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The trip toparenthood is different for anyone who chooses it - and it sometimes comes a little later in life than what can be expected. Waiting to have children seems to be particularly popular withcelebrities. After all, their careers usually involve long hours and travel often, which are not easy to raise a child. So, it's a marvel that so many celebrities became moms for the first time after reaching 40 years? Read it for stars who have followed another role - whenever they were good and ready.

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Halle Berry was 41 when she gave birth to her first child, a daughter namedNahlaand 47 when his sonMaceo was born. And she talked about the reason she thinks more people should consider following her traces.

"You know yourself better. You have made a lot of things for yourself, selfishly. When you wait later in life, you can really put your children forward, I think more significantly,"she saidUS Weekly.

Salma Hayek RecountOn Sundaythat she did not thinkShe would have ever had children-Jelle she met her husbandFrançois-Henri Pinault, who "everything changed" for her. Of course, the couple welcomed his daughter,ValentinaWhen Hayek was 41 years old and the actor says that the timing was perfect.

"I had reached a place in my career [where] I had done a lot of things, I was so excited to be a mother," she told the exit. "I do not want to take something else."

AlthoughEVA Mendes andRyan Gosling do their best to keep their personal lives as private as possible, we know that their oldest daughter,Esmeralda, was born when Mendes was 40, followed by a younger sisterAmada one year later.

"I never wanted babies before I fall in love with Ryan, and it worked a little where I was 40 years old and I had my first baby. I think I was 42 for the second, So it worked in this way that I had a career and I changed myy to my family, "said Mendes in aRadio maintenance 2020 (throughAnd online)

ModelKim Bastier was 41 years old when she and her ex-husbandAlec Baldwinher daughter,Ireland Baldwin, was born. Although it is their only child before the couple has gone distinctly, Baldwin continued to have six other children with his current wife,Hilaria.

Janet Jackson fans shocked when she gave birth to her first child, a little boy namedEissa Al Manawhen she was 51 years old. At the time, she was married toWissam Al Mana, the father of the baby, although they have divided.

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Geena Davis was 46 when she became a mother for the first time. She and ex-husbandReza Jarrahy welcomed their daughter,AlizehIn 2002 and Davis were 48 when their twins,Kian andKaiswere born.

"I always had the impression that I had my children late, because I feel just as if I changed so much. I always knew that I wanted children, but what I had to wait so long, I do not know not. I have never tried before, in other words. But it was great "she saidThe Guardian in 2020.

Not only wasLaura Linney 49 When his sonBennett was born, but she also kept her pregnancy a secret until her birth.

"I was an elderly mother to be, and it had taken me very long to have a child. So I wanted to make sure my child arrived and was safe and healthy," she said duringan appearance onBeloved with Kelly (Going throughDaily mail)

Back in May,Naomi Campbell took Instagram Share with his disciples that she would become a mother to a little girl at the age of 50.

"A beautiful little blessing chose me to be his mother" she wrote. "So honored to have this sweet soul in my life, there are no words to describe the life link I share now with you my angel. There is no big love."

In 2020, when theSaturday Night LiveThe star was 47 years old,Kristen Wiig and fiancéAVI ROTHMAN Twins welcomed by striking out.

"Have two children nine months is a lot! But they grow up, and I can not wait to see them every morning. It's not just lying and smiling in babies, however,"she saidIn the style Last August.

EVA Longoria was 43 when his sonSantiago was born andshe saidLatina Parents that the timing was "supposed to be".

"I am more patient and I do not work as much, even if it does not seem like that!" she said.

AfterCrow SherlyllGo withLance Armstrong And his diagnosis of cancer, she felt that becoming a mother was more important for her than ever, then at age 45, she adopted her sonWyatt, then added another son,Levi, to his family three years later.

"I always knew I wanted to be a mother; it was just a question of when. I had just been a pretty painful rupture where there were children involved, and I had also been the treatment of breast cancer ","she saidRed book In 2010. "After that, I felt a senseless sense of emergency on how I wanted my life to feel. Since I was not married, my idea of ​​what the photo was supposed to look like a Great goal. "

Helen Hunt was almost 41 when his daughter with partnerMatthew Carnaham,Makena, was born. She is also a parent at Carnham's son of an earlier relationship.

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Cameron Diaz was 47 years old when she and husbandBenji Madden announced that they had welcomed a little girl namedRADDIX. And as she told Naomi Campbell on her YouTube channel, she knew she was doing things a little differently than most people.

"Have a family when you are young ... it's like anything when you are young: you do it. But when you are my age and you decided to do it, it's a real choice. You Do really work hard for that, "she says, likereported byPeople.

Kimmy Schmidt unbreakable StarJane Krakowski became a mother at 42 years old. His sonBennett, with her then-fianceRobert Godfrey, was born in 2011,

Desperate housewives StarMarcia Cross Also became a mother for the first time in the quarantine of quarantine. She started a fertility treatment at 44 years, giving birth to twins laterEden andSavannah. Asshe saidEasy to live magazine (Going throughDaily mail), She has finished suffering from complications, including pre-clampsia and that we had to stay on the bed resting towards the end of her pregnancy.

"Are you kidding? It's a miracle that I have these two daughters," she said. "Your forty years is not the time to think about getting pregnant."

Hoda Hotb was 52 years old when she adopted her first child,Haley joyA moment that was quite emotional for her, as she explainedan episode ofToday.

"People always, the first question [East]" Do you have children? This is the first question, and I always say "Oh my nieces, I love them so much", I always talk about my nieces, "she said in 2021." And literally, I died stopped when this woman asked me, "Do you have kids? ' And I looked at her and I go, 'yeah, I'm doing. As I could not believe I said that, I was like "yes, I have a girl, yes." And just to say the words aloud We are talking about saying something aloud, it was so moving. "

Considering the legendary careerDiane Keaton A, it's logical that she wanted to wait a little before adding children in the mix. She was 50 years old when she adopted her daughterDexter. Five years later, she added a son named Duke to her family.

AlthoughSandra Bullock was in his forties when she adopted her son Louis and her daughter Laila,she saidToday That she had always wanted to be a mother and that when she met Louis, she knew immediately that he was supposed to be her son.

"It's as if he had always been there. It's as if you're suited in the hollow of my arm. He looked at me in the eyes and it was right - he was wise. My child was wise "She said. "The beautiful thing I have constantly informed was:" The perfect child will find you. You will find your child. "

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