!

- Morgan on May 2nd, 2011

To Really?!
I don’t doubt that SOME people do have c-sections for no medical reason. BUT that is a small minority. So to assume that all people who have had c-sections are like that, and/or to lump them in with those people who are “to posh to push” is incredibly offensive and completely wrong! It is very common for women to be depressed following a distressing birth. How can people add to that by making them feel guilty and inadequate for something totally out of their control, done for the safety of their child? I’m sure those mothers would have gone through anything to have their child safely in their arms.

Why don’t you put some of your guilt towards the doctors who interfere with birthing women and contribute to the complications that result in some c-sections. What about things like placenta previa? Is it better for a women to risk her life and that of her baby so that she can say that she had a natural vaginal birth? I do not understand why anyone would willingly undergo massive abdominal surgery without having a very good reason. And I’m betting the people that do, do not have any guilt about doing so. It is the women who had to have a c-section (and would not have otherwise) due to complications who are carrying that burden and that is wrong. They have been through enough!

- Kate on May 2nd, 2011

Congrats to them!!

- Mia on May 2nd, 2011

congratulations girllllllllllll

- April harris on May 2nd, 2011

Really, I have never heard any woman make such snide comments about stretched out vaginas to their friends who give birth vaginally. You’re either full of crap or you have some horrible friends you need to stop associating with.

And btw, these women here talking about c-sections are not the “too posh to push” types. They had actual emergencies or issues where a c-section was needed and not in their control and they were terrified and not sure what could happen so please don’t lump them in with your nasty friends.

- J on May 2nd, 2011

@really? and momof4
Making snide nasty comments about another person’s experience is not a situation where it’s okay to say “that’s my opinion and I’m entitled to it”. It is your opinion, and you are entitled to that opinion, but what you are missing is that you are not entitled to share that opinion. Some things are better kept to yourself. A good guide to when that’s the case is if what you say will hurt or harm another person, don’t say it. If you don’t understand that, I suggest you enroll in some etiquette classes.

- Catca on May 2nd, 2011

Congratulations to the happy couple!

- Deana on May 2nd, 2011

OMG…Congradulations..I’am sure the girl is Mariah and the boy is Nick so name them after you too…like Mariah Mimi Carey Cannon boy Nick Drummer Carey Cannon…something that made you both famous but I think since I saw Nick on Drumline he is the bomb your lucky as he is to have you…I pray for your family and wish you the best..I’ve watch all your videso and have all your songs….They come no better than you…and I feel like you two were and are a match in heaven and now blessed with 2 beautiful kids I am sure…I understand you want privacy but I do hope to see a picture of the happy famiy maybe by x-mas

- Patty on May 2nd, 2011

Momof4, Eliza, and Really?!

HOW. DARE. YOU. Why on God’s green earth would you want to belittle other mothers and be so nasty and ignorant to say those of us who had c-sections did not deliver our babies.

I have one son…I found out at 36.5 weeks pregnant he was breech. I scheduled a c-section. I cried and grieved and was completely caught off guard that I would have to DELIVER this way. I had a really great, healthy, and easy pregnancy and I wanted to have my baby the ‘natural’ way (vaginally). But it was much safer for me to have a c-section as opposed to trying to vaginally deliver a breech baby. And the bottom line was that my baby arrive safely and heathily.

I plan a VBAC for my next pregnancy. But I take tremendous offense to anyone who tries to belittle a mother who had a c-section. Believe you me, I wanted more than anything to have a vaginal delivery, but as his MOTHER, it was my job to make sure I got him here as safely as possible. Thru c-section.

- Lis on May 3rd, 2011

I have 3 children. My older two were born naturally and drug free. My youngest was a breech baby and was the entire pregnancy. My doctors offered to try and turn her around but after a lot of research ( and heartache ) I turned the offer down because of the risk that could’ve possibly been involved ( such as tightening a possible knot in the cord among other things ). I did something I had never thought I would do… I CHOSE to have a c-section.

If I had not made the decision that I was going to have a c-section then I would’ve been even more devastated at the fact that I would’ve had one anyways due to the fact that my water broke 3 weeks early and they wouldn’t have had the opportunity to attempt to turn my baby head down yet. Getting a big needle stuck in my spine, having half your body numb, being cut open, enduring the hell which is recovery from a c-section ( I didn’t even get down to the nitty gritty details ), how dare anyone try to say that getting a c-section is not hard on the mother! You will not take away my credit as a mother just because I had a c-section!

- camilla on May 3rd, 2011

A C-section is surgical procedure in which the patient is knocked out and has NO LABOR PAINS-does not spend 15-30 hours with contractions-it is the easy way out to be sure and unless it is a medical emergency is kind of like going in to have a wart removed-Maraih’s science experiments did not get in there naturally did not have a natural pregnancy and of course where not coming out naturally-Maraih demanded children out of the Frankensteins after her body had repeatedly told her NO!!! Everything was forced and contrived-Maraih is already counting the bank she will make on the baby photos-please keep your clothes on for the baby photos Mariah-if you are going to be pimping out the kids for cash now at least stop subjecting us to the embarrassing old stripper moments where everyone has to tell you to put your clothes on-and even she knows she isn’t selling any so-called “music” without her porn and strip marketing to go with it-I really don’t think the cheesball rerelease of the has-been Xmas album with the composite of 10 year old photoshopped photos for a cover is going to make a buck again-maybe Hollister has a thong diaper they need a spokesbaby for-oh and to all the nightmare C-section stories here-ya’ll need to sue your doctors-because if they were doing the surgical procedure they did not need to make it painful-they could have made it painless if they were cutting you anyway-be sure that Maraih received the best ass kissing money can buy-which is why she will now pimp out her own children

- tahoegeminii on May 3rd, 2011

@ Eliza and Momof4
So ignorant, what sort of role models are they for their own children?? Telling women on a message board that they didn’t do anything, they just sat there while a Dr “delivered” their baby. I had a drug free vaginal bith and a C-section and I would take another vaginal birth ANY day over a C-section.

Eliza, did you watch the end of “the business of being born”?? The woman that helped film the movie had to have, you guessed it, a c-section!!! It was a brilliant movie because it showed you can plan all you want, doula, home birth, water birth, doesn’t mean it’s going to happen.

- Jess on May 3rd, 2011

@tahoegeminii–Just because I had a c-section doesn’t mean I didn’t labor! I labored for nearly THIRTY HOURS before the baby went into distress and had to be gotten out in the safest way possible for HIM–a c-section. A LOT of c-section mamas labor before they ever have the c-section, so until you’ve done it yourself don’t you dare judge others.

- Morgan on May 4th, 2011

how cool!

- Anonymous on May 15th, 2011