Stacey Solomon and Una Healy now have some rather obvious baby bumps to show off and they've been doing it in style, without looking over the top or like they're trying too hard to be trendy and preggy.

Amanda Holden has gone back to work and Victoria Beckham is still hauling poor little Harper around the globe.

Stacey And Una

When I was pregnant with my older two, the preggars dress code was baggy t-shirt and leggings - comfy but NOT at all attractive and did absolutely nothing to make you feel like a beautiful mum-to-be.

Have a look at Una's dress - HOW does she get away with not looking frumpy in it?!  It's so unfair - if I wore that NOW, even, I'd look like terrible in it and how awesome does Stacey look in that dress?

In one of my off-line lives I'm a photographer; I know that almost every single image we see in print have been subjected to Photoshop trickery of varying degrees and, until this very instant, it's never occurred to me that the same probably applies/has applied to pictures of expectant celeb' mums!

Nothing more than the most hectic application of 'shop would have made me look better in my preggy pictures, but I'm not feeling so bad now.

Amanda And Victoria

Amanda Holden has gone back to work as a judge on Britain's Got Talent, briefly, and left her new daughter Hollie in the capable hands of her Grandmother (Hollie's Grandmother, not Amanda's!).

She says, "I am euphoric to be heading back to my place at the judges desk - to be honest after the last couple of weeks I'm euphoric to be anywhere!  This is just a very fleeting visit to Scotland and with the weather being so extreme I've decided to let my mum have some quality time with her new granddaughter - but I am looking forward to introducing Hollie to everyone on my next trip."

Extreme weather?  It's -12C in my only 80-miles-north-of-London part of the world, I'm not surprised she's left little Hollie safely tucked up warm and cosy at home.

Of course, if Amanda was Victoria Beckham then it would be parade-the-baby-around business as usual, evidenced at JFK airport in freezing temperatures earlier this week!

Whilst Harper had a coat on, VB was in short sleeves! I flew back into the UK from Johannesburg last Saturday, was wearing jeans, long boots, a couple of jumpers and I was FROZEN.

I know Victoria's, now famously, said, "The airport is my runway," (oh please!) but short sleeves and a little skirt in the middle of winter?  MADNESS; perhaps she hasn't got round to designing a winter range for her clothes label yet *smirk*

Everywhere I look at the moment, it seems, I'm coming face-to-face with image of both David and Victoria Beckham in their underwear! Now, I'm not complaining about seeing David in his pants per say, but there is a limit - please, Beckhams, put some clothes on!

Beckhams in Pants

You have to say the above in that dramatic voice used to announce 'P-I-G-S...I-N...S-P-A-C-E' during the Muppet Show - if you're under a 'certain age' then you'll have no clue what I'm talking about, if you grew up when I did then you will!

So VB was all over the press last week, parading around in one of her underwear creations which, quite frankly, just looked like she was wearing a big white nappy.

There's nothing fun going on in the world of Celebs and their babies just now - it's all boring, boring, boring!

I'm already bored of Beyonce, Blue and Jay Z - the lastest, just in case you're not bored, is that they (Beyonce and Jay Z) have donated more than $100k to the Lennox Hill hospital where Blue was born.

This was, apparently, given months before she was born and the hospital are denying claims that the rather posh and swanky delivery suite, complete with kitchen and other things bla bla bla, was built especially for them.  According to a spokesperson, "they just happened to be the first to use it." Fancy that!

By all accounts there was a complete lock-down at the hospital when Beyonce et al were there, upsetting many of the other new parents there who felt that their special moment had been ruined as family couldn't get in to visit.

You know, if celebs want complete privacy and for the whole world to be shut out when they have their babies, perhaps they should consider having them at home!

What else has been going on?  Not much!

Victoria and Harper Beckham have 'done lunch' together in London - whoppipe-do! HA! I don't think I've ever said, or written 'whoppie-do' in my LIFE! This is a very strong indication of the mood I'm in today - honestly, do we CARE that the Beckham girls are in London and that Victoria is still carting that poor little girl around like a living accessory?!

Christina Aguilera has been out messing around at a theme park with to celebrate her son's fourth birthday and Orlando and Flynn Bloom (still with the MOST adorable child on the planet (bar my own youngest son, of course - and I'm singling him out as a favourite over the other two either, it's just that 17 and 16-year-old teenagers can't really be described as 'adoreable') have been out hiking, with Miranda and their dog.

See, it's all going on in Celebaby land *yawn*  Maybe something exciting will happen over the weekend for me to tell you about next week - something other than such-and-such-a-pregnant-celeb' has been seen out wearing sky high heels, or so and so went to the park with their child.

WHOOPIE-DO!

Poor Justin Bieber - the rumours and speculation just keep going on and on and Victoria Beckham says she's no different from a lot of other working mums.

Justin Bieber

I was listening to NewsBeat on Radio One last night and heard the latest Baby Bieber rumour - apparently the mother of the baby (I have to look up her name every time, because I just don't remember it) Mariah Yeater had dropped the paternity claim against Justin, but that's all there was and journos were scrabbling around to try and find some sort of confirmation of this.

Certain celebrity kids are definitely chips off their old blocks - the Beckham and Bloom kids are just some of them.

Beckham Blocks

Cruz Beckham, now six-years-old, is now sporting a mowhawk hairdo a'la his dad in 2001, and is a real spitting image of his dad - I'm telling you, all the Beckham boys are going to break hearts and feature on many a teenage girl's postered wall in not too many years to come.

Harper Beckham is growing up FAST and, at all of four months old, already seems to be perfecting her mum's expressionless pout - mind you, I 'd probably look less than impressed at being carted through another airport again for yet ANOTHER fashion show and yet ANOTHER shopping trip somewhere too.

Flynn Bloom

If I had to choose my favourite celebrity trio of 2011, there'd be no contest - Orlando Bloom , Miranda Kerr and their son Flynn Bloom would win hands down.

Flynn has to be THE cutest celeb' child I've ever seen - in fact, across the child board in general - he's utterly GORGEOUS and becoming more so by the day.  Miranda and Orlando seem to have their feet firmly planted on the ground, they're both invariably smiling and it's clearly rubbing off on the lovely Flynn (Victoria B, take note!).

He was photographed out and about with his mum, pushing him in a stroller, and MY WORD did he provide some fabulous photo opportunities for the ever-present media; what a little dude!

This is going to get boring VERY fast and it look longer than I thought, to be honest, but the media have whipped themselves up into a frenzy because Princess Catherine refused to try some peanut butter during her recent trip to UNICEF centre in Denmark with Prince William.

Buck' House officials have apparently stressed that she doesn't suffer from a peanut allergy, leading to the speculation that Catherine might be preggars as pregnant women are advised to avoid peanuts to prevent potential nut allergy development in their unborn babies.

It looks as if Harper Beckham will be travelling out of the States sometime soon.

David and Victoria took her to get an American passport at the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles a couple of days ago; apparently, because she was born in America she's required to hold an American passport and both parents have to be in attendance for one to be issued.

Reports say that security was very tight, for the Beckham's visit, with armed Federal Guards keeping watch outside.

This statement has caused much amusement for some Americans who say that security is ALWAYS like that at Federal buildings and that it wasn't laid on especially for Posh and Becks.

David has also had 'Love' tattooed on his left hand.

When I first read this I had an instant image of L. O. V. E inked across his knuckles a'la the home-made tattooes that were all the rage in certain circles a long time ago, you know - L. O. V. E on one set of knuckles and H. A. T. E on the other; classy.

But it's not that, it's just LOVE in a swirly typeface.

He can't have much space left for ink on his upper body; that'll be good news for Beckham body fans if it means he gets more on his lower body and flashes more flesh so everyone can see them!

I thought we stand more chance of seeing flying pigs than ever seeing Victoria Beckham wearing flat shoes, but just such images have been doing the  media rounds this week.

Having emerged from the Steven Spielberg mansion, where the Beckhams have been staying since Harper Seven was born, we've learned a few things.

1) Victoria's been suffering from a slipped disc - ouch!

2) Doctors warn women NOT to continue wearing skyscrapper heels right throughout pregnancy - which she did.

3) She's not been able to pick up Harper and has been having a pretty miserable time of it.

So we can hardly blame her for looking less than her usual non-smiling self when she was pictured out and about en route to a business meeting.

Apparently she cannot walk far - and having known a few people suffer from slipped discs, this will have been agony - and doctors have told Victoria that she cannot risk wearing high heels and must rest, a LOT.

Despite all this, both Mr and Mrs Beckham are clearly infatuated with their new daughter.

Victoria has tweeted, "Thank u for your kind messages. I’m feeling much better and enjoying every precious minute with baby Harper. I’ m so in love. X VB"

Whilst David has spoken about breastfeeding, "It’s so important that they have that mother daughter bond and breastfeeding I think is really an incredible thing. We’re in the process of putting it in bottles now so that means I get to feed her – which has been amazing!"

Victoria is said to be under the close observation by several doctors who have advised no walking, bending or lifting of heavy objects.

The bending and lifting bit is fairly simple to get around, if you have lots of help, but NO walking - especially when she needs to be in Los Angeles to showcase her Spring/Summer 2012 range at the LA Fashion Week - could prove to be more tricky!

Like, love or loathe her, here's hoping she gets better soon - living with severe and constant back pain is a miserable way to live.

Two out of the three Spice Girls, expecting babies this year, have welcomed their bundles of joy.

Emma Bunton (Baby) was first and had a little boy - Tate Lee Jones - in May.

Victoria Beckham (Posh) was next, welcoming Harper Seven to the world almost three weeks ago.

In a recent interview with Hello! magazine, Emma Bunton revealed that her and Victoria swap baby tips all the time,

"As soon as we can possibly meet up, we will. But for the moment we’re making do with emails. We’ve been swapping bits of advice and photos and sharing our excitement.

The first bouquets through the door were from Victoria, Geri (Halliwell) and Mel C. They came with little notes and that is always special to me, to get those from the girls.

The relationship we girls have will always be special. Now our kids are friends too and as they grow, it will be wonderful to watch them all and the different stages in their lives."

Now there's just Mel B (Scary) to go!

Mel announced her pregnancy back in March, which feels like forever ago already, and doesn't have long left before she, too, can swap baby stories with Emma and Victoria.

This new addition to the family will be baby number three for Mel; her first daughter, Phoenix Chi, is 12 already and her youngest daughter, Angel - whom she had with Eddie Murphy, is four.

I rather like Mel B, if nothing else for being a celeb' who 'does' pregnancy like I did - get BIG!  Not, stay tiny and look like someone's stuck half a football on your front.

Last month she tweeted a picture of her husband, Stephen Belafonte, doing up her (very high)Louboutins because her baby bump just doesn't allow for doing that sort of thing herself anymore.

"My humps my bumps will not allow me to fasten my own shoes,so this is how I do them!!!"

I remember that feeling well, although I wasn't wearing Louboutins!  It was probably a pair of trainers a size bigger than normal to accommodate my incredibly swollen feet - WOW I don't miss being preggars AT. ALL!

So it's all eyes on Mel B now and when that baby bump is going to pop.

Unless you were abducted by aliens first thing Sunday morning and have only just been returned, it's quite possible that the news of Harper Seven Beckham's arrival has escaped you.

I predicted we'd see footage on the news of a beaming David Beckham, outside the hospital, announcing the arrival of his daughter and revealing her name to the world.

I was wrong - he made the announcement on Facebook (maybe he doesn't have/know how to use Twitter - the recent baby announcement method of celebrity choice).

The world seems to be divided on the name she's been given; it's a bit of a 'marmite' name I think, you either love it or you hate it.

I rather like it to be honest, but then I'm just relieved they didn't call her Santa as was rumoured not so long ago!

Apparently it was the boys who came up with the name Harper anyway.

"The entire family had input – Victoria and David love the name, but it was the boys who actually came up with it."

It comes from their favourite TV show 'Wizards of Waverly Place' and Harper is one of the characters who features in it.

The Seven part of Miss Beckham's name is obvious as it was the shirt number David had when he played for Manchester United.

According to one of those 'sources' (they spoke to The Sun - I do wish they'd choose a more upmarket rag to spill the beans to just ONCE in a while) David and Victoria are stunned at how much Harper looks like Victoria did when she was a baby.

I had to laugh, why are they surprised about this?!

I looked lots like my mum and my daughter has always looked LOADS like me (poor kid!), it's pretty likely that she would have ended up looking like either David OR Victoria.

Imagine if she looked like someone other than Victoria or David...oooooh, now THAT would spark some tabloid rumours.

Brace yourselves for endless attempted pap shots of Miss Harper Seven when she leaves the hospital to go home with her parents!

If reports are to be believed, young Miss Beckham will be making her much anticipated arrival into the world tomorrow.

If reports are also to be believed, and David Beckham himself, then this photograph was taken without Victoria's knowledge, by David which he then posted on his Facebook page, saying,

"'Took this pic of Victoria while she wasn't looking. She looks amazing, so close now to the baby being born!"

Her being completely oblivious to this doesn't sound very plausible to me, but who cares!

There has been a fair bit in the press lately about the goings on on Planet Beckham in the lead-up to the newest family member's arrival.

Apparently Victoria has had her breast implants removed as she wants to feed her daughter naturally. But, hang on, hasn't she spent the last goodness knows how many years trying to convince us all that the half grapefruits stuck to her chest were all natural...?

She has been reported as saying she wants to do everything different this time, do everything 'right' and 'properly'.  Wow that must make the Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz feel just GREAT, "Yeah, cheers mum!"

Still, the answer to the question everyone's asking, everyone who's remotely interested anyway, is what the new Beckham baby is going to called.

There have been lots of names tossed around by the rumour mill - Luna and Santa being among two of the more 'out there' ones; I'm guessing all will be revealed by a beaming David Beckham outside the hospital/clinic as soon as his daughter has safely arrived in the world.

Love them or hate them, you can't begrudge them a bit of happiness having finally got a much-wanted daughter, just PLEASE give her a pretty name that's not ridiculous!

Well it didn't take long did it!

Yesterday the press was awash with headlines that went along the lines of, "Kate can't wait to be a mum," or, "Princess Catherine tells of her desire to start a family," and "I'm a mummy in waiting!"

Having scouted around a fair bit, it would seem that all she said was, "Yes, I hope to," when a man in the crowd wished her luck in starting her own family after commenting on how beautiful his two-year-old daughter was.

Expect tummy watchers to be on full alert from now until the day her royal pregnancy is announced - imagine if both her and William decided to NOT have any kids!

Apparently the usual timetable for newly-wed Royal baby machines brides is to produce an heir to the throne 11 months after the wedding, so notes have, I'm sure, been pencilled into calendars for April 2012.

Beckham Baby Rumour

Yesterday was American Independence Day and Twitter went mad with rumours that the Beckham's baby daughter had arrived.

If you believed what you read then she weighed 5lbs 8ozs and had been named Felicity, which is better than the Santa baby name rumour that was flying around a while ago!

However, a Beckham spokesperson released the following statement...

"The rumours are rubbish, Victoria has not had the baby but she will be giving birth soon."

Then David's publicist took to Twitter and said...

"Contrary to certain reports, David and Victoria Beckham's baby is not due today and that was never the case."

Apparently the c-section is booked for next week, so we'll have to wait until then for news of the young Miss Beckham's arrival; you can be sure that the media circus will have whipped themselves up into a frenzy by then.

It would seem that to be a REAL celebrity you have to wear high heels come what may.

Whether you're playing football in the park with your son (Victoria Beckham), playing on the beach with your daughter (Katie Holmes) or backpacking up a mountain in Peru (I made that last one up) appropriate shoes are clearly NOT the done thing to be seen in.

Victoria Beckham

Tell me, have we seen Victoria Beckham wearing anything other than black since her pregnancy was made public? I don't think so.

I have a very clear image in my head of a magazine shoot featuring VB wearing baggy dungarees (not done up over the shoulders, I hasten to add), a white vest top and sand coloured CAT boots; I even think she was smiling and she looked great, a far cry from the miserable looking 'black widow' character we have today.

I wonder if that picture is lurking around on the Internet somewhere, perhaps I should send it to her as a reminder that she doesn't ALWAYS have to teeter around in high heels.

Victoria was recently snapped strolling across a grass park in 5-inch heels whilst her youngest son Cruz played football.  Surely something FLAT wouldn't have been such a trauma; I'm telling you, she's going to have terrible bunions by the time she's 50!

(I do quite like that long sheer cardigan though...even if it is BLACK!)

Holmes and Cruise

Here's another pair wearing heels in the most inappropriate place!

I don't get it.  It's no fun having to walk on anything soft in heels - you feel stupid and you LOOK stupid too.

The Cruise family attended a Memorial Day beach party yesterday in Malibu; Katie and Suri wandered off down to the beach to play on the sand for a while in their heels.

Now I don't know about you but I'd have taken my shoes OFF.  I love feeling hot sand beneath my feet and I wouldn't want to trash my party shoes either.

Clearly this is why I'm not a celebrity - I just don't have what it takes on the one hand and too much common sense on the other.

It's all a bit quiet in the la-la land of Celebaby at the moment - there's lots of waiting for new arrivals with not much else going on.

Gwen Steffani is still taking the boys to the playground and pushing them on swings, Elle McPherson wore skin tight red leather trousers on the school run (well if you had her body, wouldn't YOU?) and Abbey Clancey took 10-week-old Sophia to watch her dad, Peter Crouch, play football on Saturday.

Kelly Brook Braves The Cameras

After the devestating news was released that Kelly Brook lost her baby daughter earlier, she's braved the inevitable cameras which were waiting for her the moment she stepped out of her house.

She was 'papped' grocery shopping near her home and also on a night out with friends.

Ever dignified, she smiled nicely for the photographers and I hope as a result, of her 'cooperation' they continue to treat her with the respect she deserves.

Victoria Beckham

She's reportedly already booked a c-section for the delivery of her daughter sometime in July; I REALLY hope the arrival of a little girl in the Beckham household puts a smile on her face, I really do.

Seriously, could she LOOK any more miserable?!  For goodness sake Victoria, put a smile on your face.

Perhaps if she abandoned the black tent outfits and wore something a little more relaxed and summery, she might not look as though the world is about to end.

She was photographed looking more and more like an ill and grumpy Morticia when she attended a bash which saw, her manager, Simon Fuller receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Victoria has six weeks, or so, left before  she becomes a mum for the fourth time; what's the betting we'll see lots of shots of a beaming David while Victoria just looks pouty at best.

The Carey/Cannon twins are finally at home and several expectant celeb' mums dress their bumps in pretty summer dresses.

Carey Twins Go Home

Moroccan and Monroe have finally left the hospital and are at home; I really must stop calling them the Carey twins as their surnames are Cannon.

I have no concept of what it must be like to have a baby and then NOT be able to take it home with you; my youngest was born at home so I avoided hospital completely with him.

I do remember how I felt when I was allowed to go home with my eldest; nervous doesn't even come close to describing it and Nick Cannon (Mr Carey) is feeling the same way too,

Speaking to Access Hollywood on Saturday evening, he said, "My twins came home today,I didn't even want to leave, but I had to because I've got to be here."

He went on to say, "It's the first day to have my children at home so I've been loving that.  There's no hospital rooms and there's no nurses, it's just us.  So it's real; a lil' scary at times, but we're handling it."

Keep your eyes peeled for the happy families pictures in all the glossy magazines, we shouldn't have to wait long.

Blooming Bumps

Ok, I know Victoria Beckham isn't in a pretty summer dress - what IS it with her and black? Jeez, girl go for broke and put some colour on!

I suppose wearing a dress and NOT covering her bump with a handbag that could double up as a three-man tent is a step forward though.

She's seven months preggars now and is rumoured to have already hired trainer-to-the-stars Tracy Anderson to help her lose 20 pounds (that's a stone and a half) in four to six weeks after the baby has arrived; I'm all for staying in shape but that's MAD.

In contrast, just look at how amazing Tori Spelling and Selma Blair look in their colourful and floaty maxi-dresses.

Both are 38; Selma Blair's expecting her first baby any day now - there seem to be lots of 'any day now' babies waiting to arrive at the moment - whislt Tori Spelling, who's expecting her third, has a little while longer to go.

She has a son and a daughter already, so both her and her husband (Dean McDermott) have decided to wait until the baby arrives to discover the gender.

The closer we get to Victoria Beckham's due date the closer to fever pitch the speculation about the new baby Beckham's mame will become; so far only two names have been pimped by the press.

Luna was the first potential name to hit the headlines, as Victoria is supposed to love the moon - it makes sense and it's not too bad if you want to go for something different.

But now, according to a source who spoke to The Sun (classy!) Victoria thinks that Santa Beckham has a lovely ring to it and is something unique.

Hmmm, it's certainly that but my word just think of the scope for hideous name calling and teasing in the playground at Christmas time!

Apparently it comes from wanting to name her daughter after the Los Angeles suburb Santa Monica; David is alleged to want to call his daughter something more traditional but that source seems to think he'll just let Victoria have her own way.

Still, as long as they don't let the younger Beckham boys choose their sister's name because so far their suggestion have been Justin, or Justine, Bieber Beckham!

In other related Baby Beckham news, Snoop Dogg is reportedly up for launching a range of babygros and shoes with them,

"I'd love to do a babygro range with baby shoes with Beckham. It's going to be fly. It's great news they are having a baby."

By the way...do you like the picture I found of a smiling VB? I tried to date it based on her hairstyle, but I gave up as I really don't care that much it's just nice to see her smiling for once; she should do it more often.

It was no big surprise really when David Beckham confirmed that he and Victoria are indeed expecting a little girl later in the year; various rumours have been doing the rounds for months.

Did they know or didn't they? Did they know right from the start because she was gender selected? Did Mystic Meg tell them via the horoscope pages in The Sun? (ok, I made that last one up).

Then Victoria's friend, Eva Longoria, was said to have started planning a pink baby shower and so the gossip and guessing went on and on.  David finally put an end to all the whispering over the weekend. Speaking at an LA Galaxy luncheon he said,

"Obviously, we're very lucky to be expecting again, and this is the first time I'm going to say it: It's a little girl.

We're still in shock. Obviously, having three boys, you kind of expect another one, so finding out a little girl is in there is surprising, but, obviously, we are over the moon."

I have to say I'm rather pleased for them; I like David Beckham, he seems like a nice down to earth chap, but I do wish Victoria wouldn't look so miserable in photos all the time.

Without a doubt it must get a little 'tiring' having the Paps poking lenses at you all the time, but just a smile once in a while wouldn't go amiss!

Perhaps she's saving it for the Royal Wedding group shot photographs; apparently, according to a friend, that one of Victoria's biggest problems of the moment is deciding what to wear to the Royal wedding as she'll be six months pregnant at the end of April.

Well, if that's all she's really got to worry about then that's even MORE of a reason to put a smile on her face.

I was going to write about Jordan but then I just couldn't be bothered, so instead here are some more preggo celebrities - much more interesting (well, maybe just a little bit. 'Much' might be a little bit of an exaggeration!)

Myleene Klass

Yes, I know we already knew she was up the duff but I just want to rejoice in the fact that, at six months gone now, she's already put on three stone. YIPPEEEE!

I know it's catty and I don't care - if she's piled the pounds on already then there'll be lots more still to come.  This only makes me happy because, with every single one of my three pregnancies, I always ended up enormous *shudder, thank goodness never again!*

However, I'm sure that within half an hour of giving birth she'll be back to normal celebrity size and insisting she hasn't done any exercise or been on a diet.

Victoria Beckham

She's expecting baby number four.  I'm not fussed about VB either way and couldn't really care less what she gets up to, but I really do hope she has a little girl this time.

There are rumours that sex selection (available in the States) might have been deployed but there is absolutely NO substance to this and really, who cares?!  Would the world really stop turning if they had, I don't think so.

Amanda Holden

Now this one came as a bit of a surprise over Crimbo and New Year! Amanda had been photographed at various events for months, looking very slim in tight-fitting evening dresses, then all of a sudden 'Hey everyone, I'm six months pregnant'.

In the photos that I saw during the festive hols, she didn't look any different from one to the other - HOW did do that?!

Everyone here at PPs HQ wishes these celeb' mummies all the best (even Myleene as long as she puts on another three stone *grin*)

The celebrity rumour mill is in overdrive with speculation that Victoria and David Beckham are hoping to hear the patter of more tiny feet in their household in the not-too-distant future.

According to various reports, Victoria has David on a strict, um, regime, to ensure that she falls pregnant.

I don't know how the papers reckon they know this stuff, but they're all saying the star couple had planned to try for a baby after the World Cup but have brought their plans forward due to David being ruled out of the World Cup because of his injury.

Watch this space to find out if it's going to be a Party of Five for the Beckhams this year...

Also in the world of celebs and their babies, Gwyneth Paltrow has reportedly pulled out of her latest film in favour of spending more time with her family.

The Daily Mail had this to say on the subject:

"The 37-year-old has just finished shooting Love Don't Let Me Down in Tennessee and was to start work on the new film with Nicole Kidman.

But Gwyneth, who has two children with Chris Martin, dropped out, saying: 'Some days I feel like everyone in my world has plugged themselves into my kidneys. I'm so tired.'

A spokesman said: 'Chris and Gwyneth have spent a lot of time apart. This way she gets more family time.'

Gwyneth told Harper's Bazaar that her husband's reaction to her decision had made her appreciate him more.

'When I pulled out, he said, "I think you'll be happy with your decision." I really lucked out with him,' she said.

'He's deeply lovely and special.'"

All together now: Ahhhhhh...

... or so she says.

Mrs Beckham, interviewed and photographed in the US issue of Glamour magazine, reckons she's just a normal mum to sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz.

Posing with a puppy and making like a 50's housewife for the photo-shoot, Posh says her life revolves around the kids when she's at home. Her life as a Mum includes popping into the boys' school to read to the class or help serve lunch. Sounds pretty normal and down-to-earth to me, although I'd wager that she doesn't mop her own floors or clean the loos though, eh? And if she does, I wonder if she keeps those heels firmly in place.

Meanwhile normal Mum and Radio 1 DJ Sara Cox has been chatting to Closer magazine about her pregnancy and its impact on her body.

Despite craving Wispa Golds and egg mayo sarnies, her mind is already on losing the extra baby pounds. Refreshingly, she claims not to be in any great rush though, and says was still in maternity jeans for months after the births of her other two children.

Now that's what I call a real Mum.