Pitt, Jolie welcome ‘healthy baby’ girl

[vinod]

WINDHOEK, Namibia - It looks like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt got what every parent wants — a healthy baby.

While Namibian officials declined Sunday to give any details on the birth Saturday of Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, a doctor at the hospital said there were no complications and the mother and daughter were doing well.

“She is a healthy baby,” the doctor said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release information.

police ringed the hospital with tight security Sunday, refusing to admit journalists and photographers into the building.

Pitt’s publicist Cindy Guagenti announced the birth Saturday night, but said no other information or photographs would be released.

Samuel Nuuyoma, the governor of the Namibian region of Erongo, confirmed the birth at the Welwitschia Clinic in Walvis Bay and seemed to hint that key details would be released shortly.

“Any information relating to the birth of the baby will be made available to the public soon,” said Nuuyoma, who has become friends with the celebrity couple.

The government has gone to extraordinary lengths to protect the privacy of Jolie and Pitt, who came to Namibia to avoid photographers and in the weeks leading up to the birth of their first child.

Namibia put tight security around their hotel and the hospital, set up large green barriers to protect their privacy from photographers and refused to grant visas to any foreign journalists unless they had written permission from Jolie and Pitt to cover the birth. Police have also arrested photographers and confiscated film.