Hello Baby James!
Kris Aquino gave birth to James Yap, Jr. today, April 19. The 4.3-pound baby boy is Kris's first child with basketball player husband James Yap.
TV host-actress and her baby are doing well.
In an exclusive report, PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) noted that Kris went to the Makati Medical Center with James at around 1 p.m. for her regular check-up with her doctor, Dr. Grace Luna. The hospital is just a few minutes drive from Oakwood, where the couple are renting a place while their house is being constructed.
Soon after her consultation, Kris experienced labor pains and was rushed back to the hospital.
At 4:50 p.m., Kris delivered baby James. (Incidentally, Baby James has the same birthday as former president Joseph Estrada.)
Here is the PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) chronicle of Kris Aquino's pregnancy and the birth of James Yap, Jr.
PEP, SEPTEMBER 18, 2006. "Sure na, sure na..." announced the ecstatic Kris Aquino yesterday, April 17, in her afternoon showbiz talk show The Buzz. The 36-year-old TV host-actress is pregnant with her second child. Her eldest child, Joshua, is with actor Phillip Salvador.
She expressed her utmost happiness: "Ang sasabihin ko lang kasi it's so different now from 12 years ago [referring to the time she was pregnant with Josh]. Noong time na yun, there was so much fear na anong mangyayari, ano kahihinatnan...
"And now there's just so much joy. Feeling ko lang na it's proof also na when you put everything in perspective, at kung naituwid mo yung buhay mo, maayos at masaya, and lahat ng tao masaya with you."
PEP, OCTOBER 1, 2006. "I'm not maselan..." says Kris about her pregnancy in The Buzz. "Hindi naman ako nagkakaroon ng dizzy spells na. The entire last week, hindi nagsuka ni minsan. Thank you! Talagang ang sarap ng feeling. Normal na yung tulog ko talaga. I'm normally asleep at 10 o'clock or, at the latest 11, and 9 o'clock, gising na ko."
Two weeks after revealing to the public via national TV that she is indeed expecting her first child with husband James Yap, friends and fans have sent her pagkaing pinaglilihian—white food, mostly lanzones, milk, soy milk, and cereal drinks, to name a few. Her current favorite dish is Bistek Tagalog "na ako nagluluto. Mabaho ang dating sa kin [kapag iba nagluluto], pero kapag ako nagluluto, masarap!"
Though she reported that she had been experiencing night-time sickness and nausea, Kris did not take a leave of absence from her two daily shows, Game KNB? and Kapamilya Deal or No Deal. "In between kasi [ng takes], na-realize ko na if I eat crackers, like Sky Flakes, and fruits, hindi ako nagsusuka. So all throughout the day—kasi nagte-taping po kasi ako araw-araw, Monday to Friday; I tape for the shows and nag-a-advance na rin kami—so basta kumakain ako ng suha, pomelo, and then ponkan, and lanzones all through out the day, I'm okay."
PEP, JANUARY 14, 2007. A baby boy for Kris and James! Kris had a four-dimension ultra sound on January 10.
"I also had a congenital scan para i-check kung okay 'yong brain, okay 'yong skull, 'yong skeleton, 'yong back," said the host of Game KNB?, Kapamilya Deal Or No Deal, and The Buzz. "I'm giving birth anytime May 6 to May 10."
