PostingHalle Berry: older mum-to-be

images_Small.jpg It's official: being an 'older' mum is glamorous. Halle Berry, the Oscar-winning actress famous for roles in Catwoman, Monster's Ball and X Men, is pregnant for the first time at 41. Like many of the (non-celebrity) women I've interviewed for research into my book for 'older' mums, Berry appears to have delayed motherhood thanks to difficulty in finding the right partner. Hard to understand when you think how beautiful she is, but makes more sense once you know that her father abandoned her when she was four, the first in what turned out to be a string of abusive and broken relationships. However, it seems from a recent interview that Berry has finally overcome some of her old demons to embark on pregnancy. "I've wanted this for so long and I feel happier than I've ever felt before in my entire life," Berry told the Telegraph in Halle Berry: me and motherhood. Father-to-be is Canadian model Gabriel Aubry, whom she met two years ago filming a Versace ad. She told the Telegraph she credits a recent role as a widowed mother with helping her make the leap into motherhood. "I knew from playing a mother [in this movie] and having two adorable, smart children around me all the time that I was meant to be a mother. It's no mystery that right after we finished the movie it manifested itself in my life because I think I subconsciously knew 'Yes, I can do this, I'm really, really ready.'"

Posted 27 December 2007 18:16

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DJ Kirkby said:

Halle is also a diabetic which makes this pregnancy fraught with the potential for very likely complications. I wish her well and hope motherhood is everyhting she has dreamed of.

Posted 27 December 2007 20:56

iota said:

Of course it's a huge mistake to think you are ever ready for motherhood. If we really had to wait till we were ready (as in properly prepared), no-one would ever be a mother. But of course I wish her well too, with this child who is the elder Berry (assuming she has more than one).

Posted 28 December 2007 02:15

DJ Kirkby said:

Iota! 'Elderberry' lol!

Posted 28 December 2007 10:48

Helen said:

DJ, of course, good medical insight. And seconded on wishing her well.



Iota, 'this child who is the elder Berry' - very good. So glad you are still commenting. Wouldn't be the same without you.

Posted 28 December 2007 11:47

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