Hilary Swank is going to be a mom again. The actress announced Wednesday that she and husband Philip Schneider are expecting their third child, sharing the news on Instagram with glow sticks and a joke about her next“project”releasing in December. It’s a casual, funny reveal for a milestone most people never expect to see.
If you know Swank’s story, this one lands differently. She welcomed twins Aya and Ohm in April 2023 at age 48, and she has been candid about how difficult but rewarding that experience was. She also has said that freezing her eggs helped take the pressure off starting a family, and that she would have had kids earlier if life had lined up that way. Instead, it all came together when it was supposed to.
She has also spoken about the upside of becoming a parent later, telling Women’s Health that she is a more patient and more present mom now than she would have been in her early forties. The twins turn three before the new baby arrives, which means the Swank-Schneider crew is about to get a lot louder. What do you think: does age really matter when it comes to becoming a parent?
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