So much for mother/baby bonding for Katie - there will be NONE of that going on immediately following the birth. This is really beginning to sound veerrrryyy weird, as if it wasn’t weird already - now, Katie not only agreed to a completely silent birth - - the latest news out of the TomKat camp is that she has agreed that she will not even SPEAK to the baby for a full week following the birth.

Katie Holmes has been banned from speaking to her baby for a week after it is born, it has been reported.

The pregnant actress has agreed not to talk to her new arrival, believed to be a girl, for at least seven days after she has entered the world, in accordance with fiance Tom Cruise’s Scientology beliefs.

Katie, who is due to give birth any day, has already promised Tom she will deliver the child in complete silence, and she will also have very little contact afterwards.

A source told Britain’s Closer magazine: “Katie respects Tom’s dedication to Scientology. She is devoted to him and wants to bring up the child the Scientology way.”

L. Ron Hubbard - the founder of the strange sci-fi cult - writes in the religion’s creed, that all followers must live by, that new born babies must not hear their mother speak for a week so they will not associate their voice with the trauma of birth.

-Source

Now THAT is what I call birth control!

I just dunno. Different strokes for different folks - but if someone told me I couldn’t talk to my newborn infant for a week? They’d be shown the nearest cliff to take a flyin’ leap off of.