Beyonce Gives Birth: Inside Her Chaotic Hospital Stay
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Everybody loves a baby -- but not everybody loved the extreme security measures taken by Beyonce and Jay-Z's entourage at Lenox Hill Hospital in NYC Saturday, when the superstar couple welcomed daughter Blue Ivy Carter.
A witness at the facility told Us Weekly that security was "insane" to accommodate Beyonce, 30, Jay-Z, 42, and their loved ones. "They evacuated the floor for 15 minutes so Jay-Z could come up!"
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Other families said they were similarly "evacuated" to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit while another member of the famous couple's group could exit without being disturbed.
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Another witness spotted Jay-Z walking down the hospital floor looking "happy" on Saturday morning; Beyonce's family -- sister Solange and parents Tina and Mathew Knowles -- were also spotted with flowers and pink balloons tied with silver and black ribbons.
New father Neil Coulon raged to the New York Post: "They just used the hospital like it was their own and nobody else mattered," said Coulon, who waited in vain to see his premature, newborn twins in the NICU unit.
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"They locked us into the NICU and would say, 'You can't come out to the hallway for the next 20 minutes.' When I finally was able to go back out, I went to the waiting room and they'd ushered my family downstairs!"
Rumors claimed that Jay-Z even shelled out $1.3 million to take over an entire floor for the big day -- but a a hospital spokeswoman told the Post such reports were exaggerated, noting only that the "Love on Top" singer held court in a reserved sixth-floor suite.
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29mabye all these things people say happened happened if they didn't then good for them but if they did then i guess they own an apology to some people I mean i don't have anything against beyounce and Jayz but next time they should be more thoughtful of those whole who have a child riding the fence of heven
It really seems as though you all take what this magazine prints as though it's the Bible. You have to take it all with a grain of salt. I'm sure this is very exaggerated. All hospitals especially this one has a wing that caters to the rich. I'm sure they had a private floor all to themselves. No one can be forced to stay anywhere in a hospital unless they are on some sort of legal or mental hold AND if they were ASKED to wait some place you better believe it would not be the NICU. This story is SO over the top and whats worse is you all eat it up!
REAL TALKS NO ONE IS HATIN BUT REALLY N TRULLY THEY DIDNT NEED TO RENT OUT AND REDECORATE HER SPACE AS A SUITE FOR HER....SHES ONLY STAYIN DER I BET FOR NO MORE THAN A WEEK EVEN THO SHE HAD A C SECTION.....SPENDING ALL THE $ TO HAVE A BABY...GOOD FOR THEM THAT THEY CAN BLOW IT OFF...ALSO ITS THE FACT OF HOW MUCH $ THEY SPENT AT A HOSPITAL NOBODYS HATIN CUS OF THAT ITS LIKE ME BLOWIN $ ON SOMETHING IM ONLY GONNA USE FOR ONCE AND ITS NOT FOR A LIFETIME, JUS A COUPLE OF DAYS....OTHER PPL COULDNT SEE DER SICK NEW BORNS CUS OF DAT..I KNW HOW IT FEELS CUS MY DAUGHTER WAS BORN 2 MONTHS EARLY..PREMATURE..I WOULD HVE SUED REGARDLESS....SHES GIVING BIRTH LIKE EVERYONE ELSE...EVERYONE SHOULD BE TREATED WITH THE SAME RESPECT....NOT BC'S UR A CELEBRITY AND I HVE THE MONEY TO OWN THIS WHOLE FLOOR AND I DUN CARE IF U GAVE BIRTH TO YOUR BABIES AND U CANT SEE THEM...EVEN THE DOCTORS AND NURSES COULDNT SEE DER OTHER PATIENTS THEY WERE PROBABLY DYING TOO...NOW DAT NEEDS PRAYER...HATERS WILL ALWAYS HATE...BUT WAT THEY DID WAS WRONG TOO AND THEY WERE AT FAULT!
REAL TALKS NO ONE IS HATIN BUT REALLY N TRULLY THEY DIDNT NEED TO RENT OUT AND REDECORATE HER SPACE AS A SUITE FOR HER....SHES ONLY STAYIN DER I BET FOR NO MORE THAN A WEEK EVEN THO SHE HAD A C SECTION.....SPENDING ALL THE $ TO HAVE A BABY...GOOD FOR THEM THAT THEY CAN BLOW IT OFF...ALSO ITS THE FACT OF HOW MUCH $ THEY SPENT AT A HOSPITAL NOBODYS HATIN CUS OF THAT ITS LIKE ME BLOWIN $ ON SOMETHING IM ONLY GONNA USE FOR ONCE AND ITS NOT FOR A LIFETIME, JUS A COUPLE OF DAYS....OTHER PPL COULDNT SEE DER SICK NEW BORNS CUS OF DAT..I KNW HOW IT FEELS CUS MY DAUGHTER WAS BORN 2 MONTHS EARLY..PREMATURE..I WOULD HVE SUED REGARDLESS....SHES GIVING BIRTH LIKE EVERYONE ELSE...EVERYONE SHOULD BE TREATED WITH THE SAME RESPECT....NOT BC'S UR A CELEBRITY AND I HVE THE MONEY TO OWN THIS WHOLE FLOOR AND I DUN CARE IF U GAVE BIRTH TO YOUR BABIES AND U CANT SEE THEM...EVEN THE DOCTORS AND NURSES COULDNT SEE DER OTHER PATIENTS THEY WERE PROBABLY DYING TOO...NOW DAT NEEDS PRAYER...HATERS WILL ALWAYS HATE...BUT WAT THEY DID WAS WRONG TOO AND THEY WERE AT FAULT!
I pray all is well with the family and the precious little baby, but was this the birthing of a baby or giving a concert! Must be the money!
Who are these people? What significant thing have they done to be so famous and rich? What a bunch of idiots. You're not the first woman to have a baby and you won't be the last. Get over yourself, selfish b!tch. Oh and god help the person who would stop me from seeing my premmies, like the security did to that poor man. I would return with a gun.
SOME PEOPLE KILL ME WHY DO PEOPLE HATE ON PEOPLE THAT'S BLACK IS BECAUSE THERE JEALOUS OF THEM MAKING IT UP OUT OF THE GHETTO AND DOING BETTER THEN THE ONES THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT THEM I MEAN REALLY I THINK SO. AND EVIL SOME OF THESE POST ARE EVIL AND YOU GUYS NEED GOD CAUSE WHO GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO JUDGE ANYONE SLAVE DAYS ARE OVER REMEMBER THAT AND GOD BLESS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF U THAT ARE JUDGING GOOD DAY\NIGHT TO THE HATERS ... BECAUSE @ THE END OF THE DAY THEY ARE HAPPY AND RICH AND YOU A HATER AND BROKE .EXTRA,EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT THAT.
The Hospital should not have allowed this to happen, she should have been given a room that could have been blocked off without disturbing other patients and visitors. I have to assume that Lenox Hill doesn't practice PATIENT CENTERED CARE INITIATIVES.
All lies and B.S. It hasn't even been 9 months!! Just admit u had a surrogate. people do it everyday. They had to block the wing of the hospital to bring in the real baby. Never known anyone to wear 6 inch heels during their pregnancy. Totally fake!! Their music sucks anyway.
keri russell had her baby without all the bells and whistles but did the press notice? of course not.
our daughter had her first baby but who cares? well, i do. :D
Amen Madyson.
first can you say adoption??!! and they didnt need a whole floor!! come on its not like they are a king or queen!
Its all JayZ. He's evil. Everyone knows about him being involved with the Illuminati.
that's not true. y'all are just cowards for saying such sh**!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It may be over the top, but that is what happens or can happen if you have money. You must not, or your special day could be like this.
This is ridiculous!!! It's absolutely insane!! Over the top!
Gee... all that good money BLOWN on BULL***!
This is just one more example of how out of control so-called "celebrities" really are. They are completely self-absorbed and couldn't care less how others are treated. Beyonce and Jay-Z are soooo over the top. Quite a feat for a couple of no-talents.
While I don;t think its right they get that kind of power over "regular people"...I do see how they would want it, with strangers up in their faces asking for autographs and pictures and trying to get pics of the baby, and mom...i mean who wants their pic taken shortly after having a baby??? why dont they just make a special "celebrity" hospital cause they sure breed enough.