This is Frida, the child Nielsen and her husband, Mattia Dessi, had last year, after more than a decade of failed in-vitro fertilisation attempts. The couple, who this year celebrate their 16th wedding anniversary, had been told they had only a 2.5% chance of success, but Nielsen gave birth at the age of 54.
Pregnancy over the age of 50 has become possible for more women due to advances in assisted reproductive technology, in particular egg donation. Typically, a woman's fecundity ends with menopause, which, by definition, is 12 consecutive months without having had any menstrual flow at all.
Brigitte Nielsen knows what you're thinking. At age 60, she's far too old to be a mom to a 5-year old. “Half the world was saying that when I got pregnant at 55 — including my four older sons,” says Nielsen, who gave birth to her daughter Frida, 5, when she was 55.
Why has Naomi Campbell had a baby at the age of 53? Naomi Campbell has had children later in her life than most, and she hasn't revealed many details about the circumstances surrounding the births of her two children.
Then there's Hilary Swank, Janet Jackson, Halle Berry, Laura Linney et al, all who've had babies in their very late forties or early fifties. Tana Ramsay and Victoria Coren Mitchell's pregnancies barely made headlines. A 50-year-old new mum is a freak event no more.
54-year-old model, actress Brigitte Nielsen pregnant with 5th child
How common is it to have a baby in your 50s?
While it's not impossible to become pregnant naturally at 50, it is very rare. Women are born with all of the eggs they will ever have. As you get older, you have fewer eggs, and they are more likely to have abnormalities. Most women who get pregnant after 50 use donor eggs.
At 44, Gwen Stefani gave birth to her third child, Apollo.
Stefani, now 53, had two other sons, Kingston and Zuma, when she welcomed her youngest son, Apollo, in 2014. "But having children, it's really interesting to watch them and have the responsibility of trying to make them good people.
Although it is possible to get pregnant naturally after 50, it is extremely rare, with most women having experienced the menopause by the time they reach 50 years old.
Celebrity Dads Who Welcomed Babies in Their 70s: Robert De Niro, Richard Gere, More. Some of Hollywood's biggest stars welcomed children later in life. Robert De Niro, Richard Gere, David Foster and more A-listers became fathers again in their 70s.
A Brazilian actress got pregnant naturally at age 55 in a 1 in a million situation — and then gave birth to a healthy baby. The Brazilian TV star Cláudia Raia was 56 when she delivered a healthy baby boy, she said. An OB-GYN said the chances of a healthy delivery at that age were below one in a million.
What is the oldest age a woman can get pregnant naturally?
A woman's peak reproductive years are between the late teens and late 20s. By age 30, fertility (the ability to get pregnant) starts to decline. This decline happens faster once you reach your mid-30s. By 45, fertility has declined so much that getting pregnant naturally is unlikely.
Generally, people don't experience natural pregnancies after menopause because they won't be able to ovulate. However, assisted reproductive technology (ART) methods can make it possible to have a pregnancy during postmenopause.
Pregnancy after age 45 years is infrequent and the mother and baby should be considered as a high risk. There is a greater incidence of spontaneous abortion, gestational trophoblastic disease and chromosomal abnormalities in the fetus.
Guys can father a child at any age, right? Well, not exactly. While it's true men continue to produce sperm into old age, it doesn't mean they'll be fertile at 50. And just as a woman's chances of getting pregnant start to decline in her mid-30s, so does a man's fertility.
Robert De Niro is getting candid about his parenting responsibilities. The 80-year-old actor, who welcomed his seventh baby, daughter Gia Virginia, in April, his first with girlfriend Tiffany Chen, recently opened up about life with his new little one, telling The Guardian it's "going okay."
On the podium of famous older dads, both De Niro and Pacino join Star Trek actor James Doohan (1920 – 2005) who was 80 years old in 2000 when his third wife Wende Braunberger gave birth to their child, while Mexican-American actor Anthony Quinn (1915 – 2001) was 81 years old when he had his second (and final) child ...
Although a man's fertility can theoretically last until death, sperm production has been found to decline from around the age of 50. Although it is still possible to conceive a child, and many men do have children in their 50s or later, it may take longer for you and your partner to become pregnant.
CHILE (CBS) -- When 92-year-old Estela Melendez went to a hospital in Chile after a recent fall, she received some very odd news. Doctors discovered a calcified fetus in her womb that had been there for over a half century.
Kelly Preston - Quite possibly the oldest celebrity to have a baby, John Travolta's wife welcomed a son at age 47. The birth was especially meaningful considering the couple lost their son Jett, 19, the year before. (Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
(CNN) -- This month, actress Kelly Preston announced that she was pregnant at the age of 47, prompting TV talk show discussions about the marvels of modern medicine that allowed Preston and her husband, actor John Travolta, to have a baby so late in life.
