‘Energised!’ Brigitte Nielsen, 54, on unexpected effect of having children later in life
express.co.uk“I wouldn’t suggest any females have children between 20 and 25. Wait! Travel! Live! Work!“First find yourself and love yourself and then get kids on down the line,” she told Metro this week.The Danish actress is married to 43-year-old Mattia Dessì and the couple share four-year-old Frida together.
Mattia and Brigitte celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary in 2019. She spoke to the Guardian that same year to explain how Frida came after a decade of failed in-vitro fertilisation attempts.
Brigitte was told at the time she only had a 2.5% chance of success, but she nevertheless gave birth at age 54. “I was always like: ‘I want to do it until there are no more embryos left,’” she told the publication. “Somebody has to win the lottery.”On IVF, she said: “You’re on a lot of medication.
It is very expensive. Hormones will do different things to different women... “You always think you’re going to get pregnant, but most of the time, the phone call comes and it’s: ‘I’m sorry.’ It is devastating.” The star also spoke to Metro about her past love life.
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