Brad Pitt does umbilical cord cutting
(BANG Showbiz)
Updated: 2006-06-01 12:38
Brad Pitt cut the umbilical cord of his new daughter when she was born. The
actor was in the delivery room when his partner Angelina Jolie delivered the
girl, who they have named Shiloh Nouvel, via Caesarean section in a private
hospital in Namibia on Saturday.
Pitt, like many new dads, was offered the chance to cut the cord - the
lifeline which joins mother and baby - by medical staff and reportedly jumped at
the chance.
The couple's obstetrician, Jason Rothbart, who travelled to the Southern
African country from the US to be at the birth, revealed Brad carried out the
impromptu procedure and has also revealed the baby's weight.
He said: "The baby was a healthy 7lb. Brad was with Angelina the entire time
and cut the umbilical cord. The surgery and birth went flawlessly."
Shiloh Nouvel is the couple's first biological child - the Tomb Raider
actress has two adopted two children, Maddox, four, and 16-month-old Zahara, who
Brad became a legal guardian of earlier this year.
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