Donatella Arpaia – 40 & 47
Food Network alum and celebrity chef, Donatella Arpaia, was ready to give up on expanding her family when she got pregnant in her forties. She and her husband, cardiac surgeon Allan Stewart, had their first child in 2011. Allesandro was born on his mom’s 40 birthday, but it would be five more years before the chef would give birth again.
After many failed rounds of IVF, Arpaia admitted to being on the brink of giving up. She and her husband began considering other options like adoption but gave IVF one last shot. It was then that she became pregnant with twins. Noah and Emma were born in 2018 when Arpaia was 47 years old!
Kenya Moore - 47
"The Real Housewives of Atlanta" alum, Kenya Moore, announced that she was expecting her first child in 2018. She and the restaurant owner, Marc Daly, used IVF to conceive. As difficult as it was for them to get pregnant, the nine months before their daughter was born was no walk in the park. Moore was diagnosed with preeclampsia, which caused her to gain 17 pounds.
It also required her to have an emergency cesarean section. Fortunately, it all worked out. The couple welcomed a girl named Brooklyn in November of that year when Moore was 47 years old. She was named after the city where the two met!
Tamron Hall - 48
The host of "Today," Tamron Hall, announced she and her husband were expecting their first child in 2019. Hall is married to music executive, Steven Greener. The pair met in 2017 and married just two years later, the same year that they expected their first child. The broadcast journalist gave birth to a boy named Moses in April of the same year at 48 years old.
She announced the arrival of her son on Instagram writing: “Moses & Mama!! I can’t wait to introduce y’all to my #sonshine. Photo credit: Dad, who can’t stop crying tears of joy. Thank y'all for the love and support. It got us here.”
Audra McDonald - 46
Broadway actress Audra McDonald has two children under her belt. Her first, daughter Zoe, was born in 2000 during her marriage to bassist Peter Donovan. The two split in 2009, and just a few years later, McDonald married a fellow theater actor, Will Swenson in 2012, and the pair are still cohabitating and doing the parenting thing together to this day.
The couple was ecstatic to learn that they were expecting a child together. In 2016, McDonald gave birth to another daughter, Sally James, at the age of 46. Swenson also has two children from a previous relationship, making them quite the modern family!
Geri Halliwell - 44
Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell has come a long way since her days on tour. Today she has two children. Her first is with her ex-boyfriend, screenwriter Sacha Gervasi. Together they have a daughter named Bluebell Madonna, born in 2006 when Halliwell was 34 years old.
She later began dating Christian Horner, the team principal of Red Bull Racing Formula One in 2014. The couple was married just over a year later and didn’t wait long to try for kids. With the help of IVF, Halliwell gave birth to her second child, a son named George, in 2017. She was 44 years old at the time.