Late maternal bliss: pregnant celebrities over 40

40 is the new 30! We've known that for a long time. And more and more stars who don't give a damn about "norms" and "conventions" are proving that age is just a number. Because although the birth rate starts to fall after the age of 30, more and more celebrities are enjoying late motherhood. You can see which celebrities over 40 have been pregnant or are currently pregnant in our photo gallery.

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06/21/2018, 08:48
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The baby is here! Eva Longoria (43) announced in December 2017 that she was expecting her first child. Together with husband José Bastón, the "Desperate Housewives" actress welcomed a healthy son named Santiago Enrique on June 19, 2018.
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Actress Dorkas Kiefer became a mother for the second time in January 2018 at the age of 45. Together with her husband Sascha Hauck, she already has son Sam.
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The newest member of the over-40 moms' club: ex-model, actress and jungle queen Brigitte Nielsen. At 54, the mother of four children (by three different men) is expecting another child with husband number 5, Mattia Dessì.
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Spice Girl Geri Halliwell became a mother for the first time in 2006 with the birth of her daughter Bluebell Madonna with director Sacha Gervasi. Eleven years later - on January 21, 2017 - she welcomed her second child at the age of 44.
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Janet Jackson's first child was also born in January 2017. When Eissa Al Mana was born, the singer and sister of pop king Michael Jackson was already 50 years old.
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At the age of 41, her colleague Mariah Carey was delighted to have two children. In 2011, the soul diva gave birth to twins Monroe and Moroccan.
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Madonna (*1958) is known to know no age and the pop icon has never been one for conventions. It therefore comes as no surprise that four years after the birth of her daughter Lourdes in 1996, she became pregnant again at the age of 42. In 2000, her son Rocco was born with ex-husband Guy Ritchie. Adopted children David and Mercy completed the modern family.
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Model, singer, wife of the former French president AND over-40 mom: Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (*1967) gave birth to her daughter Giulia in 2011 at the age of 43. According to her own statement, she was surprised by the pregnancy herself.
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The mother of singer Sarah Connor (here with a doll, by the way) also enjoyed late motherhood. Soraya Lewe-Tacke (*1958) gave birth to twins in 2008 at the age of 50.
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Princess Caroline of Monaco (*1957) gave birth to her fourth child, daughter Alexandra Charlotte Ulrike Maryam Virginia Princess of Hanover, at the age of 42.
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Celine Dion (*1968) was also 42 when she became the mother of twins Nelson and Eddy. Her son René-Charles was born in 2001.
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At 71, actress Susan Sarandon is the best proof that age means nothing. Her third child, son Miles, was born at the age of 46. "Since then, I think almost anything is possible," says the Hollywood beauty about her late motherhood.