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Pregnancy after age 40 is already associated with high risks. These celebrities went through this experience and became mothers at age 40 or older.
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Actress Uma Thurman was pregnant with her third child when she was 41 years old.
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Alanis Morissette gave birth to her third child in August 2019. The singer was 45 years old at the time.
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At age 41, singer Mariah Carey was blessed with twins. Her twins were born in 2011. She and her ex-husband, Nick Cannon, were overjoyed at the birth of their daughter Monroe and their son Moroccan.
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Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have been a dream couple since 2006 and welcomed their first daughter together in 2008. Nicole was 40 years old at the time. The couple had their second daughter carried by a surrogate.
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In January 2017, Spice Girl Geri Halliwell became a mother for the second time at the age of 44. Ten years ago, she gave birth to her first daughter, Bluebell Madonna.
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Brooke Shields was 40 years old when her second daughter was born.
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After several failed attempts at in vitro fertilization, singer Céline Dion announced at age 42 that she was finally pregnant. She and her husband René Angelil (†73) welcomed twins Nelson and Eddy in 2010. Their son René-Charles was born in 2001. In January 2016, Céline’s husband René died of cancer.
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Actress Salma Hayek deliberately waited a long time to become a mother. At over 40, she finally felt ready to take on the role of mother and became pregnant fairly quickly. In September 2007, she and her husband, Francois-Henri Pinault, welcomed their daughter into the world.
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In 2009, Kelly Preston and John Travolta had to cope with the tragic and sudden death of their eldest son, Jett. But shortly thereafter, at the age of 47, Kelly announced that she was pregnant. In November 2010, a healthy baby boy was born.
These days, many women choose to focus on their careers first—and there’s nothing wrong with starting a family later. Here are some celebrity moms who embraced the joys of motherhood after turning 40.
Brigitte Nielsen is one example of a celebrity who became a mother later in life. Other stars, including Nicole Kidman and Jeanette Biedermann, also welcomed children after 40.