Celebrity magazines have been delivering the "hot mama" trend for a while now, featuring glammed-up, pregnant celeb moms-to-be (bump watch, anyone?) toting their bellies with the pride once reserved for their oversized YSL Muse bags. But this doesn't just apply to the uber-famous. With friends and family anxiously awaiting the digital transmission of photos within hours of labor, New York women are preparing for the big D-Day with the grooming gusto once reserved for their wedding nights.

That means manis/pedis, pre-labor blowouts and even Brazilian bikini waxes administered days -- if not hours -- before giving birth. Pre-delivery primping might sound superficial, but it also makes sense. After all, women feel more vulnerable if they're not looking their best. And when you're lying on a delivery table in excruciating pain while your nether regions are examined by a doctor you may have never met, well, that's about as vulnerable as it gets.

A few weeks ago, Jonice Padilha -- co-owner of the waxing emporium J. Sisters -- gave a Brazilian bikini wax to a woman who was already in labor. "She was dilating, but not too much," says Padilha. "But she knew that she was going straight to the hospital afterward."

Considering Jennifer Lopez has spent the bulk of her pregnancy swaddled in Roberto Cavelli, it shouldn't come as a huge surprise that the mom-to-be is planning on going couture during her stay on the maternity ward.

A source close to Lopez said that the singer's scheduled a Caesarean section, has packed her bags and will be checking into the hospital with four pastel-colored couture hospital gowns and a coordinating robe all designed by dearjohnnies.com in tow.

The Quinny Buzz, $499.99, is available in select specialty stores now. Chic, colorful and convenient, the Buzz is a modular travel system, accommodating not only a reversible, reclining stroller seat, but compatible with the Quinny Dreami bassinet and Maxi-Cosi Mico Infant Car Seat (both sold separately). On-the-go parents will love the Buzz's hydraulic technology that unfolds the stroller at just a touch - no hands required. A height-adjustable handle ensures mom and dad's comfort, while the stroller's unique three-wheel design and suspension system allow easy maneuvering.

The Buzz's cousin, the Quinny Zapp, $199.99, will be available in select specialty stores beginning August 1. A perfect travel stroller, the full-size Zapp features an ultra-compact fold - 12" x 27" - and comes with its own travel bag. Like the Buzz, it is compatible with the Maxi-Cosi Mico Infant Car Seat (sold separately). In case there are spills while on the road, the Zapp's durable nylon fabric is stain resistant.

"We're extremely excited to bring such a successful European brand to the American market. The Quinny brand embodies the combination of trendsetting fashion with innovative precision engineering. It's for parents who want stressless, reliable transportation for their children with designs that complement their individual sense of style," said Lisa Abdinoor, Dorel Juvenile Group's director of marketing for the Quinny and Maxi-Cosi brands.

The Quinny Buzz and Zapp will be available at select specialty stores such as Albee Baby Carriage, Babystyle.com, Buy Buy Baby, Giggle, Right Start and other select retailers nationwide.

"TMZ has learned that Jen hit Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills and dropped over a thousand bucks on three Kaloo plush toys for the little newborn. A well-placed source tells us the 38-year-old left a note to include with the gifts that read: "Dear Wyatt, Welcome to the World! xxoo Jen." Awww!

Miss Aniston needn't worry; advancements in fertility should give her plenty of time to decide if she wants to conceive a lil' friend of her very own!"

Don't pooh-pooh cloth diapers, a stern Madonna told a group of stunned moms watching her change adopted son David in a BevHills park. When one lady noticed the star was using cloth diapers, not disposables, she marveled: "I didn't even know they made those anymore!"

Madonna, visibly upset, whirled and proceeded to deliver a lecture about how the planet's in danger from pollution, disposable diapers foul the environment...blah, blah, blah. The star's passionate peroration on planetary management lasted nearly 30 minutes, finally ending when the beat-up moms pledged to ditch the disposables and convert to cloth. "Good," said Madonna - and off she marched to save civilization.

It's never too long before the latest craze to sweep America makes its way to the UK but most would wish this one really hadn't. Celebrity wigs designed for babies up to nine months old and are set to hit the market, to the outrage of children's charities.

There's a Bob Marley style dreadlock wig, a Samuel L Jackson afro as seen in movie Pulp Fiction and a Donald Trump comb-over - perhaps for that mature look. For the girls there's flowing pink locks based on singer Lil' Kim.

But Michelle Elliott of Kidscape said as well as unnecessary the wigs could be dangerous. "This is ridiculous. Any parent who buys one of these wigs for their child needs their head examined." Wigs are incredibly uncomfortable for a start. Babies are wonderful but dirty little things and the last thing they need is a wig." The wigs are manufactured by California-based firm BabyToupee and cost £14. The firm's website says its aim to "show that while parenting can be a great responsibility, it can also be a source of endless amusement."

Founder Graham Farrar said: "Having a baby doesn't mean you have to stop having fun or do everything by the book. We don' take ourselves or our products too seriously."

The pregnant crooner — or some prankster pretending to be her — has registered online for thousands of dollars worth of baby gifts at Petit Tresor, the swank L.A. kiddie store favored by celebs. "Oh, it’s not a fake, she’s having a baby shower soon and has told friends that they can order gifts from the site," a source tells the Scoop, adding, "It's not like she's expecting her friends to buy everything for the baby. She's already spent like $30,000 at the store."

And the accessories and furniture strongly suggest that, as rumored, Spears is expecting a girl: although the chandelier features little airplanes, there’s a preponderance of pink and frilly goodies among the merchandise.

Supermodel Heidi Klum has had customised jeans designed for each month of her pregnancy. The catwalk beauty, who is four months pregnant with her second child with pop star husband Seal, has revealed she detests wearing elastic-waist maternity jeans so much that she decided to commission her own range.

The German beauty approached 'Earnest Sewn' designer Scott Morrison to create a range of skinny, tapered leg jeans she can wear until the baby is born. Heidi admits she can't wait to welcome the new addition to the family. She said: "We have always wanted to have a big family and that is what we are working on right now. We're a new family and we're just figuring it out." The model - who already has two children, Henry and daughter Leni, from her relationship with Formula One boss Flavio Briatore - was determined to show off her famous legs at the launch party for the new series of Project Runway, which she hosts.

The 2 ½-inch wide circular Paloma Rattle consists of nine linked sterling-silver balls. The seams could open and release small beads, which could pose a choking hazard, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a notice earlier this month. Once open, the seams' jagged edges could also pose a hazard. No injuries have been reported, the commission said.

The recalled rattles were made in Spain for Tiffany and were sold in March. Tiffany initiated the recall after routine product-safety testing by the commission prompted concerns, the agency said. Consumers should take the rattles away from babies and return them to the store for a refund or credit.

Tiffany and Co. agreed to pay a $262,500 civil penalty to settle allegations that it failed to report a hazard with its infant teether rattles, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said Wednesday. The New York-based luxury jeweler recalled about 3,700 teether rattles in February 2005 because of the choking and aspiration risks they pose to babies. CPSC alleged that Tiffany failed to report in a timely manner that the center bar on the Farm Teether Rattle could break, releasing small beads and animal figures.

Tiffany and Company received at least three reports of defective joints in the teethers between November 2003 and February 2004. In one incident, a baby was reported to have mouthed a small animal figure that fell off of the teether rattle. Tiffany's failed to notify consumers who had purchased the teether and did not report the problem to CPSC until after the Commission had opened its own investigation, the CSPC said.

As part of the settlement, Tiffany's denied it violated the Consumer Product Safety Act by failing to report defects with its Farm Teether Rattles in a timely manner.

The cotton tee bears the images of a skull and cross spoons, pots and pans, and the words "The Pots & Pans Band" scrawled over a pair of angel wings. "It just hit me how big of a deal this is," says the shirt's designer, Kingsley Aarons, who says he goes by "just Kingsley" and was inspired by his 2-year-old son, Zephyr, when the amateur drummer started banging away on pots and pans in the family kitchen.

When Parenting magazine editor-in-chief Janet Chan saw Shiloh's threads, she thought the look was "quite in keeping with Brad and Angelina — the whimsy of a mini-rocker without being overly sweet," she says. That the couple dressed their daughter in a neutral-colored T-shirt suggests that they refuse to buy into traditional pink vs. blue gender stereotyping, she says. But Chan says that children eventually grow into their own personalities, and later on, Shiloh Nouvel might prefer pastels, floral prints, ruffles and lace.

The skinny: Kingsley, a graphic designer, says other celebs who dress their kids in his shirts include similarly edgy parents Johnny Depp, Gwen Stefani, Seal and Heidi Klum, and Slash of Guns N' Roses. "Brad and Angelina are definitely our customer," says Kingsley, who started his line of T-shirts two years ago. "The new generation of young, hip parents are looking for outfits they would wear themselves."