Angelina Jolie's Twins Conceived Through In Vitro

Angelina Jolie's new born twins Knox and Vivienne were conceived through in vitro (IVF) treatment, it has been revealed.

According to American magazine US Weekly, Jolie, 33, turned to fertility treatments in order to conceive quicker.

A source tells the publication, "They conceived through in vitro fertilization

"They both desperately wanted more babies soon."

The chance of having fraternal twins naturally at Angelina's age 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 oldest patient reported to deliver after IVF was Omkari Panwar, a 70 year old woman from India who delivered a set of twins in 2008.

The Tomb Raider star chose the procedure -- which can cost around $12,000-a-time -- so "she wouldn't have to deal with the stress of trying to get pregnant," the source said. "She could just knock it out."

Jolie -- who also has three adopted children, Maddox, Pax, and Zahara, as well as her eldest biological child, Shiloh, with partner Brad Pitt -- recently spoke of her desire to have a large family at a young age.

She told Elle U.K., "If we're going to have 10 kids, we'd like to raise them while we're young."

A source adds, "They were too impatient."

TAKING THE DOG FOR A WALK!

A friend just sent me this "you-will-definitely-laugh" email:) I christened it the Monday Morning Scorcher & want to share this with you. Smile.

"A little girl asked her Mom, 'Mom, may I take the dog for a walk around the block?'

Mom replies, 'No, because she is in heat.'

'What's that mean?' asked the child.

'Go ask your father. I think he's in the garage.'

The little girl goes to the garage and says, 'Dad, may I take Belle for a walk around the block?

I asked Mom, but she said the dog was in heat, and to come to you.'

Dad said, 'Bring Belle over here.'

He took a rag, soaked it with gasoline, and scrubbed the dog's backside with it to disguise the scent, and said 'OK, you can go now, but keep Belle on the leash and only go one time round the block.'

The little girl left and returned a few minutes later with no dog on the leash.

Surprised, Dad asked, 'Where's Belle?'

(YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!! )

The little girl said, 'She ran out of gas about halfway down the block, so another dog is pushing her home.'

If you ain't laughing'....You ain't livin'...

The Last Three Decades

The Next Three Decades

Not Everybody Pays

A little old lady was walking down the street dragging two large plastic garbage bags behind her. One of the bags rips, and every once in a while a $20 bill falls out onto the sidewalk. Noticing this, a policeman stops her, and says, 'Ma'am, there are $20 bills falling out of your bag.'

'Oh, really? Darn!' said the little old lady. 'I'd better go back, and see if I can find them. Thanks for telling me.'

'Well, now, not so fast,' says the cop. 'How did you get all that money? 'You didn't steal it, did you?'

'Oh, no', said the little old lady. 'You see, my back yard is right next to the football stadium parking lot. On game days, a lot of fans come and pee through the fence into my flower garden. So, I stand behind the fence with my hedge clippers. Each time some guy sticks this thing through the fence, I say, '$20 or off it comes'.'

'Well, that seems only fair' laughs the cop. 'OK. Good luck! Oh, by the way, what's in the other bag?'

'Well, you know', said the little old lady, 'not everybody pays'.

The Next Three Decades

The Louise Brown Birthday

A quarter-century on, and the clamour surrounding "test tube baby" Louise Brown has barely died down. It is hard to imagine how it must feel for your whole public image to have been shaped by the manner of your conception. The pioneering achievements of Steptoe and Edwards have pursued Louise relentlessly, the press interest hardly slackening for a moment.
On the 25th anniversary, Louise is doing her bit for the fertility "community", guest starring at a grand party at Bourn Hall clinic for hundreds of babies who followed in her footsteps. She remains proud to have been the first of well over a million worldwide.

However, the number of interviewers she is prepared to put up with is dropping. These days Louise is working as a postal worker in the Bristol area, an occupation lending itself to puns about "deliveries" - just as her previous job as a nursery nurse proved useful to writers and reporters. She had, at last reports, a fiance and a place of her own. Previous interviews have revealed a liking for swimming, the pub and even darts, and indeed, coupled with a general zest for life.

Every child is told he or she is special, and Louise was four before her parents told her exactly why that was true in her case.
She was shown the famous video taken in the operating theatre at Oldham General Hospital in 1978 as she took her first breaths. Her fame led to a barrage of questions from schoolmates, each of whom needed to be told that she was not actually born in the laboratory.

To her, there were a few extra "uncles" who remained precious both to her and her parents. Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards kept a close interest in her progress, and the Browns still visit Professor Edwards at his home near Cambridge.

Louise Brown, however, has ended up as the perfect advert for IVF in the face of critics and sceptics - a picture of health and level-headed normality.