Angelina Jolie’s Twins Conceived Through In Vitro!
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt turned to fertility treatments to quickly conceive twins Knox and Vivienne.
“They conceived through in vitro fertilization,” a well-placed source within their camp tells Us. “They both desperately wanted more babies soon.”
The chance of having fraternal twins at Angelina’s age (33) naturally is under 1 percent; with in vitro, the chances are 25 percent. Says Dr. Arthur Wisot of L.A.’s Reproductive Medical Group (who did not treat the couple), “We live in an era of reproductive freedom, so anybody can do anything they want within legal limits.”
The actress chose the procedure (which can cost around $12,000 a pop) so “she wouldn’t have to deal with the stress of trying to get pregnant,” the source tells Us. “She could just knock it out.”
Indeed, Jolie has spoken about her goal to do just that.
“If we’re going to have 10 kids, we’d like to raise them while we’re young,” she told Elle U.K. last year. Brad Pitt turns 45 on December 18.
A source adds: “They were too impatient.”
Knox and Vivienne – born in Nice, France on July 12 – join the couple’s adopted brood of Maddox, 6, Pax, 4, Zahara, 3, and biological daughter Shiloh, 2.
Thursday, July 24th, 2008 at 8:08am
Filed under Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt | 7 Comments »
July 24th, 2008 at 9:54 am
In Vitro increases the risk of ovarian cancer. Angelina’s mother died from that, so why would a doctor do this on someone who has ovarian cancer in their family?
July 24th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
One word. Money.
July 24th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
i’m surprised this is a big story — the moment i heard it was twins i thought everyone realized it was in vitro.
July 26th, 2008 at 6:00 am
I don’t know why everyone’s making such a big deal about this… so they used in virto.. big deal. The babies are healthy and the family is happy.. what else could you want?
July 27th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
WILL YOU GO THE CAN HELL ASK GOOD
SEE YES ME DO TY SAD ……………………..
July 28th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Yeah cause US magazine is the gospel. *rolls eyes*
August 1st, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Shaunice – what the are you saying? I don’t understand your post.
I agree – who care if its in-vitro. It’s their private business how the babies were conceived.