They say it’s dangerous to have a kid over the age of 35, but these women threw caution to the wind and tried to have babies anyway .
Why? Well, because they wanted children and they were going to have them, gosh darn it.
Julianne Moore
She had her first son in her late 30s, but she had her daughter Liv when she was 41 years old.
Good for you Moore!
Naomi Watts
Sure, it’s impressive that she had a child at 40, but Watts actually wishes that she had started trying earlier.
“I should have had more kids, started younger,” she said.
Susan Sarandon
She was told that she would never be a mother, and she had not one, not two, but three kids in total.
She gave birth when she was 42 and 45.
Christie Brinkley
Age She Welcomed Her Child : 44
Att 44, she gave birth to a child thanks to in vitro .
After suffering miscarriages while trying for her third child, she no longer wanted to go through that pain again.
Brooke Shields
Age She Welcomed Her Child : 40
She had her child through IVF , and she was almost ready to quit:
“I was about ready to call it quits. I was growing weary of the anticipation and the pressure, and Chris said he wasn’t sure he could handle seeing me rip off another estrogen patch in frustration… At wit’s end, we decided to try one more time,”
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep has four children.
She gave birth to her last child, Louisa Gummer in 1991 when she was 41.
She’s even a grandmother!
Halle Berry
Halle Berry has welcomed two children in her 40s, which is a testament to how strong that woman must be.
Her first was when she was 41, and her second was at 47.
Good for her!
Madonna
She had Rocco when she was 41 years old .
He had to stay in the hospital for a while but was allowed to come home for his mom’s 42nd birthday.
Gwen Stefani
She considers her youngest son to be a “miracle baby” after one of her sons apparently prayed to god every night for a new sibling.
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She welcomed her second son at 44.
Kim Basinger
She and her ex Alec Baldwin welcomed Ireland into the world in ’95, when Basinger was 41.
Ireland has grown up into quite the woman since then.
Celine Dion
After a couple of rounds of IVF , the singer was actually able to give birth to not just one, but two boys!
That’s right, she had twins at 42!
Rachel Zoe
Believe it or not, but this celebrity mom was able to have her second child at 42 .
And she had her first at 39!
Salma Hayek
She thought she was going to need help getting pregnant, but nope!
She managed to have a baby when she was 41 years old.
Nicole Kidman
She had her daughter when she was 41, and it was a surprise. As she put it:
“I’ve done all the stuff you can possibly do to try to get pregnant. So, the way it just happened with Sunday was like, ‘What?’ The percentages were so low. It is the miracle in my life.”
