Why did Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban Keep Their Second Child a Secret?

Everyone was surprised when Nicole Kidman and her husband Australian country singer Keith Urban announced on January 17th that they had welcomed their second baby girl Faith Margaret, who was born through a surrogate mother on December 28, 2010. Kidman had shown nary a sign of a baby bump, and the couple had made no mention of the pregnancy publicaly.

In an interview with Access Hollywood, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban explained that the main reason why they kept the news about the conception of Faith Margaret (through a surrogate mom) from the media was to protect her.

The actress said, "We just decided this was our thing together. It kind of just perpetuated itself. And it protects her and it protects everyone in the situation."

The couple also revealed that they kept their faith intact and kept praying that their second baby would be okay during the entire duration of pregnancy until she was born. They admitted that “faith” was the inspiration behind the name of their newborn baby.

Urban said, “Just the way she came into our world — we needed to have every bit of faith we could muster. It was completely out of our control. We just kept saying, 'We gotta have faith, we gotta have faith. She's going to be fine.'”

“And we just thought, what a perfect name for her,” added Urban.

Furthermore, Nicole explained, “Margaret is the name of my dad's mother, my grandmother. She had her last baby when she was 49, so, she's my inspiration."

When asked about how their older daughter, Sunday Rose, was treating her younger sister Faith Margaret. Kidman said, “She's so into Faith and she's crazy about her. We really wanted Sunday to have a sibling, you know, so now we've got Sunday and Faith Margaret...we've got our hands full! We're really happy.”

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