The Empowered Lifestyle

I’m watching Brangelina walk the red carpet at Cannes and I wonder how anyone could have been surprised that Angelina’s pregnant with twins. She’s too big to be carrying only one baby and obviously carrying pretty low, too.

Actually, when I saw her, I started to get a little nervous about the possibility of a premature delivery. I don’t know, nor do I care, whether there was any medical intervention that could have contributed to her carrying twins, but, if there was, that would concern me even more—you know, if I were her.

Why?

Well, women in their thirties who are pregnant with more than one baby are several times more likely to deliver prematurely. And those odds increase exponentially if fertility procedures were involved from conception. So, you know, I would start sitting down and putting my feet up a little more—again, that is, if I were her.

She, or anyone else in her situation, should also look into a FETAL FIBRONECTIN test. It’s a fairly new test but reputable studies have shown that it is helpful in actually predicting whether a mom will go into preterm labor or not. Likewise, the test can detect problems that might have the opposite effect causing a pregnancy to continue postterm. Either way, this test would give her a heads up as to when those two little ones might be coming out. Angelina should be able get this done at her 'Palais' near Versailles. I’d go ahead and take that test...uh, if I were her.

And, in order to prevent premature delivery, I would also start—TODAY—eating a diet saturated in probiotic foods like yogurt and kefir, buttermilk and more yogurt. They have yogurt in France, right? She wants to have plenty of plant-derived polyphenols on hand—the kind you find in green tea and any dark-colored fruits or veggies, like eggplant and avocado Eating a healthy diet heavy in these foods can actually keep the kids comfortable in the belly until the time that they are due to arrive…and not before!

This is what I would do now, if I were her. But, of course, if I WERE her, I wouldn’t be writing this post right now. I’d be having sex with Brad. Keeping my feet, way, waaaay up.