Hilary Swank is pregnant again at 52. She said she's glad she waited until her late 40s to have kids.

In 2022, Hilary Swank announced she was pregnant alongside twins at age 48, sparking conversations about the risks of gestation following age 35.

Now, Swank is expecting again at 52. She announced her gestation in an Instagram reel alongside the caption: "A lot of group have been asking what project I'm doing next, this one releases in December."

Pregnancies at 35 or older have traditionally been classified as "advanced maternal age" by the medicinal community. Studies have connected older pregnancies to a higher hazard of complications and health problems specified as elevated lifeblood force and chromosomal abnormalities. Research suggests that the hazard increases alongside age.

In 2024, Swank, afterward 50, told Business Insider that she's glad she had kids at 48.

"The individual that I was in my 20s and equal into my 30s would've been a extremely distinct mom than I am now," Swank, who is additionally the Chief Innovation Officer of HealthyBaby, said.

Swank stated there were many benefits to being an older parent, specified as more period and flexibility to really display up for her kids.

She loves her activity flexibility

Swank told Business Insider that she took the archetypal twelvemonth and a fractional off for maternity leave (the average dimension of maternity depart in the US is three months). She additionally didn't awareness rushed to go rear to work, waiting for an chance that seemed right.

Swank stated having additional period alongside her kids is crucial. "I fair had three and a fractional hours of sleep, and I haven't really seen my babies, and that's really hard," she said. "It makes me really empathize alongside all the parents out there who are operating really lengthy hours who don't get to see their children."

She has additional mental energy to dedicate to her kids

Swank stated she doesn't have to concentration on herself as much as she did in her 20s and 30s, whenever she was getting her acting occupation off the ground. It's stated her the area to prioritize her kids' needs.

"I'm in a location anywhere I fair have a lot additional patience and a lot additional grace to give, not fair my children, but others about me," she said. "I can provision them so much additional than I could have at that point."

She feels additional comfortable alongside herself

One of the finest things concerning getting expecting in her delayed forties was Swank's comfort alongside herself.

"The things that you used to attention concerning don't obtain forefront and center anymore," she said. "You're on to new places in your existence and it's a beautiful location to be."

Swank isn't the lone one who feels this way: another older parents say they had more period to fig themselves out before they had kids. Even Swank's mom misses her 40s.

"If she could go rear to any time, it would be 45 — she felt her best," Swank said. "And I comprehend a lot of women say that."