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   Preston credits the silent birth technique for the peaceful demeanor of her children, saying, "My kids have always been amazing. Just very calm, very peaceful, happy and I absolutely know it's very much because of that." 
   
   
   
   Check out Preston's interview inside. Kelly Preston and John Travolta are still celebrating the November birth of their son , Benjamin, and now the proud mom is opening up about how Scientology has influenced both her birthing style and her choices as a parent.In an interview with ' Today ' host Natalie Morales, the actress discusses the " silent birth " technique commonly employed by Scientologists, a practice where "everyone attending the birth should refrain from spoken words as much as possible ... chatty doctors and nurses, shouts to 'PUSH, PUSH' and loud or laughing remarks to 'encourage' are avoided." Preston explains, "Silent birth is basically just no words as much as possible. If you need to moan, if you need to cry out ... of course that's normal. But, it's just bringing them in, in as peaceful and gentle a way as possible."Preston credits the silent birth technique for the peaceful demeanor of her children, saying, "My kids have always been amazing. Just very calm, very peaceful, happy and I absolutely know it's very much because of that." 
   
   "It's been wonderfully healing. Of course, you know, we still -- it's still every day. But it's been, I think, a really nice gift for a lot of people throughout the world. We've gotten the most beautiful letters. And the most beautiful notes of happiness." 
   
   I didn't [consider this risks]. I just considered that it was difficult," she says. " 
   
   Preston and Travolta, who are parents to daughter Ella, 10, as well as baby Benjamin, tragically lost their 16-year-old son, Jett, in early 2009 after he suffered a fatal seizure while the family was vacationing in the Bahamas.The actress says that the birth of Benjamin has been an integral part of helping the family through their grief, telling Morales,While Benjamin's birth posed potential risks for both mother and baby due to Preston's age, the 48-year-old actress says that her excitement outweighed her concern. ""For us it's been uplifting ... He's given the house a renewed spirit and purpose." ||||| When Kelly Preston decided that she and her husband John Travolta would have another baby, the 48-year-old mom tells TODAY that the risks of having a baby later in life didn't come to mind. 
   
   "I didn't (consider this risks). I just considered that it was difficult," Preston told TODAY's Natalie Morales. It took Preston three years to conceive. "I never thought that would be me at all. So, I think we're just really happy that we're so fortunate," Preston said. 
   
   Baby Benjamin is the couple's third child. Their son Jett died tragically of complications of a seizure disorder in 2009 at the age of 16. Preston said that Benjamin is helping the family to heal. 
   
   "It's been wonderfully healing. Of course, you know, we still -- it's still every day. But it's been, I think, a really nice gift for a lot of people throughout the world. We've gotten the most beautiful letters. And the most beautiful notes of happiness," Preston said. "And I think -- just sort of a sigh of relief, a bit. And that's been really nice to sort of share that with people." 
   
   Preston was on TODAY also to promote her new film, "Casino Jack," which co-stars Kevin Spacey. The actress said that returning to work after Jett's death was difficult, but Spacey helped her through it. 
   
   "(Spacey) was a lifesaver, really. I mean, at that point, I really didn't want to go back to work. But each day, and they condensed my work down to a couple of weeks, which was really nice. But every day, he's so ... he's so naturally funny. And he made me laugh. And that was the greatest -- the greatest gift he could've given to me while we were working," Preston said. 
   
   Watch the video to see the entire interview, and Preston's explanation the ideology behind Scientology's "silent birth." 
   
   
   
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target: – John Travolta's wife gave birth to new son Benjamin in total silence because that's what Scientology demands, right? Well, sort of. "It's just no words as much as possible. If you need to moan, if you cry out or all of that, of course, that's normal," Kelly Preston said on the Today Show. "But just bringing them in as peaceful and gentle a way as possible." Why? She explains, somewhat confusingly, that Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard found that "stress, fears, worry, things like that have to do with the reactive mind and in that part of the mind is different words and commands that can come back to affect you later in life." And she thinks that birthing approach works: "My kids have always been very calm, very peaceful, happy, and I absolutely know that it's very much because of that." In the rest of the interview, Preston goes on to talk about the baby's chosen name (Benjamin is "gentle"), her age (she didn't consider the risks), and her new film. Click for more from the interview.