Crown Princess Mary is Expecting Twins in January 2011

[dazzling]

Mary responded that her job that day wasn't her last appearance and added: "There are still many things I have to do. We also have to move soon. but fortunately I'm really well. I'm healthy and well and the children are thriving. But you are probably right that you are going to see a little less of me in the future. That I can safely say".

I agree that after Mary has the twins and towards her due date she will be less active. How long is her maternity leave?

 

[UserDane]

The couple's website has been updated with their forthcoming activites; Mary is listed to attend an event on 23rd November at Fredensborg.
On 27th Frederik will attend a concert in Odense ('Voices from Vollsmose'). Mary has had a number of visits to Vollsmose, so if she hadn't been at this advanced stage of her pregnancy, I believe she would have been attending as well.

Prince Christian is also listed for an event together with his Grand Papa next Wednesday, 17th November, at Rosenborg Castle

 

[Muhler]

Agree, I don't think we will see Mary move very far from Copenhagen (or rather Rigshospitalet) from late November.

The couple's website has been updated with their forthcoming activites; Mary is listed to attend an event on 23rd November at Fredensborg.
On 27th Frederik will attend a concert in Odense ('Voices from Vollsmose'). Mary has had a number of visits to Vollsmose, so if she hadn't been at this advanced stage of her pregnancy, I believe she would have been attending as well.

Prince Christian is also listed for an event together with his Grand Papa next Wednesday, 17th November, at Rosenborg Castle

 

[Sternchen]

I agree that after Mary has the twins and towards her due date she will be less active. How long is her maternity leave?

IIRC it has been 3-6 month with Isabella and Christian?

 

[dee4855]

Agree, I don't think we will see Mary move very far from Copenhagen (or rather Rigshospitalet) from late November.

I cannot wait for this event. The PC is so good with his grandchildren this will be very special for both of them. Who better than farfar to show him the ropes so to speak.

IIRC it has been 3-6 month with Isabella and Christian?

Just from lack of sleep with two of them it should be at least this long if not longer. lol

 

[Muhler]

Sometimes I wonder where the journalists put their heads.

Here is an article from BT quoting the gossip magazine Her & Nu: Mary får det halve Riget - Royale - BT.dk

Okay, altogether nine rooms are reserved for Mary at Rigshospitalet at the maternity ward. And she will not be released very shortly after giving birth, but is allowed to stay as long as she wish.

Oh gasp, that is so unfair!

Nine rooms on two wards are on stand-by depending on how Mary's birth is progressing and whether there are complications. Mary will not require nine rooms altogether once she is there.

And the purpose of Rigshospitalet is to deal with complicated births or relieving other hospitals. So if Rigshospitalet would suddenly have to deal with a number of complicated births, then women with uncomplicated pregnancies will be redirected to other hospitals. That's the deal.

Mere mortals can also stay on the hospital, if they need to, they are just encouraged to get home and start a normal life as soon as possible. Giving birth is not an illness.

So, Sisse-Sejr-Nørgaard, that's an ommer.

 

[CrownPrincess5]

How far along is she?
She's huge

 

[Lumutqueen]

6 or 7 months?
It is strange how she goes from not showing to showing hugely.

 

[CrownPrincess5]

Thanks LQueen...it is strange. The other day I saw her she was barely showing now all of a sudden it just popped out I must say she looks great for a woman carrying twins.

 

[greenways]

Maybe the twins move into more easily seen positions sometimes. I have a feeling these little ones might appear before Christmas, don't know why.

 

[Muhler]

The other day I cracked the whip over a journalist on BT who didn't do her job well enough in regards to an article about Mary giving birth. (See post further down).

Today both DR1 and BT is quoting the newsagency Ritzau where someone did the right thing and simply called Rigshospitalet to get the correct details: Mary kender sine fødselslæger - dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland

Mary's usual maternity-team will be responsible for the delivery. The maternity ward at Rigshospitalet is divided into two sections. The maternity ward itself, where uncomplicated deliveries take place and where the women who has given birth stay for a while.
And the delivery ward where more complicated or potentially complicated deliveries takes place.
As this is a twin birth, Mary will give birth at the specilised delivery ward. Then she will be wheeled into the maternity ward, where she will stay for a few days, like all other women who has given birth to twins.

Altogether 470 women are scheduled to give birth at Rigshospitalet in January, plus those complicated cases that are brought in from other hospitals. None of those who are scheduled to give birth at Rigshospitalet will be moved to other hospitals.

So Mary is not pushing anyone away.

- That nine rooms are reserved for Mary does not mean that she will use all nine rooms and certainly not at the same time.
Which the BT journalist could have figured out had she bothered to check before uncritically uploading an article.

Sometimes I wonder where the journalists put their heads.

Here is an article from BT quoting the gossip magazine Her & Nu: Mary får det halve Riget - Royale - BT.dk

 

[lilnana]

It's become increasingly common for women to be concern about weight gain during pregnancy in the past ten years or so. Women controlling their diets to gain as little unnecessary weight is a real occurrence, and some women can take it too far unintentional. The same for dropping the weight right after giving birth. How many times after a actress or model pregnancy weight and post birth weight been the subject of gossip and tabloid news? It falsely promotes the idea that a women should gain little weight as possible and lose it as quickly as possible. Now while shes not a model or actress whose career is focused on their looks, but she is public figure and there for under pressure. She is not a naturally thin person, just look at the photos from before she became princess, that was her natural weight. I'm not saying she was overweight before, she was perfectly healthy before, but she has undeniable and intentionally lost weight that she should would not have if she didn't become a princess. So you can't completely rule out the idea that she is indeed being careful about her weight gain. And just to be clear, I am not saying she obsessed over her weight or that she would dare put her children lives at risk (I would never say that about anyone), but you can't denial that her looks (and weigh) are important to her.

 

[Aotearoagal]

Mary always looks fantastic with the bit of extra weight that goes with pregnancy. I do think that when she is not pregnant she diets so that clothes look fabulous on her (sorry, but clothes DO look better on very thin women, they hang well). She is definitely not naturally thin - you only have to look at her pre-Fred photos to know that she ranged from a bit plump to quite plump. I think that as she gets older and less sought by the cameras, she will relax confidently into more of a mature, plumper "mom" look. After all, she is fast approaching "40-year-old mother of four" status!

Then perhaps the paparazzi will acknowledge the actual work that she does besides her role promoting Danish fashion and products - rather than how she looks.

 

[UserDane]

Yes, Mary definitely slimmed down before her marriage (most of us probably would if we were surrounded by photografers..) - but why do we assume that the weight you have in your 20s is a person's 'natural weight'? If a person slims down in his or her 30s and keeps that weight - may that not be the real natural weight then?
I have a sister and some friends who were definitely heavier in their 20s and then gradually lost weight around 30. They are still slim in their 40s so I would not say that their heavier figures in their 20s must be their natural weight.

 

[Katelle]

perhaps the paparazzi will acknowledge the actual work that she does besides her role promoting Danish fashion and products - rather than how she looks

I disagree. Mary is thin, but not the sort of skinny woman like Letizia for example. She has well developped muscles from head to toe, and that is common to women who have had years of sports practising- no diet in the world can't give her that flat stomach with great abs especially after giving birth to Isabella and Christian.

Of course being a crown princess may help. But instead of thinking that Mary spends her time dieting, one should recognize that some people are sportier than others, that years of practising give you a healthy and toned body, and one day you might be plumpier, and thinner another one, but it will always be easier for you than for others to get rid of some extra weight whenever you want to.

Personally, I'm a dancer and I recognize somebody who keeps a strict body discipline at a first glance. Just look at how Kate Middleton is build, she must have been a very sporty girl as well, no doubt about that. And I don't know much about the other princesses, but I read that Mary is very sporty: captain of hockey, swimming, horse jumping, basketball etc. from a very early age to her years at University, and an avid runner until now.
Really, only people who don't realize what it takes blame it on the dieting. There is a difference between looking slim, thin or whatever, and having a healthy and toned body that Mary has. Of course she works for that. But not because of the need to promote the danish fashion! She has always been working her body, so let her enjoy her reward!

 

[Emmily]

I disagree. Mary is thin, but not the sort of skinny woman like Letizia for example.

Very much agree. There is no comparison between Mary, who is slender and healthy looking, and Letizia, who looks frail much of the time.

Mary looks wonderful during this pregnancy just as she did the previous two. A woman has to gain enough weight during this time for the babies' growth and health. Mary doesn't look "skinny" to me at all right now. I doubt she's dieting

 

[Daphoenyx]

Are there any new pictures?

 

[iceflower]

Daphoenyx, the newest pics were taken yesterday, you can find them here:


** Frederik and Mary’s Current Events Part 12: November 2008 - **

For other pics please take a look through the current events/patronages/news threads!

 

[Monna]

Mary looks wonderful during this pregnancy just as she did the previous two. A woman has to gain enough weight during this time for the babies' growth and health. Mary doesn't look "skinny" to me at all right now. I doubt she's dieting

Agree, Mary isn`t skinny, she just keeps her fit figure plus has a growing belly. Pregnant women don`t have to become huge - it`s completely untrue that they should eat for two (or in Mary`s case for three). They eat for themselves, let`s say a 60 kg adult body, and a tiny 3 kg baby. Mary portrays a fit pregnant woman and I like it.

She`s looking great. It`s said that a woman who looks great during pregnancy is carrying a boy. If it`s true, then we might wait to see little princes But who knows... little princess would be so great

 

[Sternchen]

A doctor told me, that it is normal for a woman pregnant with twins, that she gains around 15,9 - 20,4Kilo. During the first semester she might even loose some weight. In the last trimester a woman needs around 400 kalories more a day than during times when she is not pregnant. So definetly no need to eat for two or three.

The mother gains weight because of Uterus, growing breast, blood, water and fat.
The baby gains as fetus, placenta, amniotic fluid.

 

[AnnaNotherThing]

Please have them BEFORE I go on vacation, 17 December...or wait until AFTER I get back, 3 January...I feel I won't be logging on, reading newspapers, watching the news much while I'm away...Do it for me Mary...thanks!

 

[trinny]

Thank you so much Iceflower for the link to those pics. CPM looks fantastic and very healthy!

 

[Muhler]

An article in Politiken, one of the most serious newspapers in DK: Rigshospitalet afviser: Vi lukker ikke fødestuer for Mary - Politiken.dk

Because some reporters on BT and TV2 didn't check their facts first, the story about Mary having commandeered nine delivery rooms at Rigshspitalet is still circulating.

Now, to get things straight the head of the maternity ward, Morten Hedegaard, has stated to Politiken: "No one who is giving birth will be moved to other maternity wards in connection with the upcoming birth within the royal family. We have not closed down not one nor more delivery rooms at the maternity ward", Says Morten Hedegaard.
(»Der er ingen fødende, der bliver flyttet til andre fødesteder med baggrund i den kommende fødsel i kongehuset. Vi har ikke lukket hverken en eller flere fødestuer på fødegangen«, siger Morten Hedegaard.)

There are thirteen delivery rooms at Rigshospitalet and there are on average fifteen deliveries a day.
The planning takes place six months in advance and not everyone who wish to give birth at Rigshospitalet can do so. This hospital has the most advanced maternity ward in DK and as such women who suffer from various afflictions or complications are put on a higher priority than normal healthy women.

"As such there can be patients who have been turned away from here, but this has no relation to the royal birth", says Morten Hedegaard.
(»Der kan således være patienter, der er blevet afvist her, men dette har ingen relation til den kongelige fødsel«, siger Morten Hedegaard.)

In other words the nine delivery rooms mentioned, were those Mary was designated to give birth in. But she can only give birth in one place at a time. So when they day comes she will be wheeled into the available room among the nine selected.

 

[Muhler]

Summary of article in Billed Bladet #48, 2010.
Frederik med på fødselsholdet - Frederik part of the delivery team.
Written by Ulrik Ulriksen.

When the day comes and Mary feels it's time, she and Frederik will drive from Amalienborg to Rigshospitalet, five minuttes away.

There they will drive into the basement at Panum Institute, across the street from the hospital. From here they will go or rather drive along a long corridor to the basement of Rigshospitalet. And finally go be elevator up to the maternity ward.

Here the maternity team will be waiting for them. The head of the ward, Morten Hedegaard, already lives at an apartment at the hospital, the rest of the team will be alerted and aill arrive as soon as at all possible.

Upon arriving the unborn twins will be checked and Mary will probably be scanned herself.

As this is a twin birth, Mary will this time be committed to the delivery ward, which is where the most advanced equipment is housed. Here preparations are made to put Mary under anaesthesia, should that be needed. The vast majority of twin births in DK are done by C-section.

In case Mary gives birth without the need of a C-section, Frederik has a designated role this time. He will no longer mainly offer support. When the first twin is out and has undergone the intial check-up, the child will be placed in his arms and he will be responsible for the child, while the midwife concentrate on the next twin. He will also cut the umbillical cord of at least the first one.

In case of a C-section, Frederik will have a more passive role.

When the birth is over, Mary, Frederik and the children will be wheeled to Pink Room at the maternity ward. They have stayed at this room during the previous births. Here they will be left alone for a few hours, before the first visitors will arrive.

Mary is expected to stay at Rigshospitalet for four to seven days. (Which is quite normal for women who has given birth to twins).

 

[dazzling]

Wow such a detailed article, thank Muhler.
Is it called the pink room because it is pink or for some other reason?
I really cant wait for the twins to be born, hope all goes well for Mary.

 

[Marie of The Sea]

Yes, Mary looks wonderful , as always.

 

[Zonk]

Yes, Muhler thank you for elaborating on this.

Unfortunately, a lot of people won't take the time (not just this board) to read this...they will continue under the assumption that Mary is kicking new moms out of the hospital. Not literally but you know what I mean.

People are going to believe what they want to believe.

 

[dee4855]

Especially if they do not like Mary to begin with. They will always believe the negative.

 

[grevinnan]

Let's not pretend that Mary is just another woman giving birth. With necessary security for her, Fredrik and possible visiting Queen it would be very irresponsible of the hospital and her own security detail to not have the entire event of the birth and her stay there worked out. She will not just be wheeled in the next available room.

 

[Lenora]

Especially if they do not like Mary to begin with. They will always believe the negative.

I can't understand how could not like Mary:she is not arrogant,elegant,beautiful with grace and especially now when she is mother and expecting her twins!