The tabloids put a lot of pressure on Katie Holmes not to make a peep while pushing in the delivery room; rumors swirled that she would embrace the Scientology ideal of a “silent birth.” Per the New York Post, Scientologists believe that what babies hear during birth can scar them for life, which means that everyone present in the delivery room, medical staff included, have to zip it. As for mothers-to-be, John Travolta’s late wife, Kelly Preston, explained what’s expected, telling Today, “Silent birth is basically just no words, as much as possible. If you need to moan, if you cry out, you know, all of that of course, that’s normal. Just bringing them in as peaceful and gentle a way as possible.”
According to the Post, the biological moms of the two children Tom Cruise adopted with ex-wife Nicole Kidman were told to adhere to the practice. And when it was time for Holmes to give birth, Star claimed Cruise tried to make it easier for her to do the same by presenting her with a custom-made pacifier designed to fit inside her mouth and muffle any moans of pain (via People).
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In a “Primetime” interview (via ABC News), Cruise denied the big binky story and insisted that Holmes did not have to take a vow of silence. “But why have other people make noise?” he said. “You want that area very calm.”
