They look and feel young, but Madonna, Julianne Moore, and Eva Mendes are all in the Over 40 Mommy & Me class. It’s no small class: Lots of glamorous celebrity moms either had their first baby after they turned 40, or kept adding to their brood well into their fourth decade.
Celebrities Who Had Babies After 40
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Naomi Watts
Age When She Got Pregnant: 40
Watts was 40 when her second son Kai was born. But, she admitted to More magazine last October that she wished she had become a mom sooner.
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Eva Mendes
Age When She Got Pregnant: 40
Mendes and boyfriend Ryan Gosling managed to keep Mendes' pregnancy with baby Esmeralda a secret for a long time, but eventually the world's most beautiful couple became parents to the world's most beautiful baby.
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Gwen Stefani
Age When She Got Pregnant: 44
The rocker mom called her third son Apollo a "miracle baby," and told Seth Meyers on "Late Night" that she believed she wouldn't have a third child after she suffered a miscarriage. But, she became pregnant again after her oldest son Zuma prayed for another sibling!
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Tina Fey
Age When She Got Pregnant: 40
The "30 Rock" creator and star was already mom to 3-year-old Alice when she got pregnant with her second child, Penelope. The funny lady reveals in her book Bossypants that she lamented over having a second child, sure that she was too old. It wasn't until her doctor confirmed that she'd be fine that Fey and husband Jeff Richmond tried for baby #2.
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Halle Berry
Age When She Got Pregnant: 46
Berry calls son Maceo a "miracle baby." (She's also mom to daughter Nahla Aubry.) As grateful as she is for him, however, she says she's finished having children. "I'm surprised I had the one I just had!" she told "Extra." "So I doubt God is going to bless me again. I think I'm done!"
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Amanda Peet
Age When She Got Pregnant: 42
When she was pregnant with son Henry in December 2014, the "Togetherness" star admitted to Momtastic that choosing her son's name was a "rough patch in my marriage!" She also has two daughters, Molly June and Frances Pen.
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Uma Thurman
Age When She Got Pregnant: 41
At 42, Thurman gave birth to Luna, her daughter with then-boyfriend Arpad Busson. A source told US Weekly that the pregnancy was definitely a surprise (although she was "very excited" about it). She's also mom to Maya, 13, and Levon, 10, with ex-husband Ethan Hawke.
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Alyssa Milano
Age When She Got Pregnant: 41
The "Who's The Boss" alum, who is mom to Elizabella and Milo, says she has no regrets waiting to have children. "I'd had my ladies' lunches and my shopping days," she told Fit Pregnancy. When Milo finally came, I thought — this is what I've waited for my entire life. I wish I could sleep more, but it's not like I wish there were other things I could be doing socially or for my own benefit. Because I really feel like he's completed me."
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Salma Hayek
Age When She Got Pregnant: 40
The "Puss In Boots" star says there's something to be said for doing things later in life. "I believe that change keeps you young," the Mexican bombshell told Glamour. "I'm a late bloomer; I always have been. A lot of women think that this is the [age] when you start getting depressed. To that I say, 'No, no, no, no, no!' I'm having the best time of my life."
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Julianne Moore
Age When She Got Pregnant: 44
The Still Alice star was already mom to son Caleb when she had daughter Liv at the age of 44. She told the Guardian that she and husband, Bart Freudlich, only got married for the kids adding, "I had a therapist who said marriage is really a container for a family, and that made sense to me." Sounds about right.
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Mariah Carey
Age When She Got Pregnant: 40
Carey told HSN that carrying twins Moroccan and Monroe was "really difficult." She added, "Holding those twins in -- you have to keep them in as long as possible. It's a sacrifice you make for them. Literally I was like, 47-weeks pregnant." 47 weeks, huh?
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Brooke Shields
Age When She Got Pregnant: 40
Shields told People that she needed medical intervention to conceive both of her children, but she said the second time around was easier. "It could be considered natural compared to what I went through with my daughter Rowan. ... I was so in need of fertility the first time ... it was a real journey."
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Madonna
Age When She Got Pregnant: 41
Madge was already mom to Lourdes when she got pregnant by future husband Guy Ritchie. After son Rocco's birth, she then went on to adopt kids David and Mercy. But Madonna isn't worried about having kids late in life."Because women, generally, when they reach a certain age, have accepted that they're not allowed to behave a certain way," she told Rolling Stone. "But I don't follow the rules. I never did, and I'm not going to start."
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Meryl Streep
Age When She Got Pregnant: 41
Streep didn't let the fact that she was 6-months-pregnant with her fourth child stop her from attending the Oscars (she was nominated for "Postcards From The Edge") in couture Valentino. And despite saying, "I feel like a big piece of furniture," she wasn't. She only gained 22-pounds during that pregnancy!
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