In every office there comes a moment when it seems every other woman is expecting. The same is now happening in the world of the rich and famous.

First came the surprising news that Cherie Blair was pregnant. Since then we have learned that the daughter-in-law of a previous Prime Minister, Emma Noble, is in the same condition.

And today, while Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher and his wife Meg Mathews were celebrating the birth of their baby daughter, it was revealed that Catherine Zeta Jones is pregnant with fiance Michael Douglas's child. This is nothing less than a celebrity baby boom. It must be something in the vintage champagne.

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