The world loves a Hollywood baby and would that baby be any less of a star if we knew the bundle of joy was conceived via IVF?
Of course not.
We would love Amal and George Clooney twin babies just as much or Beyonce’s brood if that was the case.
Gallery: Celebrities who are open about their experiences with IVF. (Post continues…)
Famous women who have undergone IVF
But that’s not the issue, and I know nothing about these Hollywood conceptions.
Beyonce, 35, is a young second-time mum and Amal is the same age as me, 39, and I’ve fallen pregnant too – naturally – before my 40th birthday.
Lucky me and lucky us, because as women pass the age of 40 their fertility decreases.
Leading fertility specialist, Dr Devora Lieberman, says older high-profile mothers in Hollywood who are having miracle babies later in life can set unrealistic goals for other women.
Halle Berry says she “prayed” for her baby at 47, Geena Davis and Kelly Preston had babies at 48 and Janet Jackson gave birth to her first baby in January at 50.
Top Comments
This article is so misleading. It's not IVF that is giving these women babies. It's IVF with DONOR EGGS. There is not a single recorded case in the history of IVF of a woman over the age of 45 falling pregnant via IVF with her OWN eggs. I should know. I've been on that roller coaster for three years and every single doctor and clinic have all told me this. I and am now pregnant at 46 by using donor eggs from my cousin's wife.
I think very few women, particularly those who are are having trouble conceiving, would think that all of these older women had conceived naturally, without the assistance of IVF...