J.Lo’s Twins Make Their Debut

There you have it folks. Emme and Max Muñiz (last name in honor of their daddy. The $6 million dollar babies on the cover of People. Head over to their site if you wanna see the cover.

In the new issue, J.Lo talks about her experience with pregnancy.

I miss feeling them inside of me. It’s funny—when their little umbilical cords fell off, I cried. That was the last attachment we had where it was just us.

How she felt when she found out she was pregnant with twins:

I was in denial until I went to the doctor and she said, ‘Oh my God! There’s one baby, see the heart beating? And there’s the other one! I knew twins ran in my family, and we always joked, ‘Who do you think is going to have the twins?’ So, of course, all my sisters were like, ‘It’s you! It’s you!’

Lopez, who has shed most of the nearly 50 lbs she gained during pregnancy, reveals that she’s not in a hurry to get her old shape back:

Not right now. I even play with my little leftover belly, you know?” But, she also tells PEOPLE she is considering doing a triathlon this fall. “I want my babies to be proud of me,” she says. The new mom is also candid about her decision not to breast-feed. “My mom didn’t breast-feed, and I think that was the thing for me. You read and figure out what’s the best thing for them.”

Asked if this is the happiest time of her life right now, Lopez says:

Absolutely. Having children is the biggest thing that can happen, I think, to a woman. You win an Oscar, get nominated for a Golden Globe—you know, whatever things you think are big—I can’t even think of anything that can match the actual miracle of giving birth and having your own child. It’s beyond anything you could ever imagine.

Can you set the record straight about how challenging it was to conceive?

Sure. It was natural. We didn’t do in vitro, which I know was reported. Everybody assumed that because we had twins. I wanted to have a baby, but I’ve always said exactly what I said all those years they asked us since we’ve been married: ‘Well, when are you guys gonna have some kids?’ ‘When it happens naturally, I guess!’ And that’s when it happened. It was a surprise to us.

Were you ever worried it might not happen?
You start getting older, you think to yourself, maybe [having kids] is just not meant for me. I knew there was nothing wrong with me. I knew that I could. Deep down, I really wanted it badly.” MARC: “It never even entered my mind that it would never happen.”

During your pregnancy, did you worry about losing your Jenny from the Block body?

I gained a good amount of weight, which I was focused on because twins can sometimes have low birth weight. I gained 45-50 lbs., a lot for my frame, but for twins it’s right on.

How is Marc on diaper duty?

He’s the best. He puts the help that we have to shame.

Can you put into words what you’re going through as parents to these lovely babies?

I think I’ve had a pretty great life so far, but there are moments of magic in your life. And I think this is going to always be remembered by me as the most magical time.

You can read more by picking up a copy of People magazine.

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