SO, it's official - Lily Cooper has had her baby, she is a little girl and her name is Marnie.  It's also official that Lily is less than impressed with the after care she's (not) receiving from the NHS and has decided to use the power of Twitter to bring it to everyone's attention.

It would seem that her post-natal care and midwifery visits are somewhat lacking, and whilst she's not laying the blame at their doors at all, she's clearly NOT happy:

"'So after speaking to the Brent midwifery team at 7 this morning, I was told to stay in all day and someone would be over to weigh my baby and do a jaundice assessment as I've been a bit worried."

"Waited all day, and nothing, not even a phone call. She'll be a week old tomorrow."

"I don't mean to moan and I know how over stretched the health service is. But I can't help but think about how mothers with less support, both financially and emotionally are meant to cope. "

"What if I was having real problems. I haven't been able to get an answer on the phone."

"I know it's not the midwives themselves' fault, they are generally angels, but surely we can do better than this."

Her tweets have divided people into two camps - and I'd be interested to hear whether you fall into either of them:

1. Lily pays her tax and National Insurance like anyone else and so, like everyone else, is entitled to be cared for under the NHS; and
2. Lily has pots of cash, can afford private midwifery care and, in fact, should do so to free up NHS midwives for those who can't

There is actually a third camp that you might belong to, and that is: I couldn't care less, one way or the other.

If you're in the same boat as Lily, here's the current advice given by the Royal College of Midwives:

Any woman should reasonably expect to know when they will get their first visit or phone call from a midwife within a couple of days of being discharged.  We would advise any woman who doesn't have that information to contact the maternity unit directly

Whilst there hasn't been any official confirmation, the media is awash, this morning, with news that Lily Cooper (Lily Allen, for those who still haven't got their heads around her married name) gave birth to her second daughter on Tuesday morning - her name is reported to be: Marnie Rose.

Lily is an prolific tweeter, and I seem to remember she tweeted about Ethel's arrival pretty sharpish, so it's intriguing (I think) that there's no news of the baby's arrival on her Twitter account yet - although she did mention a few days ago that she was eating curry to try and get labour going (just sounds like a good excuse to eat curry to me!).

SO, the press are relying on the words of a 'pal' who spilled the baby beans to The Sun (I do wish these sources, friends and pals would choose more upmarket publications to gossip to):

Marnie is a real cutie. Sam and Lily are ecstatic about adding another girl to the family. A little sister for Ethel is brilliant news to lift the January blues for the family

Apparently, the name Marnie has been taken from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1964 film Marnie.  I have to say, I like it more than I like the name Ethel - that just makes me think of that batty old character in EastEnders back in the day, and Mildred's arch rival in The Worst Witch books!

Now we just wait for official confirmation, then we can send our congrats and say thanks for another baby safely delivered.

Tired of baby bump announcements yet?  If you are, then look away now: Rochelle (of The Saturdays' 'fame') and her husband, Marvin (of JLS 'fame'), have revealed they're expecting their first baby.

They got married four months ago and have had this to say about their impending parenthood...

Actually, have a read of the statements they both made on their Twitter pages (it'll save me typing it all out!)

Rochelle will be joining the motherhood ranks in the middle of 2013; by then, I'm sure band mate Una will have plenty of tips and tricks to share.

Lily Cooper (Lily Allen) also took to Twitter earlier this week, to tell us all that she fainted whilst shopping for Crimbo pressies in Harrods and, thus, was in desperate need of a croquemonsieur - cheese and ham toasted sarnie, to most people.

Lily is preggars with baby number two and, whilst there's not been any official confirmation of the due date, he or she is believed to be arriving sometime next month.

Before then, however, Sam and Lily have their daughter's first birthday to celebrate - how can a year have gone by so fast?!  Happy birthday Ethel, hope you have a lovely first birthday!

You know how some celeb' pregnancies seem to be over in record time and others (Jessica Simpson and Pink) feel as though they're preggars for EVER?  Well Adele may win another award for having the, seemingly, quickest pregnancy on the planet!

It was just last Tuesday that we brought you her baby news and how she revealed she wants to have three boys before she's 30.  Well, it seems she HAS been getting on with it (so to speak!) as baby number one is due in just TWO MONTHS time!

Well good for her for keeping her news under wraps I say, AND managing to keep it secret - there wasn't a hint or rumour about her expecting, which doesn't happen very often as those baby watchers have keen eagle eyes.

Remember I said that celeb' baby bumps are like buses?  Well we have another bump announcement this week -  Lily Cooper (have you got used to that being Lily Allen post marriage?) has announced that she's expecting baby number two.

I'll be a nervous wreck again until this one arrives safely, as baby Ethel did in December last year; after too much baby heartbreak before her arrival I hope that baby number two has an equally safe time of it.

There's no news yet as to when the next Lily and Sam Cooper baby is due but if Lily's tweeting of baby news follows a similar pattern as before, then we'll know the ins and outs of most things before too long.

Any one want to start placing bets on names for this next little one..?

Today's Celebaby is about 'cats and kidneys' - Lily Copper's mum has let the proverbial cat out of the bag and Nick Cannon (Mr Mariah Carey) has kidney failure.

Ethel May Cooper

It's funny how you don't realise things until you're told them - had you noticed that still some five, or so, weeks after Lily Copper's daughter arrived safely in the world we still didn't know what she'd been called?

I mean, it's one of the first things you ask (or want to know) along with how much the new arrival weighed - at least they are the things I want to know.

Well, after keeping the little girly's name under wraps for so long (whether intentionally or not, who's to say) Lily's mum accidentally revealed her granddaughter's name on Facebook (whether intentionally accidentally or not, who's to say!) when writing to a friend.

So Ethel May Cooper is her name - some people like it, some people loathe it and predict a trip to the deed poll office the moment she hits 16 and can legally change her name sans parental permission.

What do you think - good name, bad name or just downright ugly?

Nick Cannon

I'm mildly amused by the fuss that's erupted over, what's been described as, the  'mild kidney failure' that struck Nick Cannon down over Christmas, although I'm not sure I should be.

I think it's because kidney failure is serious and for some reason, in my (perhaps) warped mind, both Mariah and Nick tweeting photographs of him in the hospital looking pretty okay have made it seem not so serious. I also can't help thinking maybe he just had kidney stones...?

Joking aside, any unexpected hospitalisation of a loved one isn't funny, especially when their stay is on an intensive care ward there are new babies at home - all of a sudden our mortality is thrust into the spotlight and all the worst case scenario 'what ifs' will rush through everyone's minds.

Well, the good news is Nick seems to be okay; he's out of intensive care, he's been transferred to a hospital in Los Angeles - he was originally admitted to hospital in Aspen whilst on holiday - has had an operation, which he was awake for (I know this because Nick told 'us' so on Twitter) and a couple of hours ago he said he's recovering and about to be stronger than ever.

PHEW!  I can sleep soundly in my bed again at night now knowing all that!

Two new babies have joined the ranks of the 'celebrity offspring' - Lily Cooper (that's going to take some getting used to writing) has had a little girl and so has Piers Morgan and his wife; both little girlies share the same birthday, aahhhhh.

Lily Cooper

I'm not ashamed to admit that I had tears in my eyes when I read that Lily Allen, sorry, Lily Cooper gave birth to a baby girl last night and that all is well with both mum and daughter.

Whilst there's not any news at the moment, regarding names and weight, this has really made my morning - I'm not given to feeling much celeb' empathy, but when Lily lost her baby son last year at six months pregnant, I swear my heart broke.

I can't even begin to imagine how extra loved, gazed at and cuddled this little girly is going to be; the only clue we might have as to a potential name is 'Betty', apparently whenever Lily spoke to her mum about the baby she always referred to 'her' as Betty.

So who knows, one thing I know for sure is that we'll find out and that Lily and husband Sam are over the moon.

CONGRATS to them both and welcome to the world baby Cooper!

Piers Morgan

I never thought I'd see the day when I congratulated Piers Morgan (it's a strange old world) but he's the proud daddy of a baby girl, also born last night, who's been named Elise - now THAT is such a great name, but then I would say that as that's my daughter's name.

He tweeted last night saying, "It's true. I've become a dad for the 4th time, to a baby girl called Elise. She's absurdly beautiful, and utterly adorable."  It must have something to do with the name, my Elise is absurdly beautiful too.

What I didn't know about Piers Morgan is that he already has three sons from his previous marriage - mind you, Piers has never been on my 'one to watch' list so it's hardly surprising; I first heard about his new arrival on Classic FM this morning - who'd have known they'd be such a reliable source of Celebaby news!