I’m sure a lot of you already knew this, but I just found out about the Scientology principle of “silent birth”. When the time comes for Katie/Kate to deliver her baby, she will be expected to keep quiet while giving birth, since Scientologists believe it is traumatic for babies to hear their mother scream or groan when in labor. They think it can cause “psychic” damage, which takes years of therapy to overcome.

Painkillers and/or epidurals are also discouraged and anyone present during the delivery must also be silent, communicating only through gestures.

Only a man could come up with this stuff. If L.Ron Hubbard had ever had to give birth, I think the doctrine would be different.

So, as we approach the final days of the Holmes-Cruise pregnancy, signs have been put up outside her home reminding her to “be silent and make all physical movements slow and understandable”.

Yes, there’s nothing like a friendly game of charades. Especially during labor.