False Alarm: Princess Letizia Admitted & Released from Rúber Hospital: Oct. 17, 2005

[donnaK]

Originally Posted by Scherezada

Oh of course she's fine, she's wearing tons of make-up, she's smiling, I wonder how come she dosn't have a personal doctor. She like to be the center, specially yesterday when she got the worse critics from the spanish press something must be done, Felipe's face is a poem, with the queen out of the country she's La Jefa.

What critics ? You must mean the article from the tabloid website whose author dare not put down his/her name ? I'm glad it makes your day .
I don't see much makeup except for the lipstick, which you can put on in a few seconds.

[Roxsteve]

I don't agree that she may have been faking it. But I agree, she looked too good to be in pain! Lots of make-up and too prepared, in my opinion. Maybe she had time to get ready, considering the press was to be there.

[iowabelle]

She's probably just relieved that the baby's not coming earlier.

Besides, royals are expected to look well (stiff upper lip, etc.). She might be covering up a little too to meet people's expectations (and calm their anxiety).

[planetcher]

Originally Posted by Roxsteve

I don't agree that she may have been faking it. But I agree, she looked too good to be in pain! Lots of make-up and too prepared, in my opinion. Maybe she had time to get ready, considering the press was to be there.

Well, she was no longer in pain that's why she could smile now and was released from the hospital.

[Emily]

Do we know she was having premature contractions? At this stage of pregnancy many things can be cause for concern -- especially for first time mothers who aren't familiar with the way their body will respond when it is time to deliver. I give Letizia alot more credit than to give ANY credence to the idea that she was faking this for attention. As far as looking good on her departure from the hospital -- well, who wouldn't look happy and relieved to know that nothing was wrong with a much anticipated child?!

[Isabel]

Originally Posted by Scherezada

Oh of course she's fine, she's wearing tons of make-up, she's smiling, I wonder how come she dosn't have a personal doctor. She like to be the center, specially yesterday when she got the worse critics from the spanish press something must be done, Felipe's face is a poem, with the queen out of the country she's La Jefa.

Tons of makeup? Where? It is clear from the closeups that Letizia was wearing little to no makeup. She may have been wearing lip gloss, but I am still not too certain about that even.

I seriously doubt that the Crown Princess of Spain who is carrying the next King of Queen of the nation is without a personal doctor. Perhaps her personal physican didn't make it to the hospital before the Emergency physician declared that it was only false labor. If he or she was able to confer with the doctor at the hospital on the telephone and they were certain of the diagnosis, then no further action was needed.

Worse critics? Tabloid writers are not critics, but pathetic excuses for writers. They really don't even deserve to be called writers. Real writers with real talent and sources usually find their way into a legitimate paper. No sensible person would take those papers seriously, let alone repeat was written in them.

[Harry's polo shirt]

She is probably smiling so much, to make everyone calm down about her hospital visit. She wants to put a front of being healthy and fine, she doesn't want to alarm anyone.

[Scherezada]

Everyone is entitled to beleive what they want. I'm not saying she fake the contractions but you see when they want nobody to know anything about them, as when Spain was in grief because the 11M and they both went to the Bahamas, if it wasn't because the Miami Airport's affair nobody would know they were so happy and on vacation, meantime everybody was on the idea they where on Spain, now they preocupied everyone for a couple of contractions, they called the press right away, please, nobody have seen Letizia's going to the doctor not even once during this pregnancy, because she have everything in Zarzuela II and she doesn't want us to know, period, and of course she need some privacy nobody is saying the contrarie, but yesterday she want us to know. And that what you call libelo is not signed because is and Editorial, sounds familiar? and what is being said is no more than the truth, she's an arrogant, almost anyone can see that in Spain, you can notice that is not the same anymore between her and the Royals, the Infantas or the Queen Sofia, specially Queen Sofia whom gave her a lot of support at the begining, because she think she knows everything, she's perfect, she doesn't need of noone, well, the Queen let her by herself. They can be smiling on the picture because the Queen is a real lady, with manners, but they are in fact really appart. Everyone knows that, everybody is talking about that and everyone knows by now who Letizia really is, did you see a single good friend of her -except Urdaci and one mexican girl- talking good things about Letizia when the marriage were announced?. She's not what you think she is people, she would give King Juan Carlos, Queen Sofia and the royal family more than one headache, wake up!. And let me be clear here, the Monarchy is not suppouse to be cool or modern, the monarchy is not more than a feudal institution, since when one man is better that another one?, there's not such think as a modern monarchy but at least K JC, Q Sofia and the Infantas have being great ambassadors of Spain. The monarchy is not the same anymore and the same monarchs doesn't belive in their institution anymore, you can tell that. And about the baby's sex, I don't give a dime about it as a person because I will know sooner or later, but as a citizen let me tell you this, this baby will affect one country and one constitution, since the spanyard constitution doesn't allow girls to the throne it have to be reformed, Spain is not in a good political moment right now so it is really inmature by them, of course in my opinion they know the baby's sex already. At least in Denmark they reformed the constitution no matter what the baby's sex would be but here everything is waiting for "the new old parents". Oh please, is outrageous and ridiculous. They are not the Fith floor's couple, they'll never be "as everyone else" (as Felipe use to say) because they are not, as simple as that. When you don't want to deal with fish bones you don't buy fish.

[donnaK]

Zarzuela already promised the press to be informed as soon as Letizia entered the hospital and they just did what they promised last night and let the press know. False alarm is an after-fact. Every pregnant woman who enters the hospital with contractions thinks she is going to deliver the baby. If they had know it was a false alarm, they wouldn't have gone to the hospital.
I have seen photos of Sofia and Letizia smiling, affectinately talking to each other on the national day. Their relationship is as warm as you can get from the royal mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in public. That's what we see. Whether they are close or apart behind the door, unless you are a fly inside Zarzuela, it's pure speculation. We already have enough rumors and lies from the internet and a couple of pink press journalists .
I have read many of Letizia's friends and colleagues commenting on her being intelligent, hardworking, ambitious, loyal ,responsible, a perfectionist and etc. I happen to think all these are good qualities for a career woman.

[lapopdiva]

So much Hate in yust one comment is to much for me.

I believe that I am going to vomit

[lula]

If there is something that I cannot stand it is that the people write without so siquiere to have been informed before and manipulating the information.

In La Zarzuela there is a doctor, but he is a general doctor not a specialist in gynaecology, he takes charge of the problems of day after day. Letizia has a gynaecologist whom she visits in the consultation and not in the Ruber; if yesterday they went to the Ruber it was for decision of the doctor who decided to monitor there that happened.

Most harmed she has been the own Letizia, who now does not know if she will be able to travel or not to the Prizes Prince, an act to which she leads years without being absent.

[Mascha]

Gosh, Scherezada you know a lot about the SRF..
You are entitled to your own opinion, but I, and I think the rest of this forum too, tend to believe pictures and other positive things that are being said. There is no need to bash any royal family member! Especially to an audience with -clearly- a different opinion..!

[lapopdiva]

MARIÁNGEL ALCÁZAR - 19/10/2005
BARCELONA

Princess Letizia wants to attend the ceremony of delivery of the prizes Prince of Asturias that will be celebrated the next Friday in the Campoamor theater of Oviedo, but will follow the advice medical and she will remain in house if the displacement can suppose a risk in this advanced state of gestation.

The entrance of the Princess in the Ruber clinic, of yesterday midnight, motivated by slight contractions, was a preventive measure that took the gynecologist Luis Ignacio Recasens, after the own princess described the symptoms to him of the annoyances that she had. Doña Letizia is not the FIRST PREGNANT WOMAN who goes to a medical center thinking that the childbirth is hour question and, after being evaluated, returns to house to follow with the pregnancy. The alarm was not false , since during the first hour in which the princess remained entered in the clinic the fear of a premature childbirth existed so that the three weeks of the 40 that usually are fulfilled the last gestation.

After being monitorizada, princess Letizia was authorized to leave the medical center three hours after to have entered. Yesterday, Doña Letizia passed the day in calm house, although not in total rest.
At the moment, today she will not move to Oviedo as it were predicted to be present in the previous acts to the delivery of the prizes Prince of Asturias, but already has expressed her intention to go to the delivery ceremony that will take place to 6 of afternoon of Friday.
The emotion that she felt the last year when attending her first ceremony like princess of Asturias will not be nothing compared with which she can feel this Friday with her baby on the verge of being born. Doña Letizia wants to go, but the doctor has the final word.
http://www.lavanguardia.es/web/20051...195624567.html

[ladybelline]

No "leaks" about the baby's gender after Dona Letizia 's alert?

[Elsa M.]

Originally Posted by Scherazada

Oh of course she's fine, she's wearing tons of make-up

Can you point one solo photo where you see her "wearing tons of make-up"? I can see no make-up at all. What I see is a woman dressed in a quite low profile way and with a beautiful smile printed on her face, because she's leaving the hospital, after having some contractions that raised the possibility of the premature birth. And, at that moment, she knows everything's o.k. with her baby.

Originally Posted by Scherezada

nobody have seen Letizia's going to the doctor not even once during this pregnancy, because she have everything in Zarzuela II

I believe it's impolite of you to come to this forum eagered to give your very personal opinions without even reading the articles that several members of our community have taken the trouble to search and translate for us. Please read what has been posted about Princess Letizia's going to the hospital by advice of the gynaecologist who takes care of her pregnancy (Luis Recasens), before presenting us with your much appreciated opinion... it's the least you can do.

[mtbcm]

Originally Posted by Roxsteve

I don't agree that she may have been faking it. But I agree, she looked too good to be in pain! Lots of make-up and too prepared, in my opinion. Maybe she had time to get ready, considering the press was to be there.

Contractions doensn't have to be painfull. Disturbing yes but not painfull. It is a very serious problem to play/speculate with in my opinion. I had to stop LaMaze classes because the gimnastic provoked contractions around the 8th month. It was my first child, I had no pain AT ALL, but my tummy became harder whenever I assisted classes. My doctor and my teacher said it was contractions and I should stop because this was a warning and the brith could be antecipated. But, I repeat, I had NO pain. And joyfully I left class and told my husband I could not return to these classes because that could happen. And I wasn't faking. I was great, and happy to know that was it. And you know more. When the delivery started I had no contractions and my son was delivered by cesarean. So, we might not like Letizia, or Mary, or whoever, but to consider that a mother is capable of playing with their child's life/health just to call for attention is what I call to be mean!

Regards,
mtbcm

[seto]

Letizia went to the hospital for a problem or worry what ever that may have been. She did nothing that any other woman wouldn't have done. She is having a baby better safe than sorry.

[sm1939]

Originally Posted by seto

Letizia went to the hospital for a problem or worry what ever that may have been. She did nothing that any other woman wouldn't have done. She is having a baby better safe than sorry.

total agree with you

[Xandra]

Good gracious, Scherezada, if you don´t like Laetizia, then don´t visit this website, or at least don´t comment. Laetizia is not my favourite princess, but I don´t need to throw venom at her. I just read the comments of her fans and look at the pics, and if I don´t agree with the comments, I go away quietly. That´s not difficult to do, you know.
I don´t have to hate her just because I´m not a fan.

[EmmieLou]

Originally Posted by Roxsteve

I don't agree that she may have been faking it. But I agree, she looked too good to be in pain! Lots of make-up and too prepared, in my opinion. Maybe she had time to get ready, considering the press was to be there.

A few years ago I had to go to hospital and no matter what rush I was in I still had time to brush my hair and make sure I looked ok. It is not vanity just taking care of yourself.

And having contractions is obviously not a pleasure but Letizia was hardly on deaths door. Women can give birth and still look beautiful and groomed.

I am honestly shocked that what Letizia looked like is even on anyones mind, I am just glad the baby was okay.