In recent months, we’ve seen several celebrities in their 40s announce their pregnancies. Natalie Portman got knocked up at 44 by a dude named Tanguy, and 44-year-old Natalia Vodianova is expecting her sixth child with a billionaire heir, Antoine Arnault. The 40-something women really decided that the Year of the Fire Horse was the perfect time to have a baby. Speaking of, Anne Hathaway is pregnant! She’s 43… but she’ll be 44 in November.
We basically learned about Anne’s pregnancy because she’s on vacation with her husband Adam Shulman in Saint-Tropez and the paparazzi got some photos of Anne with a nice-sized bump. Soon after those photos came out, Anne confirmed her pregnancy by posting her bump on Instagram. Congrats to her, truly. In many interviews, she’s alluded to the fact that her journey to motherhood has been bumpy, but she’s got two healthy sons and they are her world. Kind of wonder if she’s hoping for a girl!
Annie just completed her huge promotional cycles for Mother Mary & The Devil Wears Prada 2 this spring, but she’s got a bunch of films coming out in the second half of the year: Verity, The Odyssey and The End of Oak Street. They better not make her fly all over the place for promotion! Let her rest! Build a nap schedule into her promotional cycles!
Anne Hathaway reveals on Instagram that she is pregnant and expecting her third child with Adam Shulman. pic.twitter.com/aeG8MRvbD0
— Pop Base (@PopBase) June 19, 2026
🍼 Anne Hathaway confirms pregnancy and sports her bump during Saint-Tropez getaway. https://t.co/ZvyktSrEXD
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I wish her an easy pregnancy and birth. And I commend her for being able to hide her pregnancy throughout her promotion schedule!
I just went back over the last 3 months of photos, she hid that well. I feel like I started showing the day after the Dr. confirmed my pregnancy. Good luck to her and I pray for a healthy pregnancy and baby.
I did this too @koko! Especially with my second, I felt like everyone could tell between my boobs and my stomach sticking out that I was expecting. She even wore that very deep cut dress to the Met Gala!
With my second, the day the stick confirmed I was pregnant it seemed I immediately grew a bump and had to go right into wearing maternity clothes!
I’m surrounded by 50 year olds with young children. It’s a shift for sure, but it now feels so normal to me. In some ways 50 really is the new 30 because that’s how long it takes to achieve the financial security to raise a family, and honestly these marriages/partnerships are solid.
I’m watching a bunch of my friends kids have to navigate losing parents though while they’re still in their 20s, and that’s really hard. On everyone.
likely froze her eggs some time ago, like Natalie and Natalia.
pregnancies in their 40s are not likely surprises.
Actually they are. And because their bodies are most likely in peri-menopause, twins are more likely because their ovaries forget if they already popped out an egg so pop out a second one. I couldn’t imagine having a third in my 40s, wishing her the best and an easy pregnancy.
A surprise pregnancy is not uncommon at all! In the time before menopause a woman’s body has a fire sale on eggs. All must go!! My grandparents on both sides each had a surprise baby in their 40s, my mom’s youngest sister and my dad’s youngest brother. It happens! Be careful out there ladies unless you want a big surprise!! I know I don’t!! Mama’s tired!!
Exactly. The old term for this was “change of life baby”. It happened with my grandmother when she became pregnant with my aunt when she was in her early forties, and this was back in 1962. My other grandmother got pregnant at 39 (not quite the same but close enough) with my dad & uncle, and that was in 1946! I had my two at 38 & 41. It’s not a new phenomenon, by any stretch.
Congrats to Anne and her husband! I wish her a healthy pregnancy and delivery.
Yep. My grandmother who came from
A family of 9 children once pointed out that women have always had babies n their 40s. The only new thing is having a first baby in your 40:, but that’s not the case here.
My grandma got pregnant with my youngest uncle at 40. He was five years younger than the last one and was definitely a surprise.
Surprise pregnancies are definitely happening to women in their 40’s. Happened to me at age 45!
Highly doubt Portman froze her eggs in order to have a baby with a random. More than likely these are actual surprise babies, which are not that uncommon amongst healthy women in the forties who have sex on a regular basis. My grandmother had her last at age 47, I have a friend who was the second oops baby for his mom who had his sister at 44 and him at 46.
Peri menopausal women are second only to teens in the rate of unexpected pregnancies actually. Your body gets messed up and it can be harder to predict ovulation. And the body is shooting out eggs to get rid of them so multiples have a higher percentage of occurring.
I’m in my early 40s and my cycle is a mess. It is all over the place. And I have always been extremely predictable cycle wise, I planned each of my pregnancies and used rhythm method to avoid in between babies. But now all bets are off and I am glad my husband had a vasectomy or we could very well end up with an oops.
Congrats! Fingers crossed for a easygoing pregnancy!
Side-note: With these candid photos and no makeup Instagram video, can we please stop all the plastic surgery assumptions? She looks totally like herself. Her eyelids look natural and not snatched (she showed us her glam team has been using the braid trick and probably facetape) so I don’t think she got any “lifting” work done!
I agree. She probably gets some maintenance in terms of skincare but went the faux surgery route for her recent promo. Which is a smart idea. Use the tape etc and keep away from anything permanent.
I think I’ve seen so many tricks that drag queens use so I never assume!
My first and only child a month and a half before I turned 44.
Pope Leo’s mom was 43 when she had him. Maybe you have a future world leader 😉
I really hate that she seemed pressured to announce this because of the paparazzi pictures. Her eyes seem kind of sad that she has to tell strangers, even if she is elated about the news itself. Announcements are so much more than just sharing the news…it allows the world the ability to remind you of your pain should things go wrong. Wishing all the best for her and her family. Much love and peace to them.
Amazing! Congrats!
Seems like there’s a baby boom in Hollywood lately
I loved her in Mother Mary! It was such a weird movie but I thought she was great and I was really intrigued by her pop star persona. The music was great too!
Good for her!
Congrats to their family! For some reason I thought she only had one kid? I commend her for keeping her family life pretty private.