She only gave birth to their twin babies on Saturday, but Mariah Carey was determined to let nothing stop her from renewing her wedding vows, as planned, with husband Nick Cannon.
The couple, who have been married for three years, today renewed their vows in hospital with Nick Cannon revealing on Twitter that the famous Reverend Al Sharpton performed the ceremony.
'Yep, we just had a wedding in the hospital,' Cannon tweeted on Sunday evening.
He then thanked Sharpton for his services.
'Thank you to @TheReval who came all the way to the hospital to renew me and the wife's vows and pray with our children.'
Meanwhile, Sharpton also took to his Twitter to praise the new parents.
'I am so moved by the sincere spiritual commitment of Mariah and Nick,' he wrote. 'They have not let success separate them from GOD. I am so proud.
'I also conducted the renewal of their vows and the blessing of the newborn twins. Mariah looks GREAT, and the babies are beautiful.'
Earlier, it transpired that Cannon had flown into a blind panic while rushing his wife to hospital as she gave birth.
So much so, the America's Got Talent presenter got lost and drove to the wrong department before a nurse gave him directions.
Mariah, meanwhile, who gave birth to twins yesterday on the couple's third wedding anniversary, was in a far calmer state, believing she was just having another false alarm.
Carey's representative, Cindi Berger, confirmed the twins' arrival - a girl and a boy - saying the superstar delivered at 12:07 pm EDT on Saturday at an undisclosed hospital in Los Angeles.
Berger says the baby girl was born first, weighing 5lbs 3oz and was 18 inches long; her brother was next, at 5lbs 6oz and was 19 inches.
Berger added the couple has not named the children yet.
Cannon drove Carey to the hospital in their Rolls-Royce Phantom. Berger said the 41-year-old Carey, who had gone through false labour, was calm, thinking that it was just another scare.
Meanwhile, Cannon, 30, was so nervous he went to the wrong department at the hospital, and was guided to the maternity ward by a nurse.
Berger says they were listening to Carey's We Belong Together after the children were born.
Cannon tweeted yesterday afternoon: 'My wife just gave me the most incredible anniversary gift ever in life! I won't ever be able to top this!'
The couple got married in 2008 after a whirlwind romance.
They were the subject of endless baby rumours, and the couple actually were expecting shortly after their marriage.
However Carey had a miscarriage - they did not reveal the miscarriage until she announced her pregnancy last autumn.
The couple plan to live a bi-coastal life, and have luxurious nurseries in both New York and Los Angeles.
May 2, 2011
Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey
