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Angelina Jolie regained her pre-natal form quickly after both pregnancies. (Photo: Vanity Fair)
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt celebrated their twins' first birthday on July 12 in Los Angeles.
Shockingly, Jolie, 34, gave birth to adorable fraternal twins Knox and Vivienne just a year ago.
Like many celebrity moms, Angelina's ability to regain her svelte pre-pregnancy physique in record time inspires both envy and curiosity.
Rumor Mill Blathers On
Jolie has always been beautiful, but at the October 2008 premiere of the Changeling in New York, onlookers were stunned when she appeared in a form-fitting sleeveless black dress looking superfit despite having had twins less than three months earlier.
While unsubstantiated rumors had initially swirled in the blogosphere that Angelina had undergone a tummy tuck following the twins' birth, the surgery wouldn't have slimmed down her arms (which are pin-thin) or legs (ditto). And the fact that Jolie had quickly bounced back into shape after the 2006 birth of daughter Shiloh shows the Oscar winner obviously knows how to regain her killer pre-pregnancy form.
A Healthy Baby Requires a Healthy Mom
Other bizarre Internet rumors suggested that Jolie--who is as revered by her fans almost as much as she is reviled by anonymous haters--had lost her pregnancy weight through drug abuse. Anyone who has ever been pregnant and given birth knows that pregnancy, childbirth and child-rearing are physically exhausting endurance challenges.
A pregnant woman typically undergoes routine monthly (and later in the pregnancy, weekly) physical exams, including a battery of prenatal screening and other tests such as ultrasounds, blood serum tests, amniocentesis, glucose tolerance tests, fetal monitoring, and genetic screening tests, among others. A drug addict would be hard-pressed to carry or deliver a healthy baby, let alone twins the way Jolie did.
Common Sense Wins the Day
So what is Angelina's secret to losing those stubborn pregnancy pounds? Maybe it's just good genes combined with common sense. "Physical exercise is ideal, it's much better than sitting in front of the TV or the computer screen," Jolie has said. According to Angelina, breastfeeding, stepping up her yoga routine and doing Pilates three times a week also contributed to her post-pregnancy body.
When asked last fall about her then 2 1/2-month-old twins, Jolie said, “Everybody’s great. The babies are getting big and healthy and developing personalities. I run around with all the other kids, and I’m breastfeeding. I feel great [and] feel very happy that they’re healthy.”
However, Jolie admitted juggling her brood of six kids was exhausting at times. "We are a little bit [sleep deprived]," she said. "We have some help a couple of nights a week, so on those nights we catch up on our sleep."
For now, Jolie is enjoying being a mom. "It is chaos," she told People, "but we are managing it and having a wonderful time."
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