Sounds like the tummy flutters she was feeling on her wedding day on Aug. 5 had a more telling reason! Jennifer Aniston—in the process of pulling off a convert ceremony and reception at her Bel Air, Calif., home—was anxious about the even bigger secret she was concealing: She’d just learned that she is pregnant with twins!
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After multiple cycles of vitro fertilization (i.e. IVF), Jen, 46, and
Justin Theroux, 44, nearly gave up hope for a baby after being together since 2011.
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"It's heartbreaking to go through all that and still not get a baby at the end of it," the source explains. "Jen was so concerned that it would never happen that she had kind of convinced herself that she'd be happy even if motherhood wasn't in her future."
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And when it came time to tell Justin about the big news, "she cooked him a romantic dinner, and afterward she told him that she had a special surprise. Then she showed him the test results," the insider dishes.
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"He was very emotional—he actually cried a little! Jen was so touched," the tipster adds.
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Then when she went in for her first sonogram and the doctor revealed not one, but two, she couldn't wait to spill the update to Justin (who was in Texas filming) that "they were going to have double trouble," the source adds.
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For now, though, they're celebrating telling friends—including
Courteney Cox,
Chelsea Handler and
Jason Bateman—who were also on the group honeymoon trip in Bora-Bora and noticed the actress wasn't drinking (even at the wedding, the source says she filled her champagne flute with sparkling elderflower water).
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"Their friends are their family," the source explains. "They're so excited to share this happy news with them."
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After multiple cycles of vitro fertilization (i.e. IVF), Jen, 46, and
Justin Theroux, 44, nearly gave up hope for a baby after being together since 2011.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Premiere Of Lionsgate Premiere's
"It's heartbreaking to go through all that and still not get a baby at the end of it," the source explains. "Jen was so concerned that it would never happen that she had kind of convinced herself that she'd be happy even if motherhood wasn't in her future."
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And when it came time to tell Justin about the big news, "she cooked him a romantic dinner, and afterward she told him that she had a special surprise. Then she showed him the test results," the insider dishes.
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"He was very emotional—he actually cried a little! Jen was so touched," the tipster adds.
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Then when she went in for her first sonogram and the doctor revealed not one, but two, she couldn't wait to spill the update to Justin (who was in Texas filming) that "they were going to have double trouble," the source adds.
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For now, though, they're celebrating telling friends—including
Courteney Cox,
Chelsea Handler and
Jason Bateman—who were also on the group honeymoon trip in Bora-Bora and noticed the actress wasn't drinking (even at the wedding, the source says she filled her champagne flute with sparkling elderflower water).
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"Their friends are their family," the source explains. "They're so excited to share this happy news with them."
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